amplecteris
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. fut. ind. 2ndsg. pres. ind. 2nd
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...confundat, tu iugulum, tu potes pertractare pectus, dum amplecteris. nobis iterum casus, rursus reditus incerta temptanda sunt; tibi..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quidem, etsi magis partam quam speratam gloriam amplecteris, Hispania potius quam Italia bello liberata gloriatus fueris. 'Nondum..."Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...occasiones obligandi me avidissime amplecteris, et ego nemini libentius debeo. Duabus ergo de causis a te potissimum petere..."