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
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..."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..."