captabit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →capto, captare, captavi, captatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
try/long/aim for, desire; entice; hunt legacy; try to catch/grasp/seize/reach;
sg. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Menogenen, omni tu licet arte velis. Captabit tepidum dextra laevaque trigonem, Inputet acceptas ut tibi saepe pilas. Colliget..."- M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...argumenta diducet in digitos et propositionum ac partitionum captabit leporem et, ut plerumque in hoc genere moris..." - M
XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...coram servulis libertisque vitabunt, et maximi sceleris ardor captabit adfectare gravitatem. elige, parricida, quod voles: incestum diligens suspectum..."