amplexam
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;
acc. sg. perf. part.
Examples
- G
FRAGMENTA
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...bene semper olet. Frag. VIII. Animam nostro amplexam in corpore. Frag. IX. Qui vultur iecor intimum pererrat..." - M
VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...reliquisti?' etiam cum tota supra corpus incubuit, amplexam putavi, etiam cum iniecit tollentibus manum, 'et hoc', inquam, 'solent..."