petiverat
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. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...contra ne diceret; eum pecuniam petivisse et, quantam petiverat, abstulisse. Postridie cum res agi denuo coepta esset, Demosthenen..."Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...dedit daturumque promisit mercedem grandem pecuniam, quantam Protagoras petiverat, dimidiumque eius dedit iam tunc statim, priusquam disceret, pepigitque..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...inpio testamento filium eius Aristonicum, quia patrium regnum petiverat, hostium more per triumphum duxere; Asia ab ipsis obsessa..."Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...familiae in vincla rapta. Forte illis diebus Campaniam petiverat Caesar, et Cumas usque progressus Petronius illic attinebatur..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...diversis et terris at animalia maris Oceano abusque petiverat. crepidinibus stagni lupanaria adstabant inlustribus feminis completa, et contra..."