captent
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;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- P
Hecyra
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...autem est ulcisci advorsarios, aut qua via te captent dem ipsos capi? eheu me miseram, quor..." - P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...Davos Pamphilvs SI. Reviso quid agant aut quid captent consili. DA. hic nunc non dubitat quin te ducturum..." - L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...latratu caua saxa sonent. nunc demissi nare sagaci captent auras lustraque presso quaerant rostro, dum lux dubia..." - P
Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...Excipite arcana verba notata manu. Ista viri captent, si iam captanda putabunt, Quos faciet iustos ignis et unda..."