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..."Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...immerito suscensentis adsentando indignandoque et ipse uicem eius captaret, in omnia ultro suam offerens operam, fide data arcana..."