captantium
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;
gen. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
- L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...aliud istae disputationes sunt quam inter se perite captantium lusus. Dic potius quam naturale sit in immensum mentem..." - L
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...efferendis heredibus lassa? Quot ille ad irritandam auaritiam captantium simulatus aeger? Quot ille potentior amicus..."