adpetet
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. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- M
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...bene instituto ac satis exercitato iam fere tempus adpetet adgrediendi suasorias iudicialesque materias: quarum antequam uiam ingredior, pauca..." - P
Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...postes, nec saevis ignibus uret, Nec dominae teneras adpetet ungue genas, Nec scindet tunicasve suas tunicasve puellae..."