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..." - T
Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quidem, etsi magis partam quam speratam gloriam amplecteris, Hispania potius quam Italia bello liberata gloriatus fueris. 'Nondum..." - G
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..."