adpetebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adpeto, adpetere, adpetivi, adpetitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
seek/grasp after, desire; assail; strive eagerly/long for; approach, near;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XLI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...senatus, ut ouans urbem iniret. iam consularia comitia adpetebant; quibus magna contentione habitis propter multitudinem petentium creati..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...lacu Albano aqua emissa in agros, Veiosque fata adpetebant. Igitur fatalis dux ad excidium illius urbis servandaeque patriae..."