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
- A
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...sententiae foret, neque pateremur, ut aures nostrae cadentis apte orationis modis eblanditae animum quoque nobis voluptate inani perfunderent..." - A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...maximo commovebare?" XIV. Haec M. Tullius atrociter, graviter, apte copioseque miseratus est. XV. Sed si quis..." - A
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...opportune praevolant aut idoneas sedes capiunt." Non apte igitur usum verbo augurali existimavit in Daedali volatu nihil..." - A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...ipsa, unde illa venerunt, ac singula considerate atque apte iunctis et alternis lectionibus committas, oppido quam iacere atque..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - A
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...Verbum "deprecor" a poeta Catullo inusitate quidem, sed apte positum et proprie; deque ratione eius verbi exemplisque veterum..."
