reptantis
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;
gen. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Brutus amator erat. CLXXII Sauroctonos Corinthius. Ad te reptanti, puer insidiose, lacertae Parce: cupit digitis illa perire tuis..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...felix o, quantis sonuit vagitibus et quas vidit reptantis sustinuitque manus: hic steterat veneranda domus quae praestitit orbi..."I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...quotiens admotus est, transit, aut in manu tarde reptantis arescit. Hoc quid esse dicamus, quod circa cubiculum utrumque..."