adpetitae
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. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...idonea sit, bonaque eius, qui adrogatur, ne insidiose adpetita sint, consideratur, iusque iurandum a Q. Mucio pontifice maximo..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...varios casus et in sublimi maxime lubricos. Tunc adpetita formidant et quae illos graves aliis reddit gravior ipsis..."