nactum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nanciscor, nancisci, nactus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
obtain, get; find, meet with, receive, stumble on, light on;
acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg. perf. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. part.voc. sg. perf. part.
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...potes. GRIP. Iam te ratu's nactum hominem quem defraudares? dandum huc argentum est probum: id ego continuo..."Liber V
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...quam illum interfectum viderit, quod mora reliquorum spatium nactum illum effugere nolebat; magna proponit eis qui occiderint praemia..."Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...etiam nomen tyranni audiuit, causam se spoliandi eos nactum ratus, tradere ubi uellet urbem Philoclen iussit. Nocte ignaris..."