adeptio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ădeptĭo, ōnis, f. [adipiscor],

an obtaining , attainment : nos beatam vitam non depulsione mali, sed adeptione boni judicemus, Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 41: bonorum (opp., malorum evitatio), Quint. 5, 10, 33: alicujus commodi, Cic. Part. Or. 32, 113.

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