complector
Dictionary entries
- Entry →complecto, complectere, complecti, complexus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
embrace, hug; welcome; encircle, encompass; attain; include, bring in, involve;; lay hold of, grip; seize; grasp, take in/up; sum up; include in scope, cover;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 1st - Entry →complector, complecti, complexus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
embrace, hug; welcome; encircle, encompass; attain; include, bring in, involve;; lay hold of, grip; seize; grasp, take in/up; sum up; include in scope, cover;
sg. pres. ind. 1st
Examples
V
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...sperem victurum filium, quem tunc primum aspicio, complector aegrum, quem pirata non recusat sibi relinqui? si persuasionem patris..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...puer, iam pectore toto accipio et comitem casus complector in omnis. nulla meis sine te quaeretur gloria rebus..."