captatam
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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...agreste tamen nec inexpugnabile amori pectus habens silvas captatam saepe per omnes aspicit Hesperien patria Cebrenida ripa iniectos..."Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uelut auspicibus nobilissumis populis deductas esse. Boeotorum gentem, captatam Philippo, numquam ad scribendum amicitiae foedus adduci potuisse; tribus..."