adquirite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adquiro, adquirere, adquisivi, adquisitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
acquire besides/in addition, obtain, gain, win, get; add to stock; accrue;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Boreas agat; inde per arua Graiorum Macetumque nouas adquirite uires dum paci dat tempus hiemps.' sic fatur..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...appareat, comparanda cum pessimis est. 4. Auaritia adquirit et contrahit, quo aliquis melior utatur: ira inpendit, paucis gratuita..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...facie simplicis sumptique ex proximo sermonis fidem quoque adquirit, adeo ut, etiam si reliqua scripta atque elaborata sint..." - P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...aliud velocius ullum: mobilitate viget virisque adquirit eundo, parva metu primo, mox sese attollit in auras ingrediturque solo..." - P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...necem iustis ulciscitur armis. ante tamen bello vires adquirit amicas, quaque potens habitus volucri freta classe pererrat: hinc..." - P
Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...recubas arbore, virga fuit: Nascitur exiguus, sed opes adquirit eundo, Quaque venit, multas accipit amnis aquas. Fac tibi..." - G
Epistola ad Caesarem II
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) from SPURIA
"...cives; movet composita, et res novas veteribus adquirit. Quare tollendus foenerator in posterum, uti suas quisque res curemus..."