captaret
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. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...famulo notis soror obvia silvis flevit ubi Ossaeae captaret frigora quercus perderet et pingui miseros Boebeide crines! insurgit..."- T
Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...immerito suscensentis adsentando indignandoque et ipse uicem eius captaret, in omnia ultro suam offerens operam, fide data arcana..."