adsciscis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adscisco, adsciscere, adscivi, adscitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
adopt, assume; receive, admit, approve of, associate; take over, claim;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
- L
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...licet. Nobilissimorum ingeniorum familiae sunt: elige in quam adscisci uelis; non in nomen tantum adoptaberis, sed in ipsa..." - M
Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...loquor, aut iustitiam aut amicitiam propter utilitates adscisci aut probari. eaedem enim utilitates poterunt eas labefactare atque pervertere..." - P
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...suis victoriis augeri rem publicam, in suum cognomentum adscisci imperatores. Nec legatus obviam ibat: quippe plurium vaecordia constantiam..."