inpetant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →inpeto, inpetere, inpetivi, inpetitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
attack, assail; rush upon (L+S); accuse;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...sistit per strata viarum, despectum praebet sub terras inpete tanto, a terris quantum caeli patet altus hiatus, nubila..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...facientibus orbem cingitur, interdum longa trabe rectior adstat, inpete nunc vasto ceu concitus imbribus amnis fertur et obstantis..."
