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
Hecyra
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...autem est ulcisci advorsarios, aut qua via te captent dem ipsos capi? eheu me miseram, quor..."Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...Davos Pamphilvs SI. Reviso quid agant aut quid captent consili. DA. hic nunc non dubitat quin te ducturum..."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..."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..."