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attineretur

Dictionary entries

  • 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;

    Entry →
    sg. imperf. pass. subj. 3rd

Examples

  • P

    Liber XV

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES

    "...accipiendo diademati in urbem venire, nisi sacerdotii religione attineretur: iturum ad signa et effigies principis, ubi legionibus coram..."
  • P

    Liber XIV

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES

    "...urbem, quasi valetudine infensa aut sapientiae studiis domi attineretur. Perculso Seneca promptum fuit Rufum Faenium imminuere Agrippinae amicitiam..."
  • P

    Liber XIII

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES

    "...superbiam vertens, si ultra unam alteramque noctem attineretur, nuptam esse se dictitans, nec posse matrimonium omittere, devinctam Othoni..."

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