petit
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;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...senior madidaque fluens in veste Menoetes summa petit scopuli siccaque in rupe resedit. illum et labentem Teucri..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Apollo praesidet horrendaeque procul secreta Sibyllae, antrum immane, petit, magnam cui mentem animumque Delius inspirat vates aperitque futura..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...multi illam magno e Latio totaque petebant Ausonia; petit ante alios pulcherrimus omnis Turnus, avis atavisque potens, quem..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...arma manu nodisque gravatum robur, et aerii cursu petit ardua montis. tum primum nostri Cacum videre timentem turbatumque..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sociis et classe relicta sceptra Palatini sedemque petit Evandri. nec satis: extremas Corythi penetravit ad urbes Lydorumque manum..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Latinos occiso Therone, virum qui maximus ultro Aenean petit. huic gladio perque aerea suta, per tunicam squalentem auro..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fulva resplendent fragmina harena. ergo amens diversa fuga petit aequora Turnus et nunc huc, inde huc incertos implicat..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...scopulum interea conscendit, et omnem prospectum late pelago petit, Anthea si quem iactatum vento videat Phrygiasque biremis..."