amplectimur
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;
pl. pres. ind. 1st
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...unde nos hostias agere voluisti huc? nunc tibi amplectimur genua egentes opum, quae in locis nesciis nescia..."Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...fallunt: illas discerne. Pro bonis mala amplectimur; optamus contra id quod optavimus; pugnant vota nostra cum votis, consilia..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...umeri et subiecta lacertis bracchia sunt: flentem flentes amplectimur ipsi haeremusque ducis collo nec verba locuti ulla priora..."