attinebatur
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;
sg. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...petiverat Caesar, et Cumas usque progressus Petronius illic attinebatur; nec tulit ultra timoris aut spei moras. neque tamen..."Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...ministro Pollione Iulio praetoriae cohortis tribuno, cuius cura attinebatur damnata veneficii nomine Locusta, multa scelerum fama..."Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...bonisque eorum divenditis signatum argentum fisco vel aerario attinebatur. ad hoc senatus praescripserat, duas quisque faenoris partis..."