adpetentes
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;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →adpetens, adpetentis (gen.), adpetentior -or -us, adpetentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
eager/greedy/having appetite for (w/GEN), desirous; avaricious/greedy/covetous;
acc. pl. (m./f.)nom. pl. (m./f.)voc. pl. (m./f.)
Examples
- L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...ruinae modo legionibus incidunt, incompositi interriti incauti, pericula adpetentes sua; gaudent feriri et instare ferro et tela corpore..." - L
de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...ceterum non minus uagi incertique, uoluptatium sine dilectu adpetentes, trepidi et non ingenio sed formidine quieti..." - P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...etiam Stoicorum adrogantia sectaque, quae turbidos et negotiorum adpetentes faciat. nec ultra mora. Sulla sexto die pervectis Massiliam..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...admodum pauci: ceteros, deiecto promptissimo quoque aut saucio, adpetente iam luce trusere in summa castelli ubi tandem coacta..."