adhinnio

ăd-hinnĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. n., to neigh to or after.

I.

Lit., constr. with dat. and acc., also ad and in with acc.:

fortis equus visae semper adhinnit equae,

Ov. Rem. Am. 634; cf. id. A. A. 1, 208; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 95.—Hence, of lewd persons, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Mai. p. 19; Prud. ap. Symm. 1, 57:

aliquem,

August. de Mor. Manich. 2, 19:

in aliquam,

Arn. 4, p. 135: so,

ad aliquam,

Vulg. Jer. 5, 8 al. —

II.

Fig., to strive after or long for with voluptuous desire: admissarius iste ad illius orationem adhinnivit, gave his passionate assent to, expressed his delight in, etc., Cic. Pis. 28, 69:

virginis delicatas voculas,

App. M. 6, p. 185.