amplexare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →amplexo, amplexare, amplexavi, amplexatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
take and hold in arms, embrace, clasp; welcome, accept gladly; cling/attach to;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin. - Entry →amplexor, amplexari, amplexatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
take and hold in arms, embrace, clasp; welcome, accept gladly; cling/attach to;
sg. pres. imp. 2ndsg. pres. ind. 2nd
Examples
- T
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...salve. sed num fumus est haec mulier quam amplexare? ARG. Quidum? LEON. Quia oculi sunt tibi lacrumantes..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...ipse est, quo ille suum ostendit. Excipe beneficium, amplexare, gaude, non quod accipias, sed quod reddas debiturusque..."
