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
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..."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..."