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hiante ore captare aliquid (PROP.): inhiare alicui rei (to open the mouth at anything; also figuratively to seek eagerly).
hiante ore captare aliquid (PROP.): inhiare alicui rei (to open the mouth at anything; also figuratively to seek eagerly).
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I. Lit.: To try to seize with the teeth:
1. arrĭpio mordĭcus: a. mord. manum, Pl. Curc. 5, 1, 7.
2. morsu apprehendo, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84: cf. morsu corripere, id. 10, 40, 56, § 115: m. premere, Lucr. 3, 664 (663): morsibus insequi, Ov. M. 13, 568: morsus inferre, ib. 11, 58: morsu appetere (fig.), Tac. H. 4, 42, med.: hiare ad morsum, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 93.
II. Fig.: To aim at eagerly: perh. hianti ore capto (based on: praeterfluentem aquam hianti ore captare, Curt. 4, 16, ad med.). Cf. affecto, pĕto, etc. (v.TO AIM , III.): capto, appĕto, arrĭpĭo (v. TO GRASP AT , SEIZE UPON ): aucŭpor (v. TO CATCH AT .)
I. Lit.: To try to seize with the teeth:
1. arrĭpio mordĭcus: a. mord. manum, Pl. Curc. 5, 1, 7.
2. morsu apprehendo, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84: cf. morsu corripere, id. 10, 40, 56, § 115: m. premere, Lucr. 3, 664 (663): morsibus insequi, Ov. M. 13, 568: morsus inferre, ib. 11, 58: morsu appetere (fig.), Tac. H. 4, 42, med.: hiare ad morsum, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 93.
II. Fig.: To aim at eagerly: perh. hianti ore capto (based on: praeterfluentem aquam hianti ore captare, Curt. 4, 16, ad med.). Cf. affecto, pĕto, etc. (v.