amplecteretur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →amplector, amplecti, amplexus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
surround, encircle, embrace, clasp; esteem; cherish; surround, include, grasp;
sg. imperf. subj. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...appellant. secundam fore regionem, quam ab ortu Strymo amplecteretur amnis, praeter Sinticen, Heracleam et Bisaltas, ab occasuque Axius..." - T
Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...esset; castris quoque quem locum caperet, quantum munimento amplecteretur loci, qua opportuna aquatio, qua pabuli lignorumque copia esset..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...sulcus designandi oppidi coeptus ut magnam Herculis aram amplecteretur; inde certis spatiis interiecti lapides per ima montis Palatini..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...caussam fuisse extendendi consulatus tui, ut duorum consulatus amplecteretur, et collegam te non uni daret. Uterque nuper consulatum..."