adpetitur
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. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...succedit et [e] contemptibus exit inque dies magis adpetitur floretque repertum laudibus et miro est mortalis inter honore..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...habeamus, sed quid petamus, <spectamus;> in id, quod adpetitur, intentis, quidquid est domi, uile est. Sequitur autem..."