attentus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →attineo, attinere, attinui, attentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hold on/to/near/back/together/fast; restrain, keep (in custody), retain; delay;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →attendo, attendere, attendi, attentus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
turn/stretch towards; apply; attend/pay (close) attention to, listen carefully;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →attentus, attenta -um, attentior -or -us, attentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
attentive, heedful; careful, conscientious, intent; frugal, economical;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
- P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...atque in timore usque ant(e)hac attentus fuit, ita, postquam adempta spes est, lassu' cura confectus stupet..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...accepisse cavo, veterem vetus hospes amicum, asper et attentus quaesitis, ut tamen artum solveret hospitiis animum. quid multa..." - G
Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...homines, nec castigat errantes sed emendat. Sequaris monentem attentus et pendens, et persuaderi tibi etiam cum persuaserit cupias..."
