adhamo

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

ădhāmo, āre, 1, v. a. [hamus],

to catch , secure : Qui serius honores adhamaverunt, vix admittuntur ad eos, Cic. ap. Non. 2, 5, where Mercer. better reads adamaverunt.