adpetendae
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;
dat. sg. fut. pass. part.gen. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. pl. fut. pass. part.voc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...rationi convenientem modum. Etiamnunc adiciam: mundae vestis electio adpetenda est homini; natura enim homo mundum et elegans animal..."Liber X
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...petat, quid evitet, quae sit illa ratio quae adpetenda ac fugienda discernat, qua cupiditatum mansuescit insania, timorum saexitia..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Eidem qualitati succedunt facienda ac non facienda, adpetenda vitanda: quae in suasorias quidem maxime cadunt, sed in controversiis..."