captans
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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...aurum, ducit noctem, rogitat postibi unde sit, quoiatis, captane an surrupta sit, quo genere gnata, qui parentes fuerint..."Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...admovi: ita animum coepi attendere, hoc modo sermonem captans. {Ph.} eu Geta! {Ge.} hic pulcherrimum facinus audivi: itaque..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...nempe versatur atque illuc, somnum inter aegritudines levem captans; quae non audit audisse se queritur. Quid in causa..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...dictis; ac nunc ense furit, nunc tela natantia captans ingerit: innuptae comitem Therona Dianae, ruricolamque Gyan cum fluctiuago..."Liber V
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...Musca Calui momordit musca nudatum caput,quam opprimere captans alapam sibi duxit grauem.Tunc illa inridens: "Punctum uolucris paruulaeuoluisti..."