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..."- M
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..."