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
Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...appellant. secundam fore regionem, quam ab ortu Strymo amplecteretur amnis, praeter Sinticen, Heracleam et Bisaltas, ab occasuque Axius..."Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...esset; castris quoque quem locum caperet, quantum munimento amplecteretur loci, qua opportuna aquatio, qua pabuli lignorumque copia esset..."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..."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..."