apte
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;
voc. sg. perf. part. - Entry →apo, apere, -, aptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
fasten, attach, join, connect, bind;
voc. 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);
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →apte, aptius, aptissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
closely, snugly, so to fit tightly/exactly; neatly, aptly; suitably; fittingly;
Examples
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...sententiae foret, neque pateremur, ut aures nostrae cadentis apte orationis modis eblanditae animum quoque nobis voluptate inani perfunderent..."Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...maximo commovebare?" XIV. Haec M. Tullius atrociter, graviter, apte copioseque miseratus est. XV. Sed si quis..."Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...opportune praevolant aut idoneas sedes capiunt." Non apte igitur usum verbo augurali existimavit in Daedali volatu nihil..."Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...ipsa, unde illa venerunt, ac singula considerate atque apte iunctis et alternis lectionibus committas, oppido quam iacere atque..."Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...sensus. Esseautem ex eo maxime apparet quod membra apte et expedite mouent non aliterquam in hoc erudita; nulli..."Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...felicitatem, quam tempestas nulla concutiat, non perducent te apte verba contexta et oratio fluens leniter: eant ut volent..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quem quare Graeco nomine appellem nescio; satis enim apte dici suspirium potest. Brevis autem valde et procellae similis..."Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...Verbum "deprecor" a poeta Catullo inusitate quidem, sed apte positum et proprie; deque ratione eius verbi exemplisque veterum..."
