petentia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →peto, petere, petivi, petitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
attack; aim at; desire; beg, entreat, ask (for); reach towards, make for;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...rerum series, atque omne futurumnititur in lucem, uocemque petentia fata 180luctantur; non prima dies, non ultima mundi..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...potest maculatum sanguine ferrum (idque satis fuerat) nostrumque petentia letum corpora missa neci salva pietate fatemur: sed quam..."