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
- P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."