apta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →apto, aptare, aptavi, aptatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
adapt, fit, apply, adjust, accommodate; put on, fasten; prepare, furnish;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →apiscor, apisci, aptus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
reach, obtain, win (lawsuit); grasp; catch (person); attack (infection); pursue;
abl. sg. perf. part.acc. pl. perf. part.nom. sg. perf. part.nom. pl. perf. part.voc. sg. perf. part.voc. pl. perf. part. - Entry →apo, apere, -, aptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
fasten, attach, join, connect, bind;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →aptus, apta -um, aptior -or -us, aptissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
suitable, adapted; ready; apt, proper; tied, attached to; dependent on (w/ex);
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...idem ipse M. Cicero, cum de numerosa et apta oratione dissereret, "quas auris habeant aut quid..."Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...inplicans per aeternos consequentiae ordines, ex quibus apta nexaque est." Ipsa autem verba Chrysippi, quantum valui memoria, ascripsi..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...possint adcelerare. et magis esse aliis alias animantibus aptas res ad vitai rationem ostendimus ante propter dissimilem naturam..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...animai, propterea quia tam coniuncta atque uniter apta est? Denique iam saltu pernici tollere corpus quid potis..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...conveniebant nunc non conveniant, et cetera sint magis apta, quae penetrata queunt sensum progignere acerbum; utraque enim sunt..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...quoniam docui, pergam conectere rem quae ex hoc apta fidem ducat, primordia rerum finita variare figurarum ratione. quod..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...tibi morosa prurigine verminat auris, Arma damus tantis apta libidinibus. XXIV Acus aurea. Splendida ne madidi violent bombycina..."Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...Symposio Platonis numeris coagmentisque verborum scite modulateque apta exercendi gratia in Latinam orationem versa. XXI. Quibus temporibus post..."
