adpetebat
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;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- G
Liber IV
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...Fame coacta uulpes alta in uineauuam adpetebat, summis saliens uiribus.Quam tangere ut non potuit, discedens ait:"Nondum matura..." - G
BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...similisque ceteris efficiebatur. Sed maxume adulescentium familiaritates adpetebat: eorum animi molles etiam et fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...seditio mitesceret. Postquam in conspectu Padus et nox adpetebat vallari castra placuit. is labor urbano militi insolitus contundit..." - P
Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...speciem magnae excelsaeque gloriae vehementius quam caute adpetebat. Mox mitigavit ratio et aetas, retinuitque, quod est difficillimum..."