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
- L
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..." - L
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..." - M
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..."