attollimus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →attollo, attollere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
raise/lift up/towards/to a higher position; erect, build; exalt; extol, exalt;
pl. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...diversi autem sunt hi gestus) summittimus sive adorantes attollimus sive aliqua demonstratione aut invocatione protendimus: CXV. "vos Albani..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...minantur in caelum scopuli", aut res per similitudinem attollimus: "credas innare revulsas Cycladas", aut per comparationem, ut "fulminis..."