adpropinquantes
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adpropinquo, adpropinquare, adpropinquavi, adpropinquatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
approach (w/DAT or ad+ACC); come near to, draw near/nigh (space/time); be close;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
- T
Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...generis tormentis non uagi modo circa muros, temere adpropinquantes, sed etiam qui in nauibus erant, saxis tormento emicantibus..." - T
Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...iugis altioribus pugnans, uincebat; sinistro tum cum maxime adpropinquante phalangis parte quae nouissimi agminis fuerat, sine ullo ordine..."