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..."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..."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..."