adrogari
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adrogo, adrogare, adrogavi, adrogatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
ask, question; arrogate to one's self, claim, make undue claim; confer (upon);; adopt (an adult) as one's son (esp. at his instance);
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
- A
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...maximo conceptum dicitur, quod in adrogando iuraretur. Sed adrogari non potest, nisi iam vesticeps. "Adrogatio" autem dicta, quia..." - T
Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...omen faustum ad Gallicum tumultum cognominis, dictatorem adrogari haud satis decorum visum est patribus. Consul duabus legionibus urbi..."