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
- P
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..." - T
Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uelut auspicibus nobilissumis populis deductas esse. Boeotorum gentem, captatam Philippo, numquam ad scribendum amicitiae foedus adduci potuisse; tribus..."