amplector
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. pres. ind. 1st
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Salve, mi pater insperate. DAEM. Salve. ut te amplector libens. TRACH. Volup est cum istuc ex pietate vestra..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...esse Gitonem meritissima proditione monstrabo". Genua ego perseverantis amplector, ne morientes vellet occidere, et: "Merito, inquam, excandesceres..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Pergama et arentem Xanthi cognomine rivum agnosco, Scaeaeque amplector limina portae; nec non et Teucri socia simul urbe..."Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...omni occasione ultra modum laudem. Agnosco crimen, amplector etiam. Quid enim honestius culpa benignitatis? Qui sunt tamen isti..."