complexu

complexu is a Latin form of complector, meaning “embrace, clasp; include, comprise”.

It can also be a form of complexus, “embrace; grasp”. It is the ablative singular masculine noun or supine dative singular neuter.

Found 70 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.7: … libertatis et civitatis in crucem sustulit. rapiunt eum ad supplicium di patrii, quod iste inventus est qui e complexu parentum abreptos filios ad necem duceret, et parentis pretium pro sepultura liberum posceret. religiones ver …

Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 7.1.11: … i potuit; parricidam facere ne damnando quidem potuit. cognosce innocentiam meam in mari quam domi noluisti.” Complexu, osculis prosecutus est: sic patrem parricida dimisit?

All forms of complector (conjugation 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.