assail Copy link Outline 1. appĕto, īvi, ītum, 32. oppugno, 13. invĕhor, vectus, 3 (of assailing with abuse, etc.) • assail: 1. appĕto, īvi, ītum, 3: the life of his son was often a.'d by open violence and by treachery, filii vita saepe ferro atque insidiis appetita est, Cic. Fig.: a.'d by every insult, ignominiis omnibus appetitus, Quint. 2. oppugno, 1: to a. a camp, castra op., Caes. Fig.: to a. any one with money, aliquem pecunia op., Cic.: v. to attack, assault. 3. invĕhor, vectus, 3 (of assailing with abuse, etc.): v. to inveigh against.