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
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..."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..."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..."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..."