aptabat
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. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
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Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...turre cinxerant urbes latus; non arma saeua miles aptabat manu nec torta clausas fregerat saxo graui ballista portas..." - P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...care, vale, Cinyra, causamque intellege mortis!" dixit et aptabat pallenti vincula collo. 'Murmura verborum fidas nutricis ad aures..."