amplectuntur
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. 3rd
Examples
- L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quos 'phil�tas' Aegyptii vocant, in hoc nos amplectuntur, ut strangulent. Vale. LII. SENECA LUCILIO SUO SALUTEM Quid..." - M
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quis erit hic Atticus? Sit Lysias; hunc enim amplectuntur amatores istius nominis modum: non igitur iam usque..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...latera, quini in fronte sint, ex illo quod amplectuntur quartam deducent eodem circumductu. XLIV. Si vero porrecti utrimque..." - M
XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...enim non est formosus filius matri? amant debilitates, amplectuntur illum morborum suppliciorumque pallorem, et in vires caritatis adcrescit..."