attinuisses
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. pluperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...impleverant et cum fascibus secures inligatas praeferebant; nec attinuisse demi securem, cum sine provocatione creati essent, interpretabantur. Decem..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...quae praedicabat, simul Romanos et Numidam spe pacis attinuisse multumque cum animo suo volvere solitum, Iugurtham Romanis..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...deferebat in pectus, ni proximi prensam dextram vi attinuissent. extrema et conglobata inter se pars contionis..."