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
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..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...similisque ceteris efficiebatur. Sed maxume adulescentium familiaritates adpetebat: eorum animi molles etiam et fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur..."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..."Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...speciem magnae excelsaeque gloriae vehementius quam caute adpetebat. Mox mitigavit ratio et aetas, retinuitque, quod est difficillimum..."