aptans
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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...quod cecinit sacer Thressae sub Rhodopes iugis aptans Pieriam chelyn Orpheus, Calliopae genus, aeternum fieri nihil. Illius stetit..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...talis ab Inachiis Nemeae Tirynthius antris ibat adhuc aptans umeris capitique leonem. ut vero sociis, qui tunc praedicta..."