captata
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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XVI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Itaque nihil invenies sordidum: electa verba sunt, non captata, nec huius saeculi more contra naturam suam posita..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...verbis tantum distantibus iucunde consonat vox, praesertim non captata sed velut oblata, cum altero suo sit usus, alterum..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...praesente Flaminio decerni quicquam uidebatur posse. Captata occasio est, cum aeger forte Flaminius abesset, et referente Aemilio senatus..."