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
- A
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...contra ne diceret; eum pecuniam petivisse et, quantam petiverat, abstulisse. Postridie cum res agi denuo coepta esset, Demosthenen..." - A
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...dedit daturumque promisit mercedem grandem pecuniam, quantam Protagoras petiverat, dimidiumque eius dedit iam tunc statim, priusquam disceret, pepigitque..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...inpio testamento filium eius Aristonicum, quia patrium regnum petiverat, hostium more per triumphum duxere; Asia ab ipsis obsessa..." - P
Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...familiae in vincla rapta. Forte illis diebus Campaniam petiverat Caesar, et Cumas usque progressus Petronius illic attinebatur..." - P
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..."