cap-tīvus

captīvus, a, um, adj. [captus, capio, II. A. 1.].

Of living beings.

Of men, taken prisoner, captive.

In gen. (rare):

urbs regi, captiva corpora Romanis cessere,

Liv. 31, 46, 16; cf.:

vix precibus, Neptune, tuis captiva resolvit Corpora,

Ov. A. A. 2, 587:

multitudo captiva servorum,

Liv. 7, 27, 9:

mancipia,

id. 32, 26, 6:

Tecmessa,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 6:

pubes,

id. ib. 3, 5, 18:

matres,

Ov. M. 13, 560.—

Subst.: cap-tīvus, i, m., a captive in war, a captive, prisoner (freq. and class.), Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 82; id. Phil. 8, 11, 32; id. Tusc. 3, 22, 54; id. Off. 1, 12, 38; 1, 13, 39; id. Fam. 5, 11, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 22; 1, 50; Nep. Hann. 7, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 115 al.; Verg. A. 9, 273; Hor. S. 1, 3, 89; id. Ep. 1, 16, 69; Ov. M. 13, 251; Juv. 7, 201.—

captīva, ae, f.:

tristis captiva,

Ov. Am. 1, 7, 39; id. M. 13, 471; Curt. 6, 2, 5; 8, 4, 26; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 264. —

Transf., poet., that pertains or belongs to captives:

sanguis,

Verg. A. 10, 520:

cruor,

Tac. A. 14, 30:

crines,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 45:

lacerti,

id. M. 13, 667:

colla,

id. P. 2, 1, 43:

sitis,

Mart. 11, 96, 4:

bracchia,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 109 al. —

Of animals, caught or taken:

pisces,

Ov. M. 13, 932:

ferae,

id. ib. 1, 475:

vulpes,

id. F. 4, 705:

crocodili,

Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 93:

mullus,

Mart. 10, 37 al. —

Of inanim. things, captured, plundered, taken as booty, spoiled, taken by force:

naves,

Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Liv. 26, 47, 3:

navigia,

id. 10, 2, 12:

carpenta,

id. 33, 23, 4:

pecunia,

id. 1, 53, 3; 10, 46, 6:

aurum argentumque,

id. 45, 40, 1:

signa,

id. 7, 37, 13:

arma,

id. 9, 40, 15:

solum,

id. 5, 30, 3:

ager,

id. 2, 48, 2; Tac. A. 12, 32:

res,

Plin. 33, 1, 3, § 7:

vestis,

Verg. A. 2, 765:

portatur ebur, captiva Corinthus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 193:

currus,

Verg. A. 7, 184:

caelum,

Ov. M. 1, 184 al. —

Trop.:

captiva mens,

i.e. by love, Ov. Am. 1, 2, 30.