captavi
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;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
- M
XIX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...questus de iuvene nec tibi, nec captavi, ut illum mecum et mater odisset. frustra te putas extorquere accusatione..." - M
XVII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...praeteritis prospicerem iurgia tam longa quam vitam, captavi, fateor, hominis ~occursum~ quem mihi videbar exasperare praesentia, exorare..."