captatus
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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
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Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...pervenit haec res frequentissime ad risum: qui si captatus est, urbanitatis, sin aliter, stultitiae nomen adsequitur. LXXV..." - P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...constiterant hinc Thisbe, Pyramus illinc, inque vices fuerat captatus anhelitus oris, "invide" dicebant "paries, quid amantibus obstas? quantum..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...illum cognita fraude consulis, cum saepe colloquiis petitis captatus esset, non congressum modo sed conspectum etiam eius uitasse..."