captantem
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.
Examples
Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...domino frusta panis aut carnis aperto ore captantem? quidquid excepit protinus integrum devorat et semper ad spem venturi..."de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...callosas habentem manus: uoluptatem latitantem saepius ac tenebras captantem circa balinea ac sudatoria ac loca aedilem metuentia, mollem..."de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...ignotissimis litigatoribus grandem natu et imperitae coronae assensiones captantem spiritus liquit; turpis ille qui uiuendo lassus citius quam..."Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...inferorum sede ab infausta extrahit auido fugaces ore captantem cibos? quis male deorum Tantalo inuisas domos ostendit iterum..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...signaque ostendebat hostem praedamnata spe aequo dimicandi campo captantem tumulos, loci fiducia non uirtutis armorumque stare in conspectu..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...adire quisquam, non adloqui audebat tenebras semper secretumque captantem, nec unquam ex solitudine sua prodeuntem, nisi ut solitudinem..."