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
FRAGMENTA
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...bene semper olet. Frag. VIII. Animam nostro amplexam in corpore. Frag. IX. Qui vultur iecor intimum pererrat..."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..."