Latin

Alternative forms

• ammoveō

Verb

admoveō ‎(present infinitive admovēre, perfect active admōvī, supine admōtum); second conjugation

1. I move, bring, conduct, lead or carry someone or something to or toward; apply to.
2. I move or bring someone or something near to another; reconcile.
3. (military) I move or bring up or forward, call upon.
4. (figuratively) I apply, attend or direct to or toward.
5. (with aurem or aures) I lend an ear to.
6. (with manum or manus) I put my hand to an undertaking.
7. (with manum or manus) I lay violent hands upon; attack, assault.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• admōtiō
• admōtus

Related terms

Descendants

• English: admove

References

• admoveo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• admoveo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “admoveo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to spur, urge a person on: calcaria alicui adhibere, admovere; stimulos alicui admovere
    
  • to have a person tortured: alicui admovere tormenta
    
  • to advance on..: exercitum admovere, adducere ad...
    
  • to apply scaling-ladders: scalas admovere (B. C. 3. 63)