aptam
Dictionary entries
- 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;
acc. sg. perf. part. - Entry →apo, apere, -, aptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
fasten, attach, join, connect, bind;
acc. sg. 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);
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
- A
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...dici solet, incruentaque victoria obvenit. Cui facilitati aptam esse Veneris frondem crediderunt, quod non Martius, sed quasi Venerius..." - T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...supter habere ex ineunte aevo coniunctam atque uniter aptam partibus aëriis mundi, quibus insita vivit. propterea..." - D
Satura XII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...uolens etiam pulcherrima, uestem purpuream teneris quoque Maecenatibus aptam, atque alias quarum generosi graminis ipsum infecit natura pecus..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...usui sint, praeter ipsa moenia fluere, et aestatem aptam rei gerendae adesse. His persuaserunt, ut per Epirum duceret..." - T
Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...castris Romanis. Itaque misisse mille sagittariorum ac funditorum, aptam manum aduersus Baliares ac Mauros pugnacesque alias missili telo..."
