captatae
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;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
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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..." - M
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..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...praesente Flaminio decerni quicquam uidebatur posse. Captata occasio est, cum aeger forte Flaminius abesset, et referente Aemilio senatus..."