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aptum

aptum is a Latin form of aptus, meaning “fit, suitable (+dat.); fastened, joined; (apte) fittingly”.

It can also be a form of apiscor, “reach, gain, obtain”. It is the supine nominative singular neuter or perfect passive participle genitive plural neuter or perfect passive participle genitive plural masculine or perfect passive participle accusative singular masculine.

Found 95 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.2.134: … ndum in modum reperiebam hunc Timarchidem ad istius flagitiosas libidines singularemque nequitiam natum atque aptum fuisse; investigare, adire, appellare, corrumpere, quidvis facere in eius modi rebus quamvis callide, quamvis …

All forms of aptus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.