adeptio
From LSJ
πένης ὢν τὴν γυναῖκα χρήματα λαβὼν ἔχει δέσποιναν, οὐ γυναῖκ' ἔτι → a poor man getting rich turns his wife into his boss, not his wife any more
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ădeptĭo: ōnis, f. adipiscor,
I an obtaining, attainment: nos beatam vitam non depulsione mali, sed adeptione boni judicemus, Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 41: bonorum (opp., malorum evitatio), Quint. 5, 10, 33: alicujus commodi, Cic. Part. Or. 32, 113.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ădeptĭō, ōnis, f. (adipiscor), acquisition : Cic. Part. 113 ; Domo 36 ; Fin. 2, 41.
Latin > German (Georges)
adeptio, ōnis, f. (adipiscor), die Erlangung, filii, Cic.: boni (Ggstz. depulsio mali), Cic. u. Boëth.: bonorum (Ggstz. evitatio malorum), Quint.: commodi (Ggstz. vitatio incommodi), Cic.: virtutis, Boëth.: absol., Augustin. serm. 21, 1.
