amplector
Latin
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /amˈplek.tor/, [ämˈpɫ̪ɛkt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /amˈplek.tor/, [ämˈplɛkt̪or]
Verb
    
amplector (present infinitive amplectī, perfect active amplexus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- to surround, encircle or entwine
- Synonyms: complector, stīpō, claudō, circumdō, circumveniō
 
- to embrace, hug, clasp or grasp
- Synonyms: complector, teneō
 
- to include, comprise, contain
- Synonyms: contineō, inclūdō, apprehendō, teneō, complector
 
- to esteem
- to cherish
Conjugation
    
References
    
- “amplector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “amplector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amplector in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- amplector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co. - to be an enthusiastic devotee of letters: litteras amplecti
- to feel affection for a person: amore prosequi, amplecti aliquem
 
- to be an enthusiastic devotee of letters: litteras amplecti
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