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|lshtext=<b>ăd-ĭpiscor</b>: eptus, 3, v. dep. [[apiscor]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[arrive]] at, to [[reach]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: occepi sequi; vix adipiscendi [[potestas]] fuit, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 13.—Hence also [[with]] acc., to [[reach]], to [[overtake]]: fugientes Gallos [[Macedones]] adepti ceciderunt, Liv. 44, 28; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 2, 30, 14.—Far oftener,<br /><b>II</b> Fig., to [[attain]] to by [[effort]], to [[get]], [[obtain]], [[acquire]], to [[get]] [[possession]] of (by overcoming [[natural]] obstacles; diff. from impetrare, to [[reach]] or [[obtain]] by [[victory]] [[over]] [[another]]'s [[will]]; and nancisci, by [[accident]], Doed. Syn. III. pp. 145, 146; IV. p. 369): nuptias effugere ego istas [[malo]] [[quam]] tu adipiscier, Ter. And. 2, 1, 32: senectutem ut adipiscantur, omnes optant; eandem accusant adepti, Cic. de Sen. 2, 4: summos honores a [[populo]] Romano, id. Clu. 43: amplissimos dignitatis [[gradus]], id. Fam. 10, 6: gloriam, Vulg. Eccli. 44, 7; 46, 3: quanta instrumenta ([[homo]]) habeat ad obtinendam adipiscendamque sapientiam, id. Leg. 1, 22, 59 al.; so Caes. B. G. 5, 39; Nep. Them. 9; id. Chabr. 2; Sall. C. 11, 7; Liv. 1, 32; Vell. 2, 116; Tac. A. 11, 22; Suet. Aug. 16; Vulg. Heb. 6, 15.— With ex: adeptum esse omnia e [[natura]] et [[animo]] et corpore et vitā, Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19; cf. id. Leg. 1, 13, 35; 2, 23, 59.—With ut. adepti sunt, ut [[dies]] festos agitare possent, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21.—Absol.: non potestis adipisci, Vulg. Jac. 4, 2.!*?<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> iis adipiscendi [[magistratus]], [[they]] should [[strive]] for [[public]] honors (the [[consequens]] for the antecedens), Cic. Off. 1, 21, 72.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> [[Nero]] in adipiscenda morte (Epaphroditi) manu adjutus existimabatur, i. e. consciscenda, in committing [[suicide]], Suet. Dom. 14 Oud.; cf. Ov. Tr. 2, 92; Front. 4, 4, 15; and: invenire mortem, Verg. A. 2, 645. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Pass.: non aetate, [[verum]] ingenio, adipiscitur [[sapientia]], Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 88: haec adipiscuntur, C. [[Fannius]] ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.: amitti [[magis]] [[quam]] adipisci, Fab. Maximus, ib.; so esp. [[adeptus]], Cic. de Sen. 2, 4; Sall. C. 7; id. J. 101; Tac. A. 1, 7, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; cf. Gell. 15, 13; Prisc. 790 sq.; Rudd. I. p. 288; Kritz ad Sall. C. 7, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> With gen.: [[arma]], quīs [[Galba]] rerum [[adeptus]] est, Tac. A. 3, 55; ib. 6, 45 (here Halm reads apisceretur); Rudd. II. p. 120; Zumpt, § 466.
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|gf=<b>ădĭpīscor</b>,⁸ [[adeptus]] sum, ĭpīscī (ad, [[apiscor]]), tr., atteindre [au pr. et fig.] : quos sequebantur [[non]] sunt adepti Liv. 24, 1, 11, ils n’atteignirent pas ceux qu’ils poursuivaient ; senectutem Cic. CM 4, atteindre la vieillesse ; plurimis inimicitiis honores Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 181, au prix de haines sans nombre, parvenir aux magistratures || ex [[bello]] [[aliquid]] Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 42 ; a [[populo]] Cic. Clu. 118, tirer qqch. de la guerre, obtenir qqch. du peuple || [avec gén.] rerum [[adeptus]] [[est]] Tac. Ann. 3, 55, il s’empara du pouvoir, cf. [[apiscor]] Tac. Ann. 6, 45 ; CLE 466, 2 || [avec ut subj.] obtenir que : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51 ; Tac. Ann. 6, 8 ; [avec ne ] obtenir de ne pas : Cic. Mil. 44 || [sujet nom de ch.] : quæ [[illa]] ([[victoria]]) erat adepta Cic. Marc. 12, les avantages que [[cette]] (victoire) avait acquis ; a Tarpeio [[mons]] [[est]] [[cognomen]] [[adeptus]] Prop. 4, 4, 93, le mont a tiré (pris) son nom de Tarpéius || [sens passif au part.] v. [[adeptus]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; inf. arch. adipiscier Pl. Capt. 483 ; Ter. Andr. 332.
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