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adhinnio

adhinnio · v. n

to neigh to

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Where it lives

Remedia Amoris 1 · 1.91/10k
Cistellaria 1 · 1.91/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
Ars Amatoria 1 · 0.67/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

ăd-hinnĭo — Lewis & Short

ăd-hinnĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. n.,

I to neigh to or after.

I Lit., constr. with dat. and acc., also ad and in with acc.: fortis equus visae semper adhinnit equae, Ov. Rem. Am. 634; cf. id. A. A. 1, 208; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 95.—Hence, of lewd persons, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Mai. p. 19; Prud. ap. Symm. 1, 57: aliquem, August. de Mor. Manich. 2, 19: in aliquam, Arn. 4, p. 135: so, ad aliquam, Vulg. Jer. 5, 8 al.—

II Fig., to strive after or long for with voluptuous desire: admissarius iste ad illius orationem adhinnivit, gave his passionate assent to, expressed his delight in, etc., Cic. Pis. 28, 69: virginis delicatas voculas, App. M. 6, p. 185.

In the wild

adhinnivit Cicero, In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 69
adhinnit Ovid, Remedia Amoris 634
adhinnit Ovid, Ars Amatoria 1.280
adhinnivit Prudentius, Contra Symmachum 1.1.58
adhinnire Plautus, Cistellaria 2.1
adhinnire Apuleius, Metamorphoses 6.28

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Where it came from

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