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To seek to catch

  • 1 capto

    capto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. act. [capio].
    I.
    Prop., to strive to seize, lay hold of a thing with zeal, longing, etc., to catch at, snatch, chase, etc.:

    (syn. aucupor, venor): Tantalus a labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 68; so id. ib. 1, 2, 108; Ov. M. 3, 432; 10, 42; cf.:

    aquam hianti ore,

    Curt. 4, 16, 12; and:

    imbrem ore hianti,

    id. 4, 7, 14:

    laqueo volucres, harundine pisces,

    Tib. 2, 6, 23; Verg. G. 1, 139; Hor. Epod. 2, 36; Ov. M. 8, 217; cf.:

    (meretrices) occurrebant amatoribus: Eos captabant,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 31:

    muscas,

    Suet. Dom. 3:

    modo cervicem, modo crura,

    Ov. M. 9, 37:

    collum,

    id. ib. 3, 428:

    patulis naribus auras,

    Verg. G. 1, 376; Ov. M. 7, 557; 4, 72:

    plumas ore,

    id. ib. 8, 198:

    umbras et frigora,

    Verg. E. 2, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 53:

    auribus aëra,

    to catch the breeze, id. A. 3, 514:

    captata Hesperie,

    watched, sought for, Ov. M. 11, 768.—
    II.
    Figuratively.
    A.
    In gen., to strive after, long for, desire earnestly, try or seek to obtain (syn.: consector, appeto, aucupor;

    class.): sermonem,

    to watch, listen to, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 8; cf. Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 29:

    sonitum aure admota,

    Liv. 38, 7, 8;

    solitudines,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:

    quid consili,

    to adopt, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 91; Ter. And. 1, 1, 143; 2, 4, 1:

    assensiones alicujus,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51:

    plausus,

    to covet, id. Pis. 25, 60:

    misericordiam,

    id. Phil. 2, 34, 86; id. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

    voluptatem,

    id. Fin. 1, 7, 24 (opp. praeterire):

    risus,

    to provoke, strive to excite, id. Tusc. 2, 7, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 26; Phaedr. 1, 29, 1:

    favorem,

    Quint. 6, 1, 25; Suet. Tib. 57: nomen imperatorium, D. Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 4:

    incerta pro certis,

    Sall. C. 20, 2; cf.:

    nubes et inania,

    Hor. A. P. 230:

    libertatis auram,

    Liv. 3, 37, 1; cf.:

    auram incertae famae,

    Curt. 4, 5, 8:

    occasionem,

    to watch for, Liv. 38, 44, 3; Suet. Caes. 7:

    tempus rei,

    Quint. 4, 2, 70; Liv. 4, 36, 3:

    tempestates,

    id. 5, 6, 4:

    brevitatem,

    Quint. 10, 1, 32:

    elegantiam actoris,

    id. 11, 3, 184:

    leporem propositionum ac partitionum,

    id. 11, 1, 53:

    solas sententias multas,

    id. 8, 5, 30:

    auctoritatem contemptu ceterorum,

    id. 12, 3, 12; 9, 2, 98; cf. id. 11, 3, 142:

    vox non captata, sed velut oblata,

    id. 9, 3, 73. —With inf. as object:

    prendique et prendere captans,

    Ov. M. 10, 58:

    laedere aliquem,

    Phaedr. 4, 8, 6:

    opprimere,

    id. 5, 3, 2:

    acquirere voluptates,

    Col. 8, 11, 1.—

    With a clause as object: cum, an marem editura esset variis captaret (i. e. magno studio quaereret) ominibus,

    Suet. Tib. 14.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to capio, II. 2.) To seek to catch or take one in a crafty manner, to lie in wait for, seek to entrap, to entice, allure (constr. quem, quod, quem cujus rei, cum quo, inter se, or absol.):

    magnum hoc vitium vino'st: Pedes captat primum, luctator dolosu'st,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 6; cf.

    captatio: quā viā te captent, eādem ipsos capi?

    Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16:

    tu si me impudicitiae captas, capere non potes,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189; 1, 1, 266; 2, 2, 163; id. Men. 4, 2, 83:

    astutemihi captandum'st cum illoc,

    id. Most. 5, 1, 21:

    quid ad illum qui te captare vult, utrum tacentem irretiat te an loquentem?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94:

    est quiddam quod suā vi nos adliciat ad sese, non emolumento captans aliquo, sed trahens suā dignitate,

    id. Inv. 2, 52, 157:

    hostem insidiis,

    Liv. 2, 50, 3:

    inter se,

    id. 44, 24, 8; 44, 25, 12: verba ( to interpret sophistically; cf. captio), Dig. 10, 4, 19.— Absol.: contra est eundum cautim et captandum mihi, Att. ap. Non. p. 512, 12; p. 512, 50: in colloquiis insidiari [p. 289] et captare, Liv. 32, 33, 11 ( = captionibus uti, studere fallere).—Hence,
    2.
    A standing expression, to practise legacy - hunting, to hunt for legacies (aliquem or aliquod):

    testamenta senum,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 23; cf.

    hereditatem,

    Dig. 29, 6, 1:

    homines,

    Petr. 116, 6; Mart. 6, 63; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 7; 4, 2, 2; Juv. 16, 56 al.; cf. captator and captatorius.—
    3.
    To take up, begin, of discourse:

    ubi captato sermone diuque loquendo ad nomen venere Jovis,

    Ov. M. 3, 279.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capto

  • 2 observo

    ob-servo, āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic fut. perf. observasso, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 57), v. a.
    I.
    In gen., to watch, note, heed, observe a thing; to take notice of, pay attention to (class.;

    syn.: animadverto, attendo): ne me observare possis, quid rerum geram,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 14:

    quid ille faciat, ne id observes,

    id. Men. 5, 2, 38:

    fetus,

    to watch for, seek to catch, Verg. G. 4, 512:

    lupus observavit, dum dormitarent canes,

    watched, waited, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 133:

    occupationem alicujus, et aucupari tempus,

    to watch in order to take advantage of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 22:

    si iniquitates observaveris, Domine,

    Vulg. Psa. 129, 3: tempus epistulae alicui reddendae, to watch or wait for, Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1:

    et insidiari,

    to be on the watch, id. Or. 62, 210: observavit sedulo, ut praetor indiceret, etc., took care that, etc., Suet. Claud. 22.—So pass. impers.:

    observatum est, ne quotiens introiret urbem, supplicium de quoquam sumeretur,

    Suet. Aug. 57 fin.:

    observans Acerroniae necem,

    observing, perceiving, Tac. A. 14, 6:

    postquam poëta sensit, scripturam suam Ab iniquis observari,

    to be scrutinized, Ter. Ad. prol. 1:

    sese,

    to keep a close watch over one's self, Cic. Brut. 82, 283.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To watch, guard, keep any thing:

    januam,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 7:

    fores,

    id. Mil. 2, 3, 57:

    greges,

    Ov. M. 1, 513: draconem, auriferam obtutu observantem arborem, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; Sen. Hippol. 223.—
    B.
    To observe, respect, regard, attend to, heed, keep, comply with a law, precept, recommendation, etc.:

    leges,

    Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40:

    censoriam animadversionem,

    id. Clu. 42, 117:

    praeceptum diligentissime,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 35:

    imperium,

    Sall. J. 80, 2:

    foedus,

    Sil. 17, 78:

    centesimas,

    to adhere to, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11:

    commendationes,

    to attend to, regard, id. Fam. 13, 27, 1:

    auspicia,

    Tac. G. 9:

    diem concilii,

    Liv. 1, 50, 6:

    ordines,

    to keep in the ranks, Sall. J. 51, 1.— Pass.:

    id ab omnibus,

    Just. 21, 4, 5.—
    C.
    To pay attention or respect to; to respect, regard, esteem, honor one (syn.:

    veneror, revereor): tribules suos,

    Cic. Planc. 18, 45:

    regem,

    Verg. G. 4, 210:

    me, ut alterum patrem, et observat, et diligit,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4:

    et colere aliquem,

    id. Att. 2, 19, 5:

    aliquem perofficiose et amanter,

    id. ib. 9, 20, 3:

    clarissimus et nobis observandus vir,

    Front. Ep. ad Anton. p. 4.—
    D.
    Observare se a quā re = se abstinere, Vulg. Judic. 13, 12.—
    E.
    To observe, notice, perceive (eccl. Lat.):

    Amasa non observavit gladium,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 20, 10.—Hence,
    1.
    ob-servans, antis, P. a.
    A.
    Watchful, regardful, observant.—Comp.:

    observantior aequi Fit populus,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 296.— Sup.:

    observantissimus omnium officiorum,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 30, 1; 10, 11, 1: observantissima lex suorum itinerum, App. de Mundo, 33 fin. —
    B.
    Attentive, respectful:

    homo tui observans,

    Cic. Quint. 11, 39; Charis. 77 P.:

    observantissimus mei homo,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11; id. Fam. 13, 3 init. —Hence, adv.: observanter, carefully, sedulously (post-class.):

    sequi,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 1, § 7; App. Mag. p. 320, 11.— Comp.:

    observantius,

    Amm. 23, 6, 79.— Sup.:

    aliquid observantissime vitare,

    Gell. 10, 21.—
    b.
    Reverentially:

    ad precandum accedere,

    Lact. 5, 19, 26.—
    2.
    observātē, adv., observantly, carefully, perspicaciously (postclass.):

    observate curioseque animadvertit M. Tullius,

    Gell. 2, 17, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > observo

  • 3 aucupor

        aucupor ātus, ārī, dep.    [auceps], to be a birdcatcher, chase, hunt, strive after, catch: tempus: epistulis matris imbecillitatem: utilitatem ad dicendum: rumorem: verba.
    * * *
    aucupari, aucupatus sum V DEP
    go fowling; lie in wait/lay a trap for, keep a watch on; seek to deal with

    Latin-English dictionary > aucupor

  • 4 aucupo

    aucupare, -, aucupatus V TRANS
    catch, take (swarm of bees); hunt after, seek, be on the lookout for

    Latin-English dictionary > aucupo

  • 5 consequor

    consequi, consecutus sum V DEP
    follow, go/come after; attend on; pursue; catch up with, overtake; follow up; happen subsequently, ensue/follow in order/time; act accordingly, follow plan; seek after, aim at; achieve, reach; obtain; acquire, gain; grasp/comprehend

    Latin-English dictionary > consequor

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