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adpetitis

Dictionary entries

  • 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;

    Entry →
    abl. pl. perf. pass. part.
    dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
    pl. pres. act. ind. 2nd

Examples

  • L

    Libri XIV-XV

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...quibus admonendi sunt? tamquam ne avide cibos adpetant, ut lassitudinem vitent. Habent quaedam praecepta communia pauper et dives..."
  • L

    Liber III

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA

    "...patens uia ne populos quidem conlidit: ista quae adpetitis, quia exigua sunt nec possunt ad alterum nisi alteri..."
  • L

    de Constantia

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI

    "...magnitudinem multum ultra se positam non tacturi adpetant; inuulnerabile est non quod non feritur, sed quod non laeditur..."
  • M

    Liber X

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...desideretur aut reprehendatur. Sed etiam qui summa non adpetent, contendere potius quam sequi debent..."

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