adortos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adorior, adoriri, adortus sum:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
assail/assault/attack, rise against (military/political/plague); accost/address;; improperly influence; undertake/try/attempt/come to grips; begin/set to work;
acc. pl. perf. part.
Examples
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...fortior aetas, quaeque fuit, Dolopas cum Scyria litora adortos perdomui, fregique vadis, quae signa triumphi vidistis celsa murorum..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...exclamat Quinctium legatum et suos ab tergo hostem adortos; ipse redintegrato clamore infert acrius signa. Cum duae acies..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Numitor inter primum tumultum, hostes invasisse urbem atque adortos regiam dictitans, cum pubem Albanam in arcem praesidio armisque..."