reptantibus
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;
abl. pl. pres. act. part.dat. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...propiorque coacto: 'Dicor et in teneris et adhuc reptantibus annis, Thessalus ut rigido senior me monte recepit..."Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...humilius et depressius iter; frequentior currentibus quam reptantibus lapsus, sed his non labentibus nulla, illis non nulla laus..."