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
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...dici solet, incruentaque victoria obvenit. Cui facilitati aptam esse Veneris frondem crediderunt, quod non Martius, sed quasi Venerius..."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..."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..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...usui sint, praeter ipsa moenia fluere, et aestatem aptam rei gerendae adesse. His persuaserunt, ut per Epirum duceret..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...castris Romanis. Itaque misisse mille sagittariorum ac funditorum, aptam manum aduersus Baliares ac Mauros pugnacesque alias missili telo..."
