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"Captare" may be defined as to get the upper hand of someone; and "captari" means to be the dupe of someone, to be the object of interested flattery; "captator" means a succession of successful undertakings of the sort referred to above.
Satyricon 2007
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The captator, the [image], the auarus are not the creation of Horace and Juvenal.
Introduction 1912
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"captari" means to be the dupe of someone, to be the object of interested flattery; "captator" means a succession of successful undertakings of the sort referred to above.
The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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"captari" means to be the dupe of someone, to be the object of interested flattery; "captator" means a succession of successful undertakings of the sort referred to above.
The Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's Notes 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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