captes
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. pres. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...iamiamque esse dicturus. non fallit nos, nefande, quid captes: hoc, quod supra silentium trahis alta suspiria, quod..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...ruam, dic, augur, acervos.' 'dixi equidem et dico: captes astutus ubique testamenta senum neu, si vafer unus..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...caput eius regionis erat, viculosque circumiectos capit et capt[o c]ibo ac pecoribus per triduum exercitum aluit..."