complexum
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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - 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;
acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. part.voc. sg. perf. part. - Entry →complexus, complexus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
surrounding, encompassing, encircling; clasp, grasp, hold, embrace; inclusion;; sexual intercourse (w/Venerius/femineus); hand-to-hand fighting; stranglehold;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...scito: vobis est suave amantibus complexos fabulari, ego complexum huius nil moror, meum autem hic aspernatur. proinde istud..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...illa es, illa digna te est: ite in complexum alter alterius. Omnibus aliis rebus te nega, fortiter, aperte..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...praestantem, tum vero tot pulcherrimas artis penitus mente complexum, datum tandem rebus humanis, qualem nulla antea vetustas cognoverit..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...autem haec vox universalis, quae etiam citra complexum causae possit esse laudabilis, interim ad rem tantum relata..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quaestionem habet generalem et quae esse etiam citra complexum causae possit: scriptum et voluntas de eo disputat iure..."Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ratione se Lucretius dicit praecepta philosophiae carmine esse complexum; namque hac, ut est notum, similitudine utitur: ac veluti..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...thesis dicerent et communes locos et cetera citra complexum rerum personarumque quibus uerae fictaeque controuersiae continentur..."Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...lepido loco, in lecto lepide strato lepidam mulierem complexum contrectare. COLL. Is, leno, viam. LYC. Vbi tu Leucadio..."
