reptant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →repto, reptare, reptavi, reptatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
crawl/creep (over); move slowly/lazily/furtively, stroll/saunter, slink, grope;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...accipitrem avium rapidissimum a chamaeleonte humi reptante, si eum forte supervolet, detrahi et cadere vi quadam in terram..." - A
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...oppletum oppidum est solariis, maior pars populi aridi reptant fame. Favorinus quoque noster, cum Nervulariam Plauti legerem, quae..." - T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...saepe in colli tondentes pabula laeta lanigerae reptant pecudes, quo quamque vocantes invitant herbae gemmantes rore recenti..."