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1.
căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:
capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:
sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:
cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:
cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:
tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:
cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:
flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:
acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:
lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:
baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:
colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:
florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:
pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:
ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:
rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:
scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:
capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;
and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:
tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:
quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:
lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of living objects.
a.
To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.
(α).
Of persons:
oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:
capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:
quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:
captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:
captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:
servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:
in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:
inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:
quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:
ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:
dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
(β).
Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:
si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:
hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:
neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:
nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:
cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:
hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—
b.
To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:
quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:
quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:
quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:
secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:
nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;
erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:
hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:
te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:
carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:
munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;
14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:
dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:
voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:
temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:
(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:
amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:
auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:
neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;
nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
c.
To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:
sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:
injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:
eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:
ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:
capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:
captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:
ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:
adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:
capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:
dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:
quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—
d.
To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):
tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:
tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:
callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—
e.
To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.
(α).
Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):
mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:
captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:
capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:
oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:
congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:
si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:
habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:
censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:
lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:
princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:
captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;
and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—
(β).
Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:
labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;
rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,
animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:
captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:
virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:
viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:
captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:
capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—
f.
To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:
de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:
Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:
me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:
te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:
quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:
non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:
si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:
plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:
jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:
religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:
C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
2.
Of places.
a.
To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:
loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:
castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:
locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:
ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:
ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:
nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:
neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:
erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:
locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:
duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,
of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:
quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:
tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;
for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;
for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:
Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:
ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
b.
To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:
invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:
MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):
ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:
Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:
urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:
ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:
concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:
plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:
sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:
oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
c.
To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):
insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:
onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:
accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:
nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:
qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
3.
Of things of value, property, money, etc.
a.
In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:
AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:
agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:
ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:
quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:
classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:
magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:
ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:
e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:
signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §
82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:
cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:
ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:
majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:
te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:
paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:
ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:
quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:
quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
b.
In particular connections.
(α).
With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:
his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:
HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:
quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §
27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §
91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §
218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §
71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:
ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:
nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:
si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:
ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:
saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
(β).
Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:
si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:
qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:
abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:
aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:
si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:
qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:
qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
(γ).
Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:
capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:
quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:
vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:
quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:
si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
C.
Trop.
1.
Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):
metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:
honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:
ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:
ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:
multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:
fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:
aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:
quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:
utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:
usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
2.
Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:
gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:
figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:
formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:
duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:
radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:
cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:
siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:
maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:
radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:
vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:
(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
3.
Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:
cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:
qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:
aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:
consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:
misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:
quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:
disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:
quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
4.
Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:
nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:
o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:
in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:
consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:
honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:
imperium,
id. Claud. 10:
magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:
magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:
capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:
rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:
pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:
rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:
neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:
ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:
patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
5.
In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:
augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:
augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:
omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:
in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:
rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:
a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:
experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):
nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:
fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:
ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:
expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:
ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:
eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
6.
Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:
si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:
si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:
quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:
si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
7.
Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:
quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:
cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:
hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:
conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:
nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:
capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:
quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:
temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:
tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:
confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:
subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):
legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:
obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:
si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:
ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:
cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
8.
Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:
ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:
illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
9.
Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:
tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:
omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:
laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:
ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;
hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:
satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:
cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:
angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:
quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:
laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:
lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:
opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:
itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:
ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:
ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:
ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):
laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:
ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:
maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:
et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:
voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:
malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:
quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
10.
Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):
edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:
numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:
nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:
te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:
Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:
cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:
etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:
qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:
oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:
tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:
ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:
hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:
tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;
I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:
infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:
cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;
I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:
ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:
tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:
senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):
quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
11.
Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:
calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:
detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;
videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:
Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:
quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
II.
To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:
parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:
jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:
terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:
dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:
cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—
2.
Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:
di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:
qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;
volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:
non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:
non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:
neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:
officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:
si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:
ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):
tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
2.
To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.
a.
Affirmatively (rare):
quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:
si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:
dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
b.
With negatives:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:
nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:
vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:
ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:
sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:
majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:
ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:
infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
3.
Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):
rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:
molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:
res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
4.
With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):
nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:
crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
5.
Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):
sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:
nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:
quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:
senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:
somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
2.
căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
I.
A taking:
dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
II.
= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capio
82 Capta

1.
căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:
capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:
sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:
cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:
cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:
tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:
cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:
flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:
acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:
lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:
baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:
colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:
florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:
pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:
ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:
rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:
scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:
capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;
and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:
tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:
quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:
lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of living objects.
a.
To take into possession, take captive, seize, make prisoner.
(α).
Of persons:
oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):
quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:
reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:
capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:
quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:
captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:
captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:
servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:
in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:
inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:
quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:
ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:
dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
(β).
Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:
si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:
hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:
neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:
nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:
cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:
hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—
b.
To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:
quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:
quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:
quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:
secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:
nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;
erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:
hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:
te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:
Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:
carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:
munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;
14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:
dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:
voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:
temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:
(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:
amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:
auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:
neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:
splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;
nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
c.
To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:
sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:
injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:
eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:
ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:
capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:
captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:
ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:
adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:
capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:
dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:
quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—
d.
To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):
tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:
tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:
callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—
e.
To deprive one of his powers or faculties, to harm.
(α).
Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):
mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:
ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:
captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:
capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:
oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:
congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:
si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:
habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:
censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:
lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:
princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:
captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;
and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—
(β).
Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:
labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;
rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,
animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:
captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:
virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:
viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:
captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:
capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—
f.
To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:
de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:
Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:
me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:
te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:
quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:
non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:
si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:
plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:
jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:
religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:
C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
2.
Of places.
a.
To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:
loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:
castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:
locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:
ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:
ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:
nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:
neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:
erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:
locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:
duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,
of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:
quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:
tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;
for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:
Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;
for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:
Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:
ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
b.
To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:
invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:
MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):
ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:
Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:
urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:
ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:
concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:
plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:
sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:
oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
c.
To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):
insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:
onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:
accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:
nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:
qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
3.
Of things of value, property, money, etc.
a.
In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:
AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:
de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:
agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:
ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:
quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:
classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:
magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:
ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:
e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:
signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §
82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:
cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:
ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:
majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:
te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:
paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:
ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:
quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:
quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
b.
In particular connections.
(α).
With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:
his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:
HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:
quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §
27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §
91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §
218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §
71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:
ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:
quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:
nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:
si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:
ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:
saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
(β).
Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:
si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:
qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:
abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:
aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:
si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:
qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:
qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
(γ).
Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:
capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:
stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:
quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:
vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:
quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:
si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
C.
Trop.
1.
Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):
metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:
honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:
ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:
ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:
multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:
fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:
aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:
quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:
utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:
usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
2.
Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:
gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:
figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:
formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:
duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:
radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:
cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:
siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:
maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:
radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:
vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:
(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
3.
Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:
cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:
qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:
aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:
consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:
misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:
quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:
disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:
quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
4.
Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:
nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:
o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:
in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:
consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:
honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:
imperium,
id. Claud. 10:
magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:
magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:
capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:
rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:
pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:
rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:
neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:
ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:
patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
5.
In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:
augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:
augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:
omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:
in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:
rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:
a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:
experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):
nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:
fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:
ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:
expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:
ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:
eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:
a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
6.
Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:
si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:
si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:
quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:
si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
7.
Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:
quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:
cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:
hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:
conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:
nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:
capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:
quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:
temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:
tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:
confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:
subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):
legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:
obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:
si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:
ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:
cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
8.
Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:
ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:
quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:
praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:
illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
9.
Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:
tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:
omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:
laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:
ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;
hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:
satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:
plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:
cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:
angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:
quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:
laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:
lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:
opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:
itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:
ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:
ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:
ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):
laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:
ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:
maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:
et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:
voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:
malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:
quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
10.
Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):
edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:
numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:
sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:
nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:
te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:
Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:
cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:
etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:
qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:
oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:
tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:
ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:
hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:
tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;
I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:
infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:
cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;
I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:
ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:
tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:
senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):
quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
11.
Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:
calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:
detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;
videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:
Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:
quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
II.
To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
A.
Lit.
1.
In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:
parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:
jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:
terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:
dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:
cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—
2.
Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:
di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:
qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;
volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:
non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:
non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:
neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:
officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:
si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:
ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—
B.
Trop.
1.
To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):
tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
2.
To contain, hold, be large or strong enough for, bear.
a.
Affirmatively (rare):
quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:
si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:
dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
b.
With negatives:
non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:
nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:
vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:
ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:
sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:
majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:
ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:
infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
3.
Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):
rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:
molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:
res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
4.
With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):
nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:
crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
5.
Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):
sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:
nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:
quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:
senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:
somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
2.
căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
I.
A taking:
dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
II.
= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Capta
83 manta

f.

1 blanket.

liarse la manta a la cabeza (figurative) to take the plunge

tirar de la manta (figurative) to let the cat out of the bag

manta eléctrica electric blanket

2 manta ray (fish).

3 poncho.

4 calico.

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manta

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) blanket

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 familiar (perezoso) lazybones

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a manta familiar by the dozen

■ en esta zona hay conejos a manta there are loads of rabbits in this area

liarse la manta a la cabeza to take the plunge, throw caution to the wind

tirar de la manta to let the cat out of the bag

manta de palos familiar thrashing

manta de viaje travelling rug

manta eléctrica electric blanket

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noun f.

blanket

* * *
I
SF

1) [para taparse] blanket

a manta —

repartieron vino y comida a manta — they handed out food and wine in abundance

llovía a manta — it was raining buckets

la policía dio palos a manta — the police didn't hold back with their truncheons

- liarse la manta a la cabeza

- tirar de la manta

manta de viaje — travelling rug, traveling rug (EEUU)

manta eléctrica — electric blanket

manta ignífuga — fire blanket

2) LAm (=calicó) coarse cotton cloth ; (=poncho) poncho

3) * (=paliza) hiding

les dieron una buena manta de palos — they gave them a good hiding o beating with a stick

4) (Zool) manta ray
II *
1.

ADJ bone-idle

2.

SMF idler, slacker

3.

SF idleness

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I
femenino

1) ( de cama) blanket

a manta — (Esp)

había comida a manta — there was loads of food (colloq)

liarse la manta a la cabeza — (Esp) to throw caution to the wind

tirar de la manta — to reveal the truth

2) (Chi) ( poncho) poncho

3) (Méx) ( tela) a coarse muslin-like cloth, calico (BrE)
II
masculino (Esp fam) layabout (colloq), bum (AmE colloq)

* * *

= blanket.

Ex. A bottle containing blanket wash solvent is incorporated in the machine and the process is activated by depressing and holding a lever.

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* liarse la manta a la cabeza = jump in + head first, jump in at + the deep end, throw + caution to the wind.

* llover a mantas = hammer + it down with rain, teem with + rain, lash + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, chuck + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, tip + it down with rain, rain + cats and dogs, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.

* manta de agua = downpour, rainstorm, pelting rain, soaking rain.

* manta de pelo = hair coat.

* manta eléctrica = electric blanket.

* tirar de la manta = let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff, spill + the beans.

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I
femenino

1) ( de cama) blanket

a manta — (Esp)

había comida a manta — there was loads of food (colloq)

liarse la manta a la cabeza — (Esp) to throw caution to the wind

tirar de la manta — to reveal the truth

2) (Chi) ( poncho) poncho

3) (Méx) ( tela) a coarse muslin-like cloth, calico (BrE)
II
masculino (Esp fam) layabout (colloq), bum (AmE colloq)

* * *

= blanket.

Ex: A bottle containing blanket wash solvent is incorporated in the machine and the process is activated by depressing and holding a lever.

* liarse la manta a la cabeza = jump in + head first, jump in at + the deep end, throw + caution to the wind.

* llover a mantas = hammer + it down with rain, teem with + rain, lash + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, chuck + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, tip + it down with rain, rain + cats and dogs, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.

* manta de agua = downpour, rainstorm, pelting rain, soaking rain.

* manta de pelo = hair coat.

* manta eléctrica = electric blanket.

* tirar de la manta = let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff, spill + the beans.

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manta¹

feminine

A (de cama) blanket

a manta ( Esp): había comida a manta there was stacks of food ( colloq)

hay restaurantes a manta there are hundreds of restaurants

liarse la manta a la cabeza ( Esp); to throw caution to the wind

tirar de la manta to reveal the truth

tenía miedo de que alguien tirara de la manta she was afraid someone would reveal o tell the truth

Compuestos:

● manta apagafuegos or ignífuga

fire blanket

● manta de viaje

travel rug, travelling rug ( BrE)

● manta eléctrica

electric blanket

B

( Zool) tb manta raya devilfish, manta ray

C ( Chi) (poncho) poncho

D ( Méx) (tela) calico

Compuesto:

manta de cielo

( Méx) muslin

manta²

masculine

( Esp fam)

layabout ( colloq), bum ( AmE colloq)

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manta sustantivo femenino
1 ( de cama) blanket
2 (Chi) ( poncho) poncho
3 (Méx) ( tela) a coarse muslin-like cloth, calico (BrE)
manta
I sustantivo femenino
1 blanket
2 fam (gran cantidad) le dio una manta de sopapos, he gave her a beating
II mf fam (torpe) clumsy o useless person
' manta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrigar
- encima
- envolverse
- tender
- abrigo
- airear
- cobija
- cubrir
- envolver
- envuelto
- escocés
- picar
English:
beat out
- blanket
- electric blanket
- game
- shake
- electric
- rug
- tuck

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manta¹ nf

1. [abrigo] blanket;

Comp

liarse la manta a la cabeza to take the plunge;

Comp

tirar de la manta to let the cat out of the bag

Comp
manta eléctrica electric blanket
2. [pez] manta ray

3. Méx [algodón] = coarse cotton cloth

Comp
manta de cielo muslin
4. Méx [pancarta] cloth banner

5. Ven [vestido] = traditional Indian woman's dress

6. Esp Fam
a manta [muchísimo] in abundance;

llovía a manta it was pouring down;

han cosechado éxitos a manta they have had loads of hits

7.
la manta [venta cellejera] the bootleg CD market [where wares are displayed on a blanket];

CDs de manta bootleg CDs

manta² nmf
Esp Fam [persona] idler, Br layabout;
ser un manta to be a waste of space;

hacer el manta [vaguear] to bum around

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manta

f

I blanket;

a manta fam in abundance;

tirar de la manta fig uncover the truth;

liarse la manta a la cabeza fig fam throw caution to the wind

II m/f

:

ser un manta fam

fig be a lazy so-and-so fam

* * *

manta nf

1) cobija, frazada: blanket

2) : poncho

3) Mex : coarse cotton fabric

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manta n blanket

Spanish-English dictionary > manta
84 सुदर्शन

su-darṡaná
mf (ā)n. easily seen by (instr.) Vop. ;

good-looking, beautiful, handsome, lovely MBh. R. etc.;
m. « keen-sighted», a vulture L. ;
a fish Bhpr. ;
(in music) a kind of composition Saṃgīt. ;
N. of Ṡiva MBh. ;
of a son of Agni andﾠ Sudarṡanā ib. ;
of a Vidyā-dhara BhP. ;
of a Muni ib. ;
of a Buddha Lalit. ;
of a patriarch Buddh. ;
of a serpent-demon ib. ;
of a Cakravartin ib. ;
of one of the 9 Jaina Ṡukla-balas orﾠ Bala-devas L. ;
of the father of the 18th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī L. ;
of a king of Mālava MBh. ;
of a king of Ujjayinī Cat. ;
of a king of Pāṭali-putra Hit. ;
of a son of Ṡaṇkhana R. ;
of a son of Artha-siddhi Hariv. ;
of a son of Dhruva-saṃdhi Ragh. ;
of a son of Dadhici Cat. ;
of a son of Aja-miḍha Hariv. ;
of a son of Bharata BhP. ;
of a son-in-law of Pratika ib. ;
of a gambler Kathās. ;
of various authors etc. ( alsoﾠ with ācārya, kavi, bhaṭṭa, sūri etc.) Cat. ;
of a Jambū tree MBh. ;
of a mountain TĀr. MBh. Kāraṇḍ. ;
of a Dvipa MBh. ;
m. n. N. of the cakra orﾠ circular weapon of Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa ( orﾠ « the disc of the sun») MBh. Kāv. etc.;
of a mystical staff (carried by Saṃnyāsins as a defence against evil spirits, andﾠ consisting of a bamboo with six knots) RTL. XXI ;
(ā́) f. a handsome woman, a woman W. ;
a night in the light half of a month TBr. ;
an order, command L. ;
Coculus Tomentosus L. ;
a sort of spirituous liquor L. ;
N. of a daughter of Duryodhana andﾠ Narmadā MBh. ;
of a princess Pañcat. ;
of a Gandharva maiden Kāraṇḍ. ;
of a lotus pond R. ;
of a Jambū tree MBh. ;
of Indra's city Amarāvatī Cat. ;
of a Comm. on the Tantra. -rāja;
(ī) f. N. of Indra's city ( alsoﾠ - nī-nagara) Divyâ̱v. ;
(am) n. (cf. m.) a partic. powder composed of various substances Bhpr. ;
N. of Indra's city;
of a Tirtha BhP. ;
- kavaca n. - kāla-prabhā f. N. of wks.;
- cakra n. Vishnu's discus Cat. ;
- cūrṇa n. « beautiful powder», a medicinal compound used in fevers ṠārṇgS. ;
- jvāla-mantra m. N. of a Mantra;
- dvīpa n. Jambu-dvīpa MW. ;
-nṛisiṉhâ̱rādhana n. - pañjarôpanishad f. - pāñcajanya-pratishṭhā f. N. of wks.;
prīti-kara m. N. of a Kiṃ-nara prince Buddh. ;
- bhāshya n. - mantra m. - mahā-mantra m. - māhātmya n. - mīmāṉsā f. - vijaya m. - ṡataka n. - shaḍ-akshara n. - saṉhitā f. - sampāta m. - sahasra-nāman n. - sukarṇaka-carita f. - stava m. - stotra n.;
-nâ̱di-yantra-vidhi m. -nâ̱rādhana n. -nâ̱rādhana-krama, m. -nâ̱shṭaka m. N. of wks.;
- nôpanishad f. N. of an Upani. shad

Sanskrit-English dictionary > सुदर्शन
85 catch

I [kætʃ]
nome

1) (on purse, brooch) fermaglio m., gancio m.; (on window, door) fermo m.

2) fig. (drawback) trappola f.

what's the catch? — dov'è il tranello?

3) (break in voice)

with a catch in his voice — con un'esitazione o un sussulto nella voce

4) (act of catching) presa f.

to take a catch — BE

to make a catch — AE sport effettuare una presa

to play catch — giocare a palla

5) pesc. (haul) pesca f., retata f.

6) (marriage partner)

a good catch — un buon partito
II 1. [kætʃ]
verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. caught)

1) (hold and retain) [ person] prendere, afferrare [ ball]; prendere, [ fish]; [ container] raccogliere [ water]; (by running) [ person] prendere, acchiappare [ person]

I managed to catch her in — (at home) riuscii a trovarla

2) (take by surprise)

to catch sb. doing — sorprendere qcn. a fare

to be o get caught farsi prendere o sorprendere; to catch sb. in the act to catch sb. at it colloq. cogliere qcn. in flagrante o sul fatto; you wouldn't catch me smoking! non mi sorprenderai mai a fumare! we got caught in the rain fummo sorpresi dalla pioggia; you've caught me at an awkward moment — mi hai preso in un brutto momento

3) (be in time for) (riuscire a) prendere [train, plane]

to catch the last post — essere in tempo per l'ultima levata della posta

4) (manage to see) prendere, riuscire a vedere [ programme]; arrivare in tempo per [ show]

5) (grasp) afferrare, prendere [hand, branch, rope]; catturare, attrarre [interest, imagination]

to catch hold of sth. — afferrare o prendere qcs.

to catch sb.'s attention o eye attirare l'attenzione di qcn.; to catch the chairman's eye — amm. ottenere la parola

6) (hear) comprendere, afferrare [word, name]

7) (perceive) distinguere [ sound]; cogliere, notare [ look]

to catch sight of sb., sth. — scorgere o avvistare qcn., qcs

8) (get stuck)

to catch one's fingers in — prendersi le dita in [drawer, door]

to catch one's shirt on — impigliarsi la camicia in [ nail]

to get caught in — [ person] rimanere impigliato in [net, thorns]

9) prendere, contrarre [disease, virus]

10) (hit) prendere, colpire [object, person]

11) (have an effect on) [ light] fare risplendere [ object]; [ wind] portare via [paper, bag]

to catch one's breath — trattenere il respiro

12)

to catch the sun — prendere il sole

to catch fire o light prendere fuoco; to catch the light — riflettere la luce

13) (capture) rendere, cogliere [atmosphere, spirit]

14) (in cricket, baseball) mettere fuori gioco [ batsman]

15) (trick) ingannare, giocare un tiro a

16) (manage to reach) raggiungere
2.
verbo intransitivo (pass., p.pass. caught)

1) (become stuck)

to catch on sth. — [shirt, sleeve] impigliarsi in; [ wheel] fregare contro [ frame]

2) (start to burn) [ wood] accendersi, prendere (fuoco); [ fire] prendere

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- catch on

- catch out

- catch up

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you'll catch it! — colloq. guai a te!

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[kæ ] 1. past tense, past participle - caught; verb
1) (to stop and hold (something which is moving); to capture: He caught the cricket ball; The cat caught a mouse; Did you catch any fish?; I tried to catch his attention.) prendere

2) (to be in time for, or get on (a train, bus etc): I'll have to catch the 9.45 (train) to London.) prendere

3) (to surprise (someone) in the act of: I caught him stealing (my vegetables).) sorprendere

4) (to become infected with (a disease or illness): He caught flu.) prendere

5) (to (cause to) become accidentally attached or held: The child caught her fingers in the car door.) prendere

6) (to hit: The punch caught him on the chin.) raggiungere

7) (to manage to hear: Did you catch what she said?) comprendere

8) (to start burning: I dropped a match on the pile of wood and it caught (fire) immediately.) prendere (fuoco)
2. noun
1) (an act of catching: He took a fine catch behind the wicket.) presa

2) (a small device for holding (a door etc) in place: The catch on my suitcase is broken.) gancio; fermo; fermaglio

3) (the total amount (of eg fish) caught: the largest catch of mackerel this year.) presa; caccia; retata

4) (a trick or problem: There's a catch in this question.) trucco, trappola

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- catching
- catchy
- catch-phrase
- catch-word
- catch someone's eye
- catch on
- catch out
- catch up
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catch /kætʃ/
n.

1 (spec. sport) presa ( della palla); presa al volo

2 ( pesca) pesca; presa; retata; pescato: to haul in one's catch, tirare a bordo il pescato (o le reti); to make a good catch, fare una buona pesca

3 (fig. fam.) partito ( matrimoniale): That man is a good catch, quell'uomo è un buon partito

4 gancio; fermaglio; chiusura a scatto; fermo ( di porta); arresto ( di ingranaggio): safety catch, chiusura di sicurezza; arresto

5 (fam.) inghippo; trappola; trucco: DIALOGO → - Discussing video games- There's a catch, c'è un tranello; What's the catch?, dov'è l'inghippo?

6 breve arresto o esitazione (della voce o del respiro, per l'emozione)

7 (mus.) canzone a canone ( con testo umoristico)

8 [u] ( gioco) chiapparello; acchiappino

● Catch-22 ( situation), circolo vizioso; situazione da comma 22.
♦ (to) catch /kætʃ/
(pass. e p. p. caught)

A v. t.

1 prendere; afferrare; pigliare; acchiappare (al volo); agguantare: I caught the ball on the rebound, presi la palla di rimbalzo; to catch hold of st., afferrare qc.; I caught him as he fell, lo afferrai mentre cadeva; I caught him by the neck, lo agguantai per il collo

2 catturare; prendere; acchiappare: to catch a fish [a rabbit], prendere un pesce [un coniglio]; to catch a mouse [a butterfly], acchiappare un topo [una farfalla]; to catch a murderer, catturare (o prendere) un assassino

3 ( del vento, ecc.) afferrare; portare via; trascinare via

4 sorprendere; cogliere; prendere: to catch sb. at it, cogliere q. sul fatto (o in flagrante); to catch sb. in the act, cogliere q. in flagrante (o sul fatto); to catch sb. stealing, sorprendere q. che ruba; I caught him at the whisky again, lo colsi di nuovo a bere whisky; to catch sb. by surprise, cogliere q. di sorpresa; ( su una terra sconosciuta o deserta); DIALOGO → - Weather- They were caught in a blizzard in the mountains, sono stati sorpresi da una bufera di neve in montagna

5 (seguito da compl.) ( anche fig.) prendere; impigliare; chiudere; intrappolare: I caught my foot in the rope, inciampai nella corda; He caught his fingers in the door, si chiuse le dita nella porta; to get caught in st., restare impigliato (o preso, intrappolato) in qc.; We were caught in a vicious circle, eravamo presi in un circolo vizioso

6 colpire; prendere: The bullet caught him in the chest, la pallottola lo ha colpito al petto

7 urtare; battere: I caught my head on the edge of the table, battei la testa contro l'orlo del tavolo

8 dare, assestare, mollare (fam.) ( un colpo) a: I caught him a blow on the chin, gli assestai un pugno sul mento

9 chiudere ( un gancio); agganciare, allacciare ( un fermaglio, ecc.)

10 (seguito da compl., spesso al passivo) chiudere; stringere; raccogliere; assicurare: She wore her hair caught in a bun, portava i capelli raccolti in uno chignon

11 prendere; contrarre ( una malattia): to catch a cold, prendere il raffreddore; to catch a disease off sb., prendere una malattia da q.

12 farsi contagiare (fig.) da; lasciarsi prendere da: We caught the general enthusiasm, ci siamo lasciati contagiare dall'entusiasmo generale

13 raggiungere: You'll catch him if you run, se corri lo raggiungi

14 prendere ( un mezzo di trasporto): to catch a bus, prendere l'autobus

15 arrivare in tempo per (fare o vedere qc.); riuscire a vedere, sentire, ecc.; riuscire a prendere ( un treno, ecc.): to catch the last mail, arrivare in tempo per l'ultima levata della posta; I want to catch the 7 o'clock news, voglio riuscire a vedere (o non voglio perdere) il telegiornale delle sette; Did he catch his plane in the end?, è poi riuscito a prendere il suo aereo?; DIALOGO → - Organizing a meeting- Hi Tim, I'm glad I've caught you, ciao Tim, sono contenta di essere riuscita a trovarti

16 attirare; attrarre; prendere; catturare: to catch sb. 's attention, attirare l'attenzione di q.; My eye was caught by a miniature, il mio occhio è stato attratto da una miniatura

17 cogliere; notare; sentire; percepire; distinguere: to catch a glimpse of, vedere di sfuggita; scorgere; intravedere; to catch sight of, scorgere; intravedere; I caught signs of impatience, colsi segni di impazienza; to catch a smell, sentire un odore

18 sentire; afferrare; capire: I didn't catch what he said, non ho afferrato quel che ha detto; Do you catch my meaning?, capisci che cosa intendo?

19 rendere; cogliere: to catch a likeness, cogliere una somiglianza; His film exactly catches the mood of the fifties, il suo film coglie alla perfezione l'atmosfera degli anni Cinquanta

20 raccogliere ( un liquido)

21 ( radio, TV) prendere; ricevere; captare

22 ( baseball) ricevere

23 ( cricket) ► catch out

B v. i.

1 prendere fuoco; accendersi; cominciare a bruciare: The sticks quickly caught, i rametti presero subito fuoco

2 ( di motore) ingranare; mettersi in moto, partire

3 (bot.) prendere; attecchire, allignare

4 prendere, far presa; attaccarsi; ( di serramenti, ecc.) chiudere; (mecc.) ingranare, innestarsi: The hook didn't catch, il gancio non prese ( sulla parete, ecc.); The lock won't catch, la serratura non chiude

5 (seguito da compl.) impigliarsi; restare attaccato; rimanere preso: My jacket caught on a nail, mi si è impigliata la giacca in un chiodo

6 (med.) ( di male) essere contagioso; diffondersi facilmente

7 prendere piede

8 ( di femmina di animale) restare pregna; ingravidarsi

9 ( baseball) fare il ricevitore; giocare nel ruolo di ricevitore

● to catch one's breath, trattenere il respiro; restare col respiro mozzo □ (fam.) to catch sb. bending, cogliere q. alla sprovvista; prendere in contropiede □ to catch sb. 's eye, attirare l'attenzione di q. □ to catch sb. 's fancy, piacere a q. □ to catch fire, prendere fuoco □ (fam.) to catch sb. flat-footed, cogliere q. alla sprovvista □ (fam. USA) to catch hell, prendersi una strigliata; beccarsi un cazziatone (pop.) □ (fam.) to catch it ( in the neck), buscarsi una sgridata; buscarle; prenderle □ to catch the light, riflettere la luce; mandare un riverbero □ (fam.) to catch sb. napping, cogliere q. di sorpresa; cogliere q. impreparato □ to catch sb. off balance, cogliere q. alla sprovvista; prendere in contropiede □ to catch sb. on the wrong foot, prendere q. in contropiede ( anche fig.) □ to catch oneself, trattenersi: to catch oneself in time, trattenersi in tempo; sorprendersi; trovarsi a: She caught herself smiling, si sorprese a sorridere □ to catch sb. red-handed, cogliere q. in flagrante (o sul fatto) □ to catch the sun, essere in posizione soleggiata; (GB) abbronzarsi □ (fam.) to catch sb. with his trousers ( USA: pants) down, sorprendere q. ( in una situazione imbarazzante o illegale); cogliere q. sul fatto □ to be caught like a rat in a hole, essere preso in trappola □ to be caught short, rimanere a corto di qc.; ( Borsa) essere allo scoperto; (fam. USA) avere urgente bisogno del gabinetto; avere un bisogno urgente □ (fam.) You won't catch me doing it!, non mi ci prendi di sicuro a farlo; figùrati se lo faccio! □ (fam.) I wouldn't be caught dead in that place, in quel posto non ci andrei neanche morto.

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I [kætʃ]
nome

1) (on purse, brooch) fermaglio m., gancio m.; (on window, door) fermo m.

2) fig. (drawback) trappola f.

what's the catch? — dov'è il tranello?

3) (break in voice)

with a catch in his voice — con un'esitazione o un sussulto nella voce

4) (act of catching) presa f.

to take a catch — BE

to make a catch — AE sport effettuare una presa

to play catch — giocare a palla

5) pesc. (haul) pesca f., retata f.

6) (marriage partner)

a good catch — un buon partito
II 1. [kætʃ]
verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. caught)

1) (hold and retain) [ person] prendere, afferrare [ ball]; prendere, [ fish]; [ container] raccogliere [ water]; (by running) [ person] prendere, acchiappare [ person]

I managed to catch her in — (at home) riuscii a trovarla

2) (take by surprise)

to catch sb. doing — sorprendere qcn. a fare

to be o get caught farsi prendere o sorprendere; to catch sb. in the act to catch sb. at it colloq. cogliere qcn. in flagrante o sul fatto; you wouldn't catch me smoking! non mi sorprenderai mai a fumare! we got caught in the rain fummo sorpresi dalla pioggia; you've caught me at an awkward moment — mi hai preso in un brutto momento

3) (be in time for) (riuscire a) prendere [train, plane]

to catch the last post — essere in tempo per l'ultima levata della posta

4) (manage to see) prendere, riuscire a vedere [ programme]; arrivare in tempo per [ show]

5) (grasp) afferrare, prendere [hand, branch, rope]; catturare, attrarre [interest, imagination]

to catch hold of sth. — afferrare o prendere qcs.

to catch sb.'s attention o eye attirare l'attenzione di qcn.; to catch the chairman's eye — amm. ottenere la parola

6) (hear) comprendere, afferrare [word, name]

7) (perceive) distinguere [ sound]; cogliere, notare [ look]

to catch sight of sb., sth. — scorgere o avvistare qcn., qcs

8) (get stuck)

to catch one's fingers in — prendersi le dita in [drawer, door]

to catch one's shirt on — impigliarsi la camicia in [ nail]

to get caught in — [ person] rimanere impigliato in [net, thorns]

9) prendere, contrarre [disease, virus]

10) (hit) prendere, colpire [object, person]

11) (have an effect on) [ light] fare risplendere [ object]; [ wind] portare via [paper, bag]

to catch one's breath — trattenere il respiro

12)

to catch the sun — prendere il sole

to catch fire o light prendere fuoco; to catch the light — riflettere la luce

13) (capture) rendere, cogliere [atmosphere, spirit]

14) (in cricket, baseball) mettere fuori gioco [ batsman]

15) (trick) ingannare, giocare un tiro a

16) (manage to reach) raggiungere
2.
verbo intransitivo (pass., p.pass. caught)

1) (become stuck)

to catch on sth. — [shirt, sleeve] impigliarsi in; [ wheel] fregare contro [ frame]

2) (start to burn) [ wood] accendersi, prendere (fuoco); [ fire] prendere

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- catch on

- catch out

- catch up

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you'll catch it! — colloq. guai a te!

English-Italian dictionary > catch
86 ловить

1. гл. catch

ловить сетями — to catch with nets

наш кот хорошо ловит мышей — our cat mouses well

2. гл. fish

ловить рыбу сетями — to net fish

ловить рыбу в ручье — to fish a stream

ловить рыбу на удочку — to fish with an angle

ловить рыбу в мутной воде — fish in troubled water

Синонимический ряд:

уличать (глаг.) изобличать; обличать; уличать

Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > ловить
87 kat

kat

1 [huisdier; snibbig meisje] cat

2 [meervoud] [de katachtigen] cats ⇒ felines

3 [snauw] snarl

♦voorbeelden:

1   〈 figuurlijk〉 leven als kat en hond • be like cat and dog

     de Gelaarsde Kat • Puss-in-Boots

     een valse kat • a bitch

     er uitzien als een verzopen kat • look like a drowned rat

     〈 figuurlijk〉 de kat uit de boom kijken • wait to see which way the wind blows

     〈 figuurlijk〉 de kat in het donker knijpen • saint it in public, sin it in secret

     een kat komt altijd op haar poten terecht • a cat has nine lives

     〈 figuurlijk〉 maak dat de kat wijs • pull the other one

     〈 figuurlijk〉 de kat bij het spek zetten/op het spek binden • leave/set the fox to watch the geese

     een kat in de zak kopen • 〈 figuurlijk〉 buy a pig in a poke

     〈 figuurlijk〉 zich voelen als een kat in een vreemd pakhuis • feel like a fish out of water, feel out of place

     als een kat in het nauw • like a cornered rat

     〈 figuurlijk〉 de kat de bel aanbinden • bell the cat

     〈 informeel〉 kat in het bakkie • it's child's play/a piece of cake

     〈 spreekwoord〉 als de kat van huis is, dansen de muizen op tafel • when the cat's away the mice will play

2   de wilde kat • European wildcat

3   iemand een kat geven • snarl/snap at someone; 〈 informeel〉 bite someone's head off

¶   ik ben er voor de kat z'n kut geweest! • what a fucking waste of time that was!

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > kat
88 вагина

1) General subject: cat

2) Psychology: vagina

3) Euphemism: orifice

4) Jargon: snizz, hoo-haw (http://www.urbandictionary.com/iphone/\#define?term=hoo-haw), crease, fanjita, who-ha

5) Invective: ace of spades, jing-jang, piece, pussy

6) Taboo: Billingsgate box, Boris (используется женщинами), Fort Bushy, Irish fortune, Joey (см. Joe Hunt), Kippersville (см. fish), McMuff, Y, ace, apple, artichoke (особ. как объект орального секса), ass, axe wound, bacon sandwitch, badly packed kebab, bearded clam, beaver, berk (от Berkeley q.v.), bertie, bite, blart, booty, box, bread, bush, business, cakes, canoe (см. man in a boat), catty-cat, central cut, charley, chinchilla (см. beaver), chocha, chocha (из испанского), chopped liver (см. chopper; meat), clodge, cock, coochie, cooze, country matters, crack, crush, cunt, cunt hole, cut up, cuzzy, cylinder, damp, delta, down there, drain, fart daniel, fish box, flange, fluff, fobus, forecastle, forewoman, fornicator's hall, front attic, fruitful vine, fuck-hole, fumbler's hall, funniment, fur, fur pie, futy, futz, fuzzy cup, gash, gig, gigi, ginch, glory hole, golden doughnut, gowl, groceries, growler, hatchi, hole, honeypot, inner sanctum, jackass, jazz, jelly, jing (см. jing-jang), jing-jang (см. jing), joxy, joy trail, labia, (pl) lips (см. labia), main avenue, maw, meat, middle-cut, (у девушки) money, nautch, nookey, panty hamster, papaya, pee-hole, penocha, (pl) piss-flaps, pleasure center, pocketbook, poon, prat, pratt, prime cut, (pl) private parts, puss, quarry, quim, rag box, red c (см. open c), red lane, red snapper, scratch, second hole from the back of the neck, shaft, skin chimney, slash, slice, slit, snapper, snatch, squab, stank, steak drapes (см. beef curtains), stench trench, stink, tail, tail-end, tench, tenuc, thing, thingumbob, toothless gibbon, trot, tunnel, twat, vag, valley, veal cutlet (см. meat), velvet, vertical bacon sandwich, wrinkle, yoni, squished mitten, gut locker, ham wallet, bitch wrinkle, (искажённое от hairy muff)(Британский сленг) fury muff

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > вагина
89 полосатая зубатка

1) Biology: Atlantic wolffish, Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus), catfish (Anarichas lupus), common wolffish (Anarhichas lupus)

2) Zoology: sea-wolf (Anarhichas lupus), wolf-fish (Anarrhichas lupus)

3) Agriculture: catfish

4) Fishery: Anarchichas lupus, Atlantic catfish, blue cat, common wolffish

5) Ichthyology: sea cat (Anarhichas lupus)

6) Food industry: bluecat

7) Marine science: wolf fish (Anarrhichas lupus)

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > полосатая зубатка
90 bag

bæɡ
1. noun
1) (a container made of soft material (eg cloth, animal skin, plastic etc): She carried a small bag.) bolsa; bolso

2) (a quantity of fish or game caught: Did you get a good bag today?) partida (caza), cacería, captura

2. verb
1) (to put into a bag.) ensacar, embolsar

2) (to kill (game).) cazar

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- baggy
- bags of
- in the bag
- bag lady

bag n

1. bolsa

a plastic bag una bolsa de plástico

2. bolso

my keys are in my bag mis llaves están en mi bolso

to pack your bags hacer la maleta

bag

tr[bæg]

noun

1 (paper, plastic) bolsa; (large) saco

2 (handbag) bolso

3 (for school) cartera

4 familiar (woman) bruja, arpía

transitive verb (pt & pp bagged, ger bagging)

1 embolsar, ensacar

2 familiar (catch) cazar; (fish) pescar; (person) pillar, pescar

intransitive verb

1 (clothes) hacer bolsas

plural noun bags

1 (under eyes) ojeras nombre femenino plural

2 familiar (trousers) pantalones nombre masculino plural

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

bags of montones de

■ they've got bags of money tienen montones de dinero

■ there's bags of room hay sitio de sobras

it's in the bag está en el bote

the whole bag of tricks toda la pesca

bag lady vagabunda

bag ['bæg] v, bagged ; bagging vi

sag: formar bolsas

bag vt

1) : ensacar, poner en una bolsa

2) : cobrar (en la caza), cazar

bag n

1) : bolsa f, saco m

2) handbag: cartera f, bolso m, bolsa f Mex

3) suitcase: maleta f, valija f

bag

n.

• bolsa s.f.

• bolso s.m.

• cacería s.f.

• guayaca s.f.

• maleta s.f.

• rodillera s.f.

• saco s.m.

• talega s.f.

(sth.)

expr.

• abandonar v.

v.

• cazar v.

I bæg
noun

1)

a) (container, bagful) bolsa f

a paper/plastic bag — una bolsa de papel/plástico; ( handbag) (esp BrE) cartera f or (Esp) bolso m or (Méx) bolsa f

to leave somebody holding the bag — (AmE) cargarle* el muerto a alguien

a mixed bag: today's concert is a mixed bag en el concierto de hoy habrá un poco de todo; my students are a very mixed bag tengo un grupo de alumnos muy heterogéneo; in the bag (colloq): the contract is in the bag — el contrato es un hecho; cat I, nerve I 2) b)

b) ( piece of luggage) maleta f, valija f (RPl), petaca f (Méx)

2) ( of skin) bolsa f

to have bags under one's eyes — ( of skin) tener* bolsas en los ojos; ( dark rings) tener* ojeras

3) bags pl ( a lot) (colloq) cantidad f (fam), montones mpl (fam), pilas fpl (RPl fam)

there's bags of room — (BrE colloq) hay cantidad de lugar (fam)

4) ( unpleasant woman) (colloq) bruja f (fam)

II

transitive verb - gg-

1) bag (up) ( put in bag) meter en una bolsa

2) \<\<pheasant/rabbit\>\> cazar*, cobrar

3) \<\<seat\>\> (BrE colloq) agarrar or (esp Esp) coger

[bæɡ]
1. N

1) [of paper, plastic] bolsa f ; (=large sack) costal m ; (=handbag) bolso m, cartera f (LAm); (=suitcase) maleta f, valija f (LAm), veliz m (Mex); (carried over shoulder) zurrón m, mochila f

a bag of sweets/chips — una bolsa de caramelos/patatas fritas

to pack one's bags — hacer las maletas

they threw him out bag and baggage — lo pusieron de patitas en la calle

he was like a bag of bones — estaba como un esqueleto

it's a mixed bag * — hay un poco de todo

the whole bag of tricks * — todo el rollo *

- be left holding the bag

to be in the bag * —

it's in the bag — es cosa segura, está en el bote (Sp) *

we had the game nearly in the bag — el partido estaba casi ganado, teníamos el partido casi en el bote (Sp) *

not to be sb's bag (US) * —

it's not his bag — no es lo suyo

2) (Hunting) cacería f, piezas fpl cobradas

a good day's bag — una buena cacería

3) bags (=baggage) equipaje m ; (Brit) * (=trousers) pantalones mpl

bags under the eyes — ojeras fpl

4)

bags of — (Brit) * (=lots) un montón de

we've bags of time — tenemos tiempo de sobra

5) (=woman)

old bag * — bruja * f

2. VT

1) (also: bag up) [+ goods, groceries] meter en una bolsa/en bolsas

2) (Hunting) cazar; (=shoot down) derribar

3) * (=get possession of) pillar *, hacerse con; (Brit) (=claim in advance) reservarse

I bags that — eso pa' mí

3.

VI (also: bag out) [garment] hacer bolsas

4.

CPD

bag lady * N — indigente f vagabunda

bag snatcher N — ladrón(-a) m / f de bolsos

* * *

I [bæg]
noun

1)

a) (container, bagful) bolsa f

a paper/plastic bag — una bolsa de papel/plástico; ( handbag) (esp BrE) cartera f or (Esp) bolso m or (Méx) bolsa f

to leave somebody holding the bag — (AmE) cargarle* el muerto a alguien

a mixed bag: today's concert is a mixed bag en el concierto de hoy habrá un poco de todo; my students are a very mixed bag tengo un grupo de alumnos muy heterogéneo; in the bag (colloq): the contract is in the bag — el contrato es un hecho; cat I, nerve I 2) b)

b) ( piece of luggage) maleta f, valija f (RPl), petaca f (Méx)

2) ( of skin) bolsa f

to have bags under one's eyes — ( of skin) tener* bolsas en los ojos; ( dark rings) tener* ojeras

3) bags pl ( a lot) (colloq) cantidad f (fam), montones mpl (fam), pilas fpl (RPl fam)

there's bags of room — (BrE colloq) hay cantidad de lugar (fam)

4) ( unpleasant woman) (colloq) bruja f (fam)

II

transitive verb - gg-

1) bag (up) ( put in bag) meter en una bolsa

2) \<\<pheasant/rabbit\>\> cazar*, cobrar

3) \<\<seat\>\> (BrE colloq) agarrar or (esp Esp) coger

English-spanish dictionary > bag
91 clean

1. adjective
1) sauber; frisch [Wäsche, Hemd]

2) (unused, fresh) sauber; (free of defects) einwandfrei; sauber

make a clean start — noch einmal neu anfangen

come clean — (coll.) (confess) auspacken (ugs.); (tell the truth) mit der Wahrheit [he]rausrücken (ugs.)

3) (regular, complete) glatt [Bruch]; glatt, sauber [Schnitt]

make a clean break [with something] — (fig.) einen Schlussstrich [unter etwas (Akk.)] ziehen

4) (coll.): (not obscene or indecent) sauber; stubenrein (scherzh.) [Witz]

be good clean fun — völlig harmlos sein

5) (sportsmanlike, fair) sauber
2. adverb
glatt; einfach [vergessen]

we're clean out of whisky — wir haben überhaupt keinen Whisky mehr

the fox got clean away — der Fuchs ist uns/ihnen usw. glatt entwischt
3. transitive verb
sauber machen; putzen [Zimmer, Haus, Fenster, Schuh]; reinigen [Teppich, Möbel, Käfig, Kleidung, Wunde]; fegen, kehren [Kamin]; (with cloth) aufwischen [Fußboden]

clean one's hands/teeth — sich (Dat.) die Hände waschen/Zähne putzen
4. intransitive verb
sich reinigen lassen
5. noun
this carpet needs a good clean — dieser Teppich muss gründlich gereinigt werden

give your shoes a clean — putz deine Schuhe

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/13335/clean_out">clean out

- clean up

* * *
[kli:n] 1. adjective
1) (free from dirt, smoke etc: a clean window; a clean dress.) sauber

2) (neat and tidy in one's habits: Cats are very clean animals.) reinlich

3) (unused: a clean sheet of paper.) frisch

4) (free from evil or indecency: a clean life; keep your language clean!) anständig

5) (neat and even: a clean cut.) glatt
2. adverb
(completely: He got clean away.) völlig
3. verb
(to (cause to) become free from dirt etc: Will you clean the windows?) säubern

['klenli]

adjective

(clean in personal habits.) reinlich

- cleaner

- cleanly

- cleanliness
- clean up
- a clean bill of health
- a clean slate
- come clean
- make a clean sweep
* * *

clean

[kli:n]

I. adj

1. (not dirty) sauber

\clean air/hands saubere Luft/Hände

\clean sheet frisches Laken

\clean shirt sauberes Hemd

spotlessly [or scrupulously] \clean peinlichst sauber

[as] \clean as a whistle [or BRIT as a new pin] blitzblank fam

2. (free from bacteria) sauber, rein

\clean air saubere Luft

\clean water sauberes Wasser

3. attr (blank) sheet of paper leer

4. (fair) methods, fight sauber, fair

5. (sl: free from crime, offence) sauber sl

to keep one's hands \clean sich dat die Hände nicht schmutzig machen

to have \clean hands [or a \clean slate] eine weiße Weste haben fam

\clean driving licence Führerschein m ohne Strafpunkte

to have a \clean record nicht vorbestraft sein

6. ( fam: no drugs)

▪ to be \clean clean sein; alcoholic trocken sein

7. (morally acceptable) sauber, anständig

it's all good, \clean fun das ist alles völlig harmlos!

\clean joke anständiger Witz

\clean living makellose Lebensweise

8. (smooth)

\clean design klares Design

\clean lines klare Linien

9. (straight) sauber

\clean break MED glatter Bruch

\clean hit SPORT sauberer Treffer

10. (complete, entire) gründlich

to make a \clean break from sth unter etw dat einen Schlussstrich ziehen

to make a \clean job of sth saubere Arbeit leisten

to make a \clean start noch einmal [ganz] von vorne anfangen

to make a \clean sweep of sth etw total verändern; (win everything) bei etw dat [alles] abräumen fam

11. (toilet-trained)

▪ to be \clean nicht mehr in die Windeln machen; animal stubenrein sein

12. MED

to give sb a \clean bill of health jdn für gesund erklären

to give sth a \clean bill of health ( fig) etw für gesundheitlich unbedenklich erklären

13. REL rein

14. wood astrein

15.

▶ to come \clean reinen Tisch machen

▶ to keep one's nose \clean sauber bleiben hum fam

▶ to make a \clean breast of sth etw gestehen, sich dat etw von der Seele reden

▶ to show a \clean pair of heels ( fam) Fersengeld geben hum fam

▶ to wipe the slate \clean reinen Tisch machen fam

II. adv

1. inv (completely) total, völlig

I \clean forgot your birthday ich habe deinen Geburtstag total vergessen

I \clean forgot that... ich habe schlichtweg vergessen, dass...

he's been doing this for years and getting \clean away with it er macht das seit Jahren und kommt glatt damit durch! fam

Sue got \clean away Sue ist spurlos verschwunden

the cat got \clean away die Katze ist uns/ihnen/etc. glatt entwischt

\clean bowled BRIT SPORT sauber geschlagen

2. (not dirty) sauber

3.

▶ a new broom sweeps \clean neue Besen kehren gut prov

III. vt

1. (remove dirt)

▪ to \clean sth etw sauber machen; furniture etw reinigen; (dry-clean) etw reinigen

to \clean the car das Auto waschen

to \clean a carpet einen Teppich reinigen

to \clean one's face/hands sich dat das Gesicht/die Hände waschen

to \clean the floor den Boden wischen [o SCHWEIZ a. aufnehmen]

to \clean house AM die Hausarbeit machen

to \clean the house putzen

to \clean one's nails sich dat die Nägel sauber machen

to \clean one's shoes/the windows seine Schuhe/Fenster putzen

to \clean one's teeth sich dat die Zähne putzen

to \clean a wound eine Wunde reinigen

▪ to \clean sth from [or off] sth, to \clean off sth from sth etw von etw dat abwischen

2. FOOD

to \clean a chicken/fish ein Huhn/einen Fisch ausnehmen

to \clean vegetables Gemüse putzen

3. (eat all)

to \clean one's plate seinen Teller leer essen

4.

▶ to \clean sb's clock AM (sl) jdn verdreschen fam

IV. vi pans, pots sich reinigen lassen

to \clean easily sich leicht reinigen lassen

V. n

to give sth a [good] \clean etw [gründlich] sauber machen; shoes, window, teeth, room etw [gründlich] putzen; hands, face etw [gründlich] waschen; furniture, carpet etw [gründlich] reinigen

to give the floor a good \clean den Boden gründlich wischen

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[kliːn]
1. adj (+er)

1) (= not dirty also bomb) sauber

to wash/wipe/brush sth clean — etw abwaschen/-reiben/-bürsten

to wipe a disk clean (Comput) —

she has very clean habits, she's a very clean person — sie ist sehr sauber

2) (= new, not used) sheets, paper sauber, neu; (TYP) proof sauber

I want to see a nice clean plate — ich will einen schön leer gegessenen Teller sehen

the vultures picked the carcass/bone clean — die Geier nagten den Kadaver bis aufs Skelett ab/nagten den Knochen ganz ab

to make a clean start — ganz von vorne anfangen; (in life) ein neues Leben anfangen

to have a clean record (with police) — nicht vorbestraft sein, eine weiße Weste haben (inf)

he has a clean record —

to start again with a clean sheet — einen neuen Anfang machen, ein neues Kapitel aufschlagen

a clean driving licence — ein Führerschein m ohne Strafpunkte

he's been clean for six months (criminal) — er ist seit sechs Monaten sauber; (from drink) er ist seit sechs Monaten trocken; (from drugs) er ist seit sechs Monaten clean

he's clean, no guns (inf) — alles in Ordnung, nicht bewaffnet

3) (= not obscene) joke stubenrein; film anständig

keep television clean — das Fernsehen muss sauber or anständig bleiben

good clean fun — ein harmloser, netter Spaß

4) (= well-shaped) lines klar

5) (= regular, even) cut sauber, glatt

a clean break (also Med) — ein glatter Bruch; (fig) ein klares Ende

a clean break with the past — ein klarer Bruch mit der Vergangenheit

6) (SPORT) fight, match sauber, fair; boxer fair

7) (= acceptable to religion) rein

8)

to make a clean breast of sth — etw gestehen, sich (dat) etw von der Seele reden

to have clean hands (fig) — eine reine Weste haben

See:

→ sweep

2. adv
glatt
I clean forgot — das habe ich glatt(weg) vergessen (inf)

he got clean away — er verschwand spurlos

he got clean away from the rest of the field —

the ball/he went clean through the window — der Ball flog glatt/er flog achtkantig durch das Fenster

to cut clean through sth — etw ganz durchschneiden/durchschlagen etc

to come clean (inf) — auspacken (inf)

to come clean about sth —

we're clean out (of matches) — es sind keine (Streichhölzer) mehr da

3. vt
sauber machen; (with cloth also) abwischen; carpets also reinigen; (= remove stains etc) säubern; clothes also säubern (form); (= dry-clean) reinigen; nails, paintbrush, furniture also, dentures, old buildings reinigen; window, shoes putzen, reinigen (form); fish, wound säubern; chicken ausnehmen; vegetables putzen; apple, grapes etc säubern (form); (= wash) (ab)waschen; (= wipe) abwischen; cup, plate etc säubern (form); car waschen, putzen
the cat is cleaning itself — die Katze putzt sich

to clean one's teeth — sich (dat) die Zähne putzen or (with toothpick) säubern

clean the dirt off your face — wisch dir den Schmutz vom Gesicht!

clean your shoes before you come inside — putz dir die Schuhe ab, bevor du reinkommst!

to clean a room — ein Zimmer sauber machen, in einem Zimmer putzen

clothes which are easy to clean — pflegeleichte Kleider pl

4. vi
reinigen
this paint cleans easily —

brand X cleans better — die Marke X reinigt gründlicher

5. n

to give sth a clean — etw sauber machen, reinigen

* * *

clean [kliːn]

A adj (adv → cleanly B)

1. rein, sauber:

a clean room ein sauberer (sterilisierter) Raum; → breast A 2, hand Bes Redew, heel¹ Bes Redew

2. sauber, frisch (gewaschen)

3. reinlich, stubenrein (Hund etc)

4. unvermischt, rein (Gold etc)

5. einwandfrei (Essen etc)

6. rein, makellos (Edelstein etc; auch fig):

clean record tadellose Vergangenheit

7. (moralisch) rein, lauter, schuldlos:

a clean conscience ein reines Gewissen

8. anständig (Geschichte etc):

keep it clean keine Schweinereien!;

clean living bleib sauber!;

Mr Clean Herr Saubermann; → liver²

9. unbeschrieben, leer (Blatt etc)

10. sauber, ohne Korrekturen (Schrift): → copy A 1

11. anständig, fair (Kämpfer etc)

12. klar, sauber (Fingerabdrücke etc)

13. glatt, sauber, tadellos (ausgeführt), fehlerfrei:

a clean leap ein glatter Sprung (über ein Hindernis)

14. glatt, eben:

clean cut glatter Schnitt;

clean fracture MED glatter Bruch;

clean wood astfreies Holz

15. restlos, gründlich:

a clean miss ein glatter Fehlschuss;

make a clean break with the past völlig mit der Vergangenheit brechen

16. SCHIFF

a) mit gereinigtem Kiel und Rumpf

b) leer, ohne Ladung

c) scharf, spitz zulaufend, mit gefälligen Linien

17. klar, ebenmäßig, wohlproportioniert:

clean features klare Gesichtszüge

18. sl clean, sauber (nicht mehr drogenabhängig)

19. sl sauber (unbewaffnet)

B adv

1. rein(lich), sauber, sorgfältig:

sweep clean

a) rein ausfegen,

b) fig vollständig mit etwas aufräumen;

come clean umg (alles) gestehen;

come clean umg heraus mit der Sprache!; → broom A 1

2. anständig, fair:

fight clean

3. rein, glatt, völlig, ganz und gar, total:

go clean off one’s head umg völlig den Verstand verlieren;

clean forget about sth umg etwas total vergessen;

the bullet went clean through the door die Kugel durchschlug glatt die Tür;

clean gone umg

a) spurlos verschwunden,

b) total übergeschnappt; → mind A 6

C s Reinigung f:

give sth a clean → E;

it needs a clean es muss (einmal) gereinigt werden

D v/i sich reinigen lassen

E v/t

1. reinigen, säubern, Fenster, Schuhe, Silber, Zähne etc putzen:

clean house US fig umg gründlich aufräumen, eine Säuberungsaktion durchführen

2. waschen

3. frei machen von, leer fegen

4. ein Schlachttier ausnehmen

5. → clean out

6. → clean up A

* * *
1. adjective
1) sauber; frisch [Wäsche, Hemd]

2) (unused, fresh) sauber; (free of defects) einwandfrei; sauber

make a clean start — noch einmal neu anfangen

come clean — (coll.) (confess) auspacken (ugs.); (tell the truth) mit der Wahrheit [he]rausrücken (ugs.)

3) (regular, complete) glatt [Bruch]; glatt, sauber [Schnitt]

make a clean break [with something] — (fig.) einen Schlussstrich [unter etwas (Akk.)] ziehen

4) (coll.): (not obscene or indecent) sauber; stubenrein (scherzh.) [Witz]

be good clean fun — völlig harmlos sein

5) (sportsmanlike, fair) sauber
2. adverb
glatt; einfach [vergessen]

we're clean out of whisky — wir haben überhaupt keinen Whisky mehr

the fox got clean away — der Fuchs ist uns/ihnen usw. glatt entwischt
3. transitive verb
sauber machen; putzen [Zimmer, Haus, Fenster, Schuh]; reinigen [Teppich, Möbel, Käfig, Kleidung, Wunde]; fegen, kehren [Kamin]; (with cloth) aufwischen [Fußboden]

clean one's hands/teeth — sich (Dat.) die Hände waschen/Zähne putzen
4. intransitive verb
sich reinigen lassen
5. noun
this carpet needs a good clean — dieser Teppich muss gründlich gereinigt werden

give your shoes a clean — putz deine Schuhe

Phrasal Verbs:

- clean out

- clean up

* * *

adj.

rein adj.

sauber adj. v.

abputzen v.

putzen (Gemüse) v.

putzen v.

reinemachen v.

reinigen v.

saubermachen v.

säubern v.

English-german dictionary > clean
92 joke

[‹əuk] 1. noun
1) (anything said or done to cause laughter: He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost.) vittighed

2) (something that causes laughter or amusement: The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish.) morsomhed
2. verb
1) (to make a joke or jokes: They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards.) gøre grin med

2) (to talk playfully and not seriously: Don't be upset by what he said - he was only joking.) lave sjov

•

- joker
- jokingly
- it's no joke
- joking apart/aside
- take a joke
* * *
[‹əuk] 1. noun
1) (anything said or done to cause laughter: He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost.) vittighed

2) (something that causes laughter or amusement: The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish.) morsomhed
2. verb
1) (to make a joke or jokes: They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards.) gøre grin med

2) (to talk playfully and not seriously: Don't be upset by what he said - he was only joking.) lave sjov

•

- joker
- jokingly
- it's no joke
- joking apart/aside
- take a joke

English-Danish dictionary > joke
93 morsel

['mo:səl]
noun

(a small piece of something, especially food: a tasty morsel of fish for the cat.) bid

* * *
['mo:səl]
noun

(a small piece of something, especially food: a tasty morsel of fish for the cat.) bid

English-Danish dictionary > morsel
94 ladder

1) стремянка; приставная лестница

2) рама землечерпалки для ковшей, ковшовая рама

•

- accommodation ladder
- cat ladder - digging ladder - emergency ladder - erecting ladder - fish ladder - hang-on ladder - roof ladder - rung ladder
* * *

1.   приставная лестница, стремянка

2.   ковшовая рама ( цепного канавокопателя или землечерпалки)

3.   пожарная машина с лестницей
- aerial ladder
- auxiliary ladder of bucket dredger
- cat ladder
- climbing ladders
- digging ladder
- double-cleat ladder
- dredging ladder
- extension ladder
- extension trestle ladder
- fish ladder
- fixed ladder
- individual-rung ladder
- inspection ladder
- jack ladder
- platform ladder
- portable ladder
- rail ladder
- revolving arch ladder
- side-rolling ladder
- side-step ladder
- single ladder
- special purpose ladder
- standing ladder
- step ladder
- through ladder
- trestle ladder
- trolley ladder

Англо-русский строительный словарь > ladder
95 pastel

adj.

pastel (color).

colores pastel pastel colors

Pastel painting Pintura al pastel.

m.

1 cake (cooking) (dulce).

pastel de bodas wedding cake

pastel de cumpleaños birthday cake

pastel de manzana apple pie

2 pastel (art).

pintar al pastel to draw in pastels

3 pie, tart.

* * *

pastel

► adjetivo

1 (color) pastel

► nombre masculino

1 COCINA (tipo bizcocho) cake; (tipo empanada) pie

■ tenemos pastel de manzana y de chocolate we've got apple pie and chocolate cake

2 ARTE (material, obra) pastel; (técnica) pastel drawing

3 familiar (conspiración) plot

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

al pastel pastel

■ dibujo al pastel pastel drawing

descubrir el pastel to let the cat out of the bag

pastel de boda wedding cake

pastel de carne meat pie, meatloaf

pastel de pescado fish pie

* * *

noun m.

1) cake

2) pie

* * *

1. SM

1) (Culin) (=dulce) cake; [de carne] pie

pasteles — pastry sing, confectionery sing

- repartirse el pastel

pastel de boda — wedding cake

pastel de cumpleaños — birthday cake

2) (Arte) pastel

pintura al pastel — pastel drawing

3) * (=chanchullo) scam *

se descubrió el pastel — the scam came to light *

4) † (=chapuza) botch, mess

2.

ADJ pastel

tono pastel — pastel shade

* * *
I
adjetivo invariable pastel

colores pastel — pastel (colors)
II
masculino

1)

a) ( dulce) cake

pastel de chocolate — chocolate cake o gateau

b) ( cubierto de masa) pie

- pastel de boda/cumpleaños

- pastel de carne

- pastel de papas

2) (fam) ( enredo) mess (colloq)

descubrir el pastel — (fam) to take the lid off something (colloq)

3) (Art) pastel

al pastel — pastel (before n)

* * *

= pie, cake, pastel, bundt, tart, pastry [pastries, -pl.].

Ex. At the dinner party, eating nearly proved the undoing of Peter, who ran the danger of becoming a pie himself.

Ex. Music from 1907 was played and a cake was shared with the public.

Ex. An understanding of the materials used in pastels is important to conservators: strainers, linen, paper, crayons, framing and glazing described using 18th-century sources.

Ex. They make and sell specialty pans for cheesecakes, bundts, quiches and tarts.

Ex. They make and sell specialty pans for cheesecakes, bundts, quiches and tarts.

Ex. These prices include breakfast (full buffet including a large selection of hot and cold entrees, salads, cheeses, pastries, etc.) and all service charges.

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* descubrir el pastel = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bag.

* molde para pasteles = cake pan.

* pastel de carne = meatloaf.

* pastel de chocolate = devil's food cake.

* pastel de manzana = apple pie.

* * *
I
adjetivo invariable pastel

colores pastel — pastel (colors)
II
masculino

1)

a) ( dulce) cake

pastel de chocolate — chocolate cake o gateau

b) ( cubierto de masa) pie

- pastel de boda/cumpleaños

- pastel de carne

- pastel de papas

2) (fam) ( enredo) mess (colloq)

descubrir el pastel — (fam) to take the lid off something (colloq)

3) (Art) pastel

al pastel — pastel (before n)

* * *

= pie, cake, pastel, bundt, tart, pastry [pastries, -pl.].

Ex: At the dinner party, eating nearly proved the undoing of Peter, who ran the danger of becoming a pie himself.

Ex: Music from 1907 was played and a cake was shared with the public.

Ex: An understanding of the materials used in pastels is important to conservators: strainers, linen, paper, crayons, framing and glazing described using 18th-century sources.

Ex: They make and sell specialty pans for cheesecakes, bundts, quiches and tarts.

Ex: They make and sell specialty pans for cheesecakes, bundts, quiches and tarts.

Ex: These prices include breakfast (full buffet including a large selection of hot and cold entrees, salads, cheeses, pastries, etc.) and all service charges.

* descubrir el pastel = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bag.

* molde para pasteles = cake pan.

* pastel de carne = meatloaf.

* pastel de chocolate = devil's food cake.

* pastel de manzana = apple pie.

* * *

pastel¹

adj inv

pastel

esta primavera se llevan los colores pastel pastels o pastel colors are in fashion this spring

pastel²

masculine

A

1 (dulce) cake

pastel de chocolate chocolate cake o gateau

pastel de nata cream cake

2 (cubierto de masa de empanada) pie

ni por pasteles ( Arg fam); for love nor money ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● pastel de boda

wedding cake

● pastel de carne

(con masa) meat pie; (con puré) shepherd's pie, cottage pie

● pastel de cumpleaños

birthday cake

● pastel de papas

(CS) shepherd's pie, cottage pie

B ( fam euf)

(caca): el pobre va con todo el pastel encima the poor thing has a dirty diaper ( AmE) o ( BrE) nappy

pisé un pastel que había en la calle I stepped in some dog mess in the street ( euph)

C ( fam) (enredo) mess ( colloq)

mira con qué pastel me encontré look at the mess o state I found things in! ( colloq)

descubrir el pastel ( fam); to take the lid off sth ( colloq)

al final se le descubrió el pastel he was found out in the end, in the end somebody blew the lid off his operation ( colloq)

D ( Art) (lápiz) pastel; (cuadro) pastel

al pastel pastel ( before n)

un dibujo al pastel a pastel drawing

* * *

pastel sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( dulce) cake;

◊ pastel de boda/cumpleaños wedding/birthday cake

b) ( cubierto de masa) pie;

◊ pastel de papas (CS) shepherd's pie, cottage pie

2 (Art) pastel;
◊ al pastel pastel ( before n)

■ adjetivo invariable
pastel
pastel sustantivo masculino
1 cake
(relleno de carne, compota, etc) pie
2 Arte pastel
' pastel' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
borracha
- borracho
- confesar
- dulce
- rellena
- rellenar
- relleno
- renuncio
- tarta
- almibarar
- bizcocho
- color
- cortar
- hacer
- merengue
- piso
- trozo
English:
bake
- bean
- cake
- Christmas cake
- confess
- Danish pastry
- divide
- either
- fancy
- frosting
- game
- gateau
- meat pie
- mince pie
- myself
- nibble
- pastry
- pie
- share
- slam
- slice
- take
- tier
- wedding cake
- any
- apple
- cat
- Christmas
- eclair
- pastel
- wedge

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pastel

♦ adj inv
[color] pastel;
colores pastel pastel colours

♦ nm

1. [dulce] cake

Comp
pastel de bodas wedding cake;
pastel de cumpleaños birthday cake;

pastel de manzana apple pie

2. [salado] pie

Comp

pastel de carne meat pie;
Chile pastel de choclo = chicken stew with ground Br sweetcorn o US corn; CSur pastel de papas ≈ shepherd's pie
3. Arte pastel;

pintar al pastel to draw in pastels

4. Fam Euf [excremento]
un pastel de vaca a cowpat

5. Fam [chapucería] botch-up

6. PRico [plato, guiso] = pork stew with manioc and bananas, typical at Christmas

7. Comp

descubrir el pastel [enterarse] to find out what's going on;
[destapar] to reveal what's going on, to give the game away;
finalmente su mujer descubrió el pastel in the end his wife found out about his little game;

se descubrió el pastel the goings-on were discovered;

repartirse el pastel to share things out

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pastel

m

1 GASTR cake

2 pintura, color pastel

3

:

descubrirse el pastel fam come to light

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pastel adj

: pastel

pastel nm

1) : cake

pastel de cumpleaños: birthday cake

2) : pie, turnover

3) : pastel

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pastel n

1. (dulce) cake

un pastel de nata a cream cake

2. (salado) pie

pastel de carne meat pie

Spanish-English dictionary > pastel
96 colens

1.
cŏlo, colŭi, cultum, 3, v. a. [from the stem KOL, whence boukolos, boukoleô; cf.: colonus, in-cola, agri-cola] (orig. pertaining to agriculture), to cultivate, till, tend, take care of a field, garden, etc. (freq. in all per. and species of composition).
I.
Prop.
(α).
With acc.:
fundum,
Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2:
agrum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 14; Cato, R. R. 61; Col. 1 pr.:
agri non omnes frugiferi sunt qui coluntur,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; id. Agr. 2, 25, 67:
arva et vineta et oleas et arbustum,
Quint. 1, 12, 7:
praedia,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:
rus,
Col. 1, 1:
rura,
Cat. 64, 38; Tib. 1, 5, 21; Verg. G. 2, 413:
hortos,
Ov. M. 14, 624 al.:
jugera,
Col. 1 pr.:
patrios fines,
id. ib.:
solum,
id. 2, 2, 8:
terram,
id. 2, 2, 4:
arbustum,
Quint. 1, 12, 7:
vitem,
Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38:
arbores,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 22:
arva,
id. ib. 3, 5, 24; Ov. Am. 1, 13, 15:
fructus,
Verg. G. 2, 36:
fruges,
Ov. M. 15, 134:
poma,
id. ib. 14, 687; cf. under P. a.—
(β).
Absol., Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; Verg. G. 1, 121; Dig. 19, 2, 54, § 1.—
B.
In gen., without reference to economics, to abide, dwell, stay in a place, to inhabit (syn.: incolo, habito; most freq. since the Aug. per.).
(α).
With acc.:
hanc domum,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 4:
nemora atque cavos montes silvasque colebant,
Lucr. 5, 955:
regiones Acherunticas,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 21:
colitur ea pars (urbis) et habitatur frequentissime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
urbem, urbem, mi Rufe, cole,
id. Fam. 2, 12, 2:
has terras,
id. N. D. 2, 66, 164; Tac. A. 2, 60:
loca Idae,
Cat. 63, 70:
Idalium,
id. 36, 12 sq.; 61, 17:
urbem Trojanam,
Verg. A. 4, 343:
Sicaniam,
Ov. M. 5, 495:
Maeoniam Sipylumque,
id. ib. 6, 149:
Elin Messeniaque arva,
id. ib. 2, 679:
regnum nemorale Dianae,
id. ib. 14, 331:
hoc nemus,
id. ib. 15, 545:
Elysium,
Verg. A. 5, 735:
loca magna,
Ov. M. 14, 681; Liv. 1, 7, 10:
Britanniam,
Tac. Agr. 11:
Rheni ripam,
id. G. 28:
victam ripam,
id. A. 1, 59:
terras,
id. ib. 2, 60; cf. id. H. 5, 2:
insulam,
id. A. 12, 61; id. G. 29:
regionem,
Curt. 7, 7, 4.— Poet., of poets:
me juvat in primā coluisse Helicona juventā,
i. e. to have written poetry in early youth, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 19.—Also of animals:
anguis stagna,
Verg. G. 3, 430; Ov. M. 2, 380.—
(β).
Absol.:
hic,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 68:
subdiu colere te usque perpetuom diem,
id. Most. 3, 2, 78; Liv. 42, 67, 9; Curt. 9, 9, 2:
colunt discreti ac diversi,
Tac. G. 16:
proximi Cattis Usipii ac Tencteri colunt,
id. ib. 32:
circa utramque ripam Rhodani,
Liv. 21, 26, 6:
quā Cilices maritimi colunt,
id. 38, 18, 12:
prope Oceanum,
id. 24, 49, 6:
usque ad Albim,
Tac. A. 2, 41:
ultra Borysthenem fluvium,
Gell. 9, 4, 6:
super Bosporum,
Curt. 6, 2, 13:
extra urbem,
App. M. 1, p. 111.—
II.
Trop. (freq. and class.).
A.
To bestow care upon a thing, to care for.
1.
Of the gods: colere aliquem locum, to frequent, cherish, care for, protect, be the guardian of, said of places where they were worshipped, had temples, etc.:
deos deasque veneror, qui hanc urbem colunt,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 19; Cat. 36, 12:
Pallas, quas condidit arces, Ipsa colat,
Verg. E. 2, 62:
ille (Juppiter) colit terras,
id. ib. 3, 61; id. A. 1, 16 Forbig. ad loc.:
undis jura dabat, nymphisque colentibus undas,
Ov. M. 1, 576:
urbem colentes di,
Liv. 31, 30, 9; 5, 21, 3:
vos, Ceres mater ac Proserpina, precor, ceteri superi infernique di, qui hanc urbem colitis,
id. 24, 39, 8:
divi divaeque, qui maria terrasque colitis,
id. 29, 27, 1.—
2.
Rarely with persons as object (syn.:
curo, studeo, observo, obsequor): Juppiter, qui genus colis alisque hominum,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 24; cf.:
(Castor et Pollux) dum terras hominumque colunt genus,
i. e. improve, polish, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7. —
3.
Of the body or its parts, to cultivate, attend to, dress, clothe, adorn, etc.:
formamque augere colendo,
by attire, dress, Ov. M. 10, 534:
corpora,
id. A. A. 3, 107:
tu quoque dum coleris,
id. ib. 3, 225.—With abl.:
lacertos auro,
Curt. 8, 9, 21:
lacertum armillā aureā,
Petr. 32:
capillos,
Tib. 1, 6, 39; 1, 8, 9.—
4.
With abstr. objects, to cultivate, cherish, seek, practise, devote one ' s self to, etc.;
of mental and moral cultivation: aequom et bonum,
Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 10:
amicitiam,
id. Cist. 1, 1, 27:
fidem rectumque,
Ov. M. 1, 90:
fortitudinem,
Curt. 10, 3, 9:
jus et fas,
Liv. 27, 17 fin.:
memoriam alicujus,
Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 101:
bonos mores,
Sall. C. 9, 1:
suum quaestum colit,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 137:
pietatem,
id. As. 3, 1, 5; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 33:
virtutem,
Cic. Arch. 7, 16; id. Off. 1, 41, 149:
amicitiam, justitiam, liberalitatem,
id. ib. 1, 2, 5:
virginitatis amorem,
Verg. A. 11, 584:
pacem,
Ov. M. 11, 297; cf. Martem, Sil. [p. 370] 8, 464:
studium philosophiae,
Cic. Brut. 91, 315:
disciplinam,
id. ib. 31, 117:
aequabile et temperatum orationis genus,
id. Off. 1, 1, 3:
patrias artes militiamque,
Ov. F. 2, 508; cf.:
artes liberales,
Suet. Tib. 60:
ingenium singulari rerum militarium prudentiā,
Vell. 2, 29, 5 Kritz.—
5.
Of a period of time or a condition, to live in, experience, live through, pass, spend, etc.:
servitutem apud aliquem,
to be a slave, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 7:
nunc plane nec ego victum, nec vitam illam colere possum, etc.,
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2; and poet. in gen.: vitam or aevum = degere, to take care of life, for to live:
vitam,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 74; id. Cas. 2, 1, 12; id. Rud. 1, 5, 25:
vitam inopem,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 84:
aevum vi,
Lucr. 5, 1144 and 1149.—
B.
Colere aliquem, to regard one with care, i. e. to honor, revere, reverence, worship, etc. (syn.: observo, veneror, diligo).
1.
Most freq. of the reverence and worship of the gods, and the respect paid to objects pertaining thereto, to honor, respect, revere, reverence, worship:
quid est enim cur deos ab hominibus colendos dicas?
Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 115:
hos deos et venerari et colere debemus,
id. ib. 2, 28, 71; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 119; id. Agr. 2, 35, 94; Liv. 39, 15, 2; Cat. 61, 48:
Phoebe silvarumque potens Diana... o colendi Semper et culti,
Hor. C. S. 2 and 3; cf. Ov. M. 8, 350:
deos aris, pulvinaribus,
Plin. Pan. 11, 3:
Mercurium,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17:
Apollinem nimiā religione,
Curt. 4, 3, 21:
Cererem secubitu,
Ov. A. 3, 10, 16:
(deam) magis officiis quam probitate,
id. P. 3, 1, 76:
per flamines et sacerdotes,
Tac. A. 1, 10; Suet. Vit. 1:
quo cognomine is deus quādam in parte urbis colebatur,
id. Aug. 70:
deum precibus,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 580:
testimoniorum religionem et fidem,
Cic. Fl. 4, 9; cf. id. Font. 10, 21; and:
colebantur religiones pie magis quam magnifice,
Liv. 3, 57, 7; and:
apud quos juxta divinas religiones humana fides colitur,
id. 9, 9, 4:
sacra,
Ov. M. 4, 32; 15, 679:
aras,
id. ib. 3, 733; 6, 208; cf. Liv. 1, 7, 10; Suet. Vit. 2 et saep.:
numina alicujus,
Verg. G. 1, 30:
templum,
id. A. 4, 458; Ov. M. 11, 578:
caerimonias sepulcrorum tantā curà,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:
sacrarium summā caerimoniā,
Nep. Th. 8, 4:
simulacrum,
Suet. Galb. 4.—
2.
Of the honor bestowed upon men:
ut Africanum ut deum coleret Laelius,
Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18:
quia me colitis et magnificatis,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 23; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 54:
a quibus diligenter observari videmur et coli,
Cic. Mur. 34, 70; cf. id. Fam. 6, 10, 7; 13, 22, 1; id. Off. 1, 41, 149; Sall. J. 10, 8:
poëtarum nomen,
Cic. Arch. 11, 27:
civitatem,
id. Fl. 22, 52; cf.:
in amicis et diligendis et colendis,
id. Lael. 22, 85 and 82:
semper ego plebem Romanam militiae domique... colo atque colui,
Liv. 7, 32, 16:
colere et ornare,
Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 2:
me diligentissime,
id. ib. 13, 25 init.:
si te colo, Sexte, non amabo,
Mart. 2, 55:
aliquem donis,
Liv. 31, 43, 7:
litteris,
Nep. Att. 20, 4:
nec illos arte colam, nec opulenter,
Sall. J. 85, 34 Kritz.— Hence,
1.
cŏlens, entis, P. a., honoring, treating respectfully; subst., a reverer, worshipper; with gen.:
religionum,
Cic. Planc. 33, 80.—
2.
cultus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.).
A.
Cultivated, tilled:
ager cultior,
Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 20:
ager cultissimus,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:
materia et culta et silvestris,
id. N. D. 2, 60, 151:
res pecuaria,
id. Quint. 3, 12:
rus cultissimum,
Col. 1, 1, 1:
terra,
Quint. 5, 11, 24:
fundus cultior,
id. 8, 3, 8:
cultiora loca,
Curt. 7, 3, 18.—
b.
Subst.: culta, ōrum, n., tilled, cultivated land, gardens, plantations, etc., Lucr. 1, 165; 1, 210; 5, 1370; Verg. G. 1, 153; 2, 196; 4, 372; Plin. 24, 10, 49, § 83—Hence,
B.
Trop., ornamented, adorned, polished, elegant, cultivated:
milites habebat tam cultos ut argento et auro politis armis ornaret,
Suet. Caes. 67:
adulter,
Ov. Tr. 2, 499:
turba muliebriter culta,
Curt. 3, 3, 14:
sacerdos veste candidā cultus,
Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 251:
matrona vetitā purpurā culta,
Suet. Ner. 32:
filia cultior,
Mart. 10, 98, 3:
animi culti,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; cf.:
tempora et ingenia cultiora,
Curt. 7, 8, 11:
Tibullus,
Ov. Am. 1, 15, 28; cf.
carmina,
id. A. A. 3, 341:
cultiores doctioresque redire,
Gell. 19, 8, 1:
sermone cultissimus,
Aur. Vict. Epit. 45.— Adv.: cul-tē, elegantly: dicere, * Quint. 8, 3, 7; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 6.— Comp.:
dicere,
Sen. Suas. 4 fin.; Tac. Or. 21: (sc. veste) progredi, Just. 3, 3, 5:
incubare strato lectulo,
Val. Max. 2, 6, 8.— Sup. apparently not in use.
2.
cōlo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [colum], to filter, strain, to clarify, purify (post-Aug.):
ceram,
Col. 9, 16, 1:
mel,
id. 12, 11, 1:
vinum sportā palmeā,
Pall. Febr. 27:
sucum linteo,
Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 164:
thymum cribro,
Col. 7, 8, 7:
aliquid per linteum,
Scrib. Comp. 271:
ad colum,
Veg. 2, 28, 19:
per colum,
Apic. 4, 2:
aurum,
App. Flor. p. 343, 20:
terra colans,
Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38:
faex colata,
id. 31, 8, 44, § 95.— Poet.:
amnes inductis retibus,
i. e. to spread out a fish-net, Manil. 5, 193.—Hence, cōlātus, a, um, P. a., cleansed, purified (post-class.):
nitor (beryllorum),
Tert. Anim. 9.—
B.
Trop.:
certiora et colatiora somniari,
Tert. Anim. 48.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > colens
97 colo

1.
cŏlo, colŭi, cultum, 3, v. a. [from the stem KOL, whence boukolos, boukoleô; cf.: colonus, in-cola, agri-cola] (orig. pertaining to agriculture), to cultivate, till, tend, take care of a field, garden, etc. (freq. in all per. and species of composition).
I.
Prop.
(α).
With acc.:
fundum,
Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2:
agrum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 14; Cato, R. R. 61; Col. 1 pr.:
agri non omnes frugiferi sunt qui coluntur,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; id. Agr. 2, 25, 67:
arva et vineta et oleas et arbustum,
Quint. 1, 12, 7:
praedia,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:
rus,
Col. 1, 1:
rura,
Cat. 64, 38; Tib. 1, 5, 21; Verg. G. 2, 413:
hortos,
Ov. M. 14, 624 al.:
jugera,
Col. 1 pr.:
patrios fines,
id. ib.:
solum,
id. 2, 2, 8:
terram,
id. 2, 2, 4:
arbustum,
Quint. 1, 12, 7:
vitem,
Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38:
arbores,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 22:
arva,
id. ib. 3, 5, 24; Ov. Am. 1, 13, 15:
fructus,
Verg. G. 2, 36:
fruges,
Ov. M. 15, 134:
poma,
id. ib. 14, 687; cf. under P. a.—
(β).
Absol., Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; Verg. G. 1, 121; Dig. 19, 2, 54, § 1.—
B.
In gen., without reference to economics, to abide, dwell, stay in a place, to inhabit (syn.: incolo, habito; most freq. since the Aug. per.).
(α).
With acc.:
hanc domum,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 4:
nemora atque cavos montes silvasque colebant,
Lucr. 5, 955:
regiones Acherunticas,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 21:
colitur ea pars (urbis) et habitatur frequentissime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
urbem, urbem, mi Rufe, cole,
id. Fam. 2, 12, 2:
has terras,
id. N. D. 2, 66, 164; Tac. A. 2, 60:
loca Idae,
Cat. 63, 70:
Idalium,
id. 36, 12 sq.; 61, 17:
urbem Trojanam,
Verg. A. 4, 343:
Sicaniam,
Ov. M. 5, 495:
Maeoniam Sipylumque,
id. ib. 6, 149:
Elin Messeniaque arva,
id. ib. 2, 679:
regnum nemorale Dianae,
id. ib. 14, 331:
hoc nemus,
id. ib. 15, 545:
Elysium,
Verg. A. 5, 735:
loca magna,
Ov. M. 14, 681; Liv. 1, 7, 10:
Britanniam,
Tac. Agr. 11:
Rheni ripam,
id. G. 28:
victam ripam,
id. A. 1, 59:
terras,
id. ib. 2, 60; cf. id. H. 5, 2:
insulam,
id. A. 12, 61; id. G. 29:
regionem,
Curt. 7, 7, 4.— Poet., of poets:
me juvat in primā coluisse Helicona juventā,
i. e. to have written poetry in early youth, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 19.—Also of animals:
anguis stagna,
Verg. G. 3, 430; Ov. M. 2, 380.—
(β).
Absol.:
hic,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 68:
subdiu colere te usque perpetuom diem,
id. Most. 3, 2, 78; Liv. 42, 67, 9; Curt. 9, 9, 2:
colunt discreti ac diversi,
Tac. G. 16:
proximi Cattis Usipii ac Tencteri colunt,
id. ib. 32:
circa utramque ripam Rhodani,
Liv. 21, 26, 6:
quā Cilices maritimi colunt,
id. 38, 18, 12:
prope Oceanum,
id. 24, 49, 6:
usque ad Albim,
Tac. A. 2, 41:
ultra Borysthenem fluvium,
Gell. 9, 4, 6:
super Bosporum,
Curt. 6, 2, 13:
extra urbem,
App. M. 1, p. 111.—
II.
Trop. (freq. and class.).
A.
To bestow care upon a thing, to care for.
1.
Of the gods: colere aliquem locum, to frequent, cherish, care for, protect, be the guardian of, said of places where they were worshipped, had temples, etc.:
deos deasque veneror, qui hanc urbem colunt,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 19; Cat. 36, 12:
Pallas, quas condidit arces, Ipsa colat,
Verg. E. 2, 62:
ille (Juppiter) colit terras,
id. ib. 3, 61; id. A. 1, 16 Forbig. ad loc.:
undis jura dabat, nymphisque colentibus undas,
Ov. M. 1, 576:
urbem colentes di,
Liv. 31, 30, 9; 5, 21, 3:
vos, Ceres mater ac Proserpina, precor, ceteri superi infernique di, qui hanc urbem colitis,
id. 24, 39, 8:
divi divaeque, qui maria terrasque colitis,
id. 29, 27, 1.—
2.
Rarely with persons as object (syn.:
curo, studeo, observo, obsequor): Juppiter, qui genus colis alisque hominum,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 24; cf.:
(Castor et Pollux) dum terras hominumque colunt genus,
i. e. improve, polish, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7. —
3.
Of the body or its parts, to cultivate, attend to, dress, clothe, adorn, etc.:
formamque augere colendo,
by attire, dress, Ov. M. 10, 534:
corpora,
id. A. A. 3, 107:
tu quoque dum coleris,
id. ib. 3, 225.—With abl.:
lacertos auro,
Curt. 8, 9, 21:
lacertum armillā aureā,
Petr. 32:
capillos,
Tib. 1, 6, 39; 1, 8, 9.—
4.
With abstr. objects, to cultivate, cherish, seek, practise, devote one ' s self to, etc.;
of mental and moral cultivation: aequom et bonum,
Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 10:
amicitiam,
id. Cist. 1, 1, 27:
fidem rectumque,
Ov. M. 1, 90:
fortitudinem,
Curt. 10, 3, 9:
jus et fas,
Liv. 27, 17 fin.:
memoriam alicujus,
Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 101:
bonos mores,
Sall. C. 9, 1:
suum quaestum colit,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 137:
pietatem,
id. As. 3, 1, 5; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 33:
virtutem,
Cic. Arch. 7, 16; id. Off. 1, 41, 149:
amicitiam, justitiam, liberalitatem,
id. ib. 1, 2, 5:
virginitatis amorem,
Verg. A. 11, 584:
pacem,
Ov. M. 11, 297; cf. Martem, Sil. [p. 370] 8, 464:
studium philosophiae,
Cic. Brut. 91, 315:
disciplinam,
id. ib. 31, 117:
aequabile et temperatum orationis genus,
id. Off. 1, 1, 3:
patrias artes militiamque,
Ov. F. 2, 508; cf.:
artes liberales,
Suet. Tib. 60:
ingenium singulari rerum militarium prudentiā,
Vell. 2, 29, 5 Kritz.—
5.
Of a period of time or a condition, to live in, experience, live through, pass, spend, etc.:
servitutem apud aliquem,
to be a slave, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 7:
nunc plane nec ego victum, nec vitam illam colere possum, etc.,
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2; and poet. in gen.: vitam or aevum = degere, to take care of life, for to live:
vitam,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 74; id. Cas. 2, 1, 12; id. Rud. 1, 5, 25:
vitam inopem,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 84:
aevum vi,
Lucr. 5, 1144 and 1149.—
B.
Colere aliquem, to regard one with care, i. e. to honor, revere, reverence, worship, etc. (syn.: observo, veneror, diligo).
1.
Most freq. of the reverence and worship of the gods, and the respect paid to objects pertaining thereto, to honor, respect, revere, reverence, worship:
quid est enim cur deos ab hominibus colendos dicas?
Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 115:
hos deos et venerari et colere debemus,
id. ib. 2, 28, 71; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 119; id. Agr. 2, 35, 94; Liv. 39, 15, 2; Cat. 61, 48:
Phoebe silvarumque potens Diana... o colendi Semper et culti,
Hor. C. S. 2 and 3; cf. Ov. M. 8, 350:
deos aris, pulvinaribus,
Plin. Pan. 11, 3:
Mercurium,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17:
Apollinem nimiā religione,
Curt. 4, 3, 21:
Cererem secubitu,
Ov. A. 3, 10, 16:
(deam) magis officiis quam probitate,
id. P. 3, 1, 76:
per flamines et sacerdotes,
Tac. A. 1, 10; Suet. Vit. 1:
quo cognomine is deus quādam in parte urbis colebatur,
id. Aug. 70:
deum precibus,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 580:
testimoniorum religionem et fidem,
Cic. Fl. 4, 9; cf. id. Font. 10, 21; and:
colebantur religiones pie magis quam magnifice,
Liv. 3, 57, 7; and:
apud quos juxta divinas religiones humana fides colitur,
id. 9, 9, 4:
sacra,
Ov. M. 4, 32; 15, 679:
aras,
id. ib. 3, 733; 6, 208; cf. Liv. 1, 7, 10; Suet. Vit. 2 et saep.:
numina alicujus,
Verg. G. 1, 30:
templum,
id. A. 4, 458; Ov. M. 11, 578:
caerimonias sepulcrorum tantā curà,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:
sacrarium summā caerimoniā,
Nep. Th. 8, 4:
simulacrum,
Suet. Galb. 4.—
2.
Of the honor bestowed upon men:
ut Africanum ut deum coleret Laelius,
Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18:
quia me colitis et magnificatis,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 23; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 54:
a quibus diligenter observari videmur et coli,
Cic. Mur. 34, 70; cf. id. Fam. 6, 10, 7; 13, 22, 1; id. Off. 1, 41, 149; Sall. J. 10, 8:
poëtarum nomen,
Cic. Arch. 11, 27:
civitatem,
id. Fl. 22, 52; cf.:
in amicis et diligendis et colendis,
id. Lael. 22, 85 and 82:
semper ego plebem Romanam militiae domique... colo atque colui,
Liv. 7, 32, 16:
colere et ornare,
Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 2:
me diligentissime,
id. ib. 13, 25 init.:
si te colo, Sexte, non amabo,
Mart. 2, 55:
aliquem donis,
Liv. 31, 43, 7:
litteris,
Nep. Att. 20, 4:
nec illos arte colam, nec opulenter,
Sall. J. 85, 34 Kritz.— Hence,
1.
cŏlens, entis, P. a., honoring, treating respectfully; subst., a reverer, worshipper; with gen.:
religionum,
Cic. Planc. 33, 80.—
2.
cultus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.).
A.
Cultivated, tilled:
ager cultior,
Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 20:
ager cultissimus,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:
materia et culta et silvestris,
id. N. D. 2, 60, 151:
res pecuaria,
id. Quint. 3, 12:
rus cultissimum,
Col. 1, 1, 1:
terra,
Quint. 5, 11, 24:
fundus cultior,
id. 8, 3, 8:
cultiora loca,
Curt. 7, 3, 18.—
b.
Subst.: culta, ōrum, n., tilled, cultivated land, gardens, plantations, etc., Lucr. 1, 165; 1, 210; 5, 1370; Verg. G. 1, 153; 2, 196; 4, 372; Plin. 24, 10, 49, § 83—Hence,
B.
Trop., ornamented, adorned, polished, elegant, cultivated:
milites habebat tam cultos ut argento et auro politis armis ornaret,
Suet. Caes. 67:
adulter,
Ov. Tr. 2, 499:
turba muliebriter culta,
Curt. 3, 3, 14:
sacerdos veste candidā cultus,
Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 251:
matrona vetitā purpurā culta,
Suet. Ner. 32:
filia cultior,
Mart. 10, 98, 3:
animi culti,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; cf.:
tempora et ingenia cultiora,
Curt. 7, 8, 11:
Tibullus,
Ov. Am. 1, 15, 28; cf.
carmina,
id. A. A. 3, 341:
cultiores doctioresque redire,
Gell. 19, 8, 1:
sermone cultissimus,
Aur. Vict. Epit. 45.— Adv.: cul-tē, elegantly: dicere, * Quint. 8, 3, 7; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 6.— Comp.:
dicere,
Sen. Suas. 4 fin.; Tac. Or. 21: (sc. veste) progredi, Just. 3, 3, 5:
incubare strato lectulo,
Val. Max. 2, 6, 8.— Sup. apparently not in use.
2.
cōlo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [colum], to filter, strain, to clarify, purify (post-Aug.):
ceram,
Col. 9, 16, 1:
mel,
id. 12, 11, 1:
vinum sportā palmeā,
Pall. Febr. 27:
sucum linteo,
Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 164:
thymum cribro,
Col. 7, 8, 7:
aliquid per linteum,
Scrib. Comp. 271:
ad colum,
Veg. 2, 28, 19:
per colum,
Apic. 4, 2:
aurum,
App. Flor. p. 343, 20:
terra colans,
Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38:
faex colata,
id. 31, 8, 44, § 95.— Poet.:
amnes inductis retibus,
i. e. to spread out a fish-net, Manil. 5, 193.—Hence, cōlātus, a, um, P. a., cleansed, purified (post-class.):
nitor (beryllorum),
Tert. Anim. 9.—
B.
Trop.:
certiora et colatiora somniari,
Tert. Anim. 48.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > colo
98 culta

1.
cŏlo, colŭi, cultum, 3, v. a. [from the stem KOL, whence boukolos, boukoleô; cf.: colonus, in-cola, agri-cola] (orig. pertaining to agriculture), to cultivate, till, tend, take care of a field, garden, etc. (freq. in all per. and species of composition).
I.
Prop.
(α).
With acc.:
fundum,
Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 2:
agrum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 14; Cato, R. R. 61; Col. 1 pr.:
agri non omnes frugiferi sunt qui coluntur,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; id. Agr. 2, 25, 67:
arva et vineta et oleas et arbustum,
Quint. 1, 12, 7:
praedia,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:
rus,
Col. 1, 1:
rura,
Cat. 64, 38; Tib. 1, 5, 21; Verg. G. 2, 413:
hortos,
Ov. M. 14, 624 al.:
jugera,
Col. 1 pr.:
patrios fines,
id. ib.:
solum,
id. 2, 2, 8:
terram,
id. 2, 2, 4:
arbustum,
Quint. 1, 12, 7:
vitem,
Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38:
arbores,
Hor. C. 2, 14, 22:
arva,
id. ib. 3, 5, 24; Ov. Am. 1, 13, 15:
fructus,
Verg. G. 2, 36:
fruges,
Ov. M. 15, 134:
poma,
id. ib. 14, 687; cf. under P. a.—
(β).
Absol., Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; Verg. G. 1, 121; Dig. 19, 2, 54, § 1.—
B.
In gen., without reference to economics, to abide, dwell, stay in a place, to inhabit (syn.: incolo, habito; most freq. since the Aug. per.).
(α).
With acc.:
hanc domum,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 4:
nemora atque cavos montes silvasque colebant,
Lucr. 5, 955:
regiones Acherunticas,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 21:
colitur ea pars (urbis) et habitatur frequentissime,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
urbem, urbem, mi Rufe, cole,
id. Fam. 2, 12, 2:
has terras,
id. N. D. 2, 66, 164; Tac. A. 2, 60:
loca Idae,
Cat. 63, 70:
Idalium,
id. 36, 12 sq.; 61, 17:
urbem Trojanam,
Verg. A. 4, 343:
Sicaniam,
Ov. M. 5, 495:
Maeoniam Sipylumque,
id. ib. 6, 149:
Elin Messeniaque arva,
id. ib. 2, 679:
regnum nemorale Dianae,
id. ib. 14, 331:
hoc nemus,
id. ib. 15, 545:
Elysium,
Verg. A. 5, 735:
loca magna,
Ov. M. 14, 681; Liv. 1, 7, 10:
Britanniam,
Tac. Agr. 11:
Rheni ripam,
id. G. 28:
victam ripam,
id. A. 1, 59:
terras,
id. ib. 2, 60; cf. id. H. 5, 2:
insulam,
id. A. 12, 61; id. G. 29:
regionem,
Curt. 7, 7, 4.— Poet., of poets:
me juvat in primā coluisse Helicona juventā,
i. e. to have written poetry in early youth, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 19.—Also of animals:
anguis stagna,
Verg. G. 3, 430; Ov. M. 2, 380.—
(β).
Absol.:
hic,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 68:
subdiu colere te usque perpetuom diem,
id. Most. 3, 2, 78; Liv. 42, 67, 9; Curt. 9, 9, 2:
colunt discreti ac diversi,
Tac. G. 16:
proximi Cattis Usipii ac Tencteri colunt,
id. ib. 32:
circa utramque ripam Rhodani,
Liv. 21, 26, 6:
quā Cilices maritimi colunt,
id. 38, 18, 12:
prope Oceanum,
id. 24, 49, 6:
usque ad Albim,
Tac. A. 2, 41:
ultra Borysthenem fluvium,
Gell. 9, 4, 6:
super Bosporum,
Curt. 6, 2, 13:
extra urbem,
App. M. 1, p. 111.—
II.
Trop. (freq. and class.).
A.
To bestow care upon a thing, to care for.
1.
Of the gods: colere aliquem locum, to frequent, cherish, care for, protect, be the guardian of, said of places where they were worshipped, had temples, etc.:
deos deasque veneror, qui hanc urbem colunt,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 1, 19; Cat. 36, 12:
Pallas, quas condidit arces, Ipsa colat,
Verg. E. 2, 62:
ille (Juppiter) colit terras,
id. ib. 3, 61; id. A. 1, 16 Forbig. ad loc.:
undis jura dabat, nymphisque colentibus undas,
Ov. M. 1, 576:
urbem colentes di,
Liv. 31, 30, 9; 5, 21, 3:
vos, Ceres mater ac Proserpina, precor, ceteri superi infernique di, qui hanc urbem colitis,
id. 24, 39, 8:
divi divaeque, qui maria terrasque colitis,
id. 29, 27, 1.—
2.
Rarely with persons as object (syn.:
curo, studeo, observo, obsequor): Juppiter, qui genus colis alisque hominum,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 24; cf.:
(Castor et Pollux) dum terras hominumque colunt genus,
i. e. improve, polish, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 7. —
3.
Of the body or its parts, to cultivate, attend to, dress, clothe, adorn, etc.:
formamque augere colendo,
by attire, dress, Ov. M. 10, 534:
corpora,
id. A. A. 3, 107:
tu quoque dum coleris,
id. ib. 3, 225.—With abl.:
lacertos auro,
Curt. 8, 9, 21:
lacertum armillā aureā,
Petr. 32:
capillos,
Tib. 1, 6, 39; 1, 8, 9.—
4.
With abstr. objects, to cultivate, cherish, seek, practise, devote one ' s self to, etc.;
of mental and moral cultivation: aequom et bonum,
Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 10:
amicitiam,
id. Cist. 1, 1, 27:
fidem rectumque,
Ov. M. 1, 90:
fortitudinem,
Curt. 10, 3, 9:
jus et fas,
Liv. 27, 17 fin.:
memoriam alicujus,
Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 101:
bonos mores,
Sall. C. 9, 1:
suum quaestum colit,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 137:
pietatem,
id. As. 3, 1, 5; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 33:
virtutem,
Cic. Arch. 7, 16; id. Off. 1, 41, 149:
amicitiam, justitiam, liberalitatem,
id. ib. 1, 2, 5:
virginitatis amorem,
Verg. A. 11, 584:
pacem,
Ov. M. 11, 297; cf. Martem, Sil. [p. 370] 8, 464:
studium philosophiae,
Cic. Brut. 91, 315:
disciplinam,
id. ib. 31, 117:
aequabile et temperatum orationis genus,
id. Off. 1, 1, 3:
patrias artes militiamque,
Ov. F. 2, 508; cf.:
artes liberales,
Suet. Tib. 60:
ingenium singulari rerum militarium prudentiā,
Vell. 2, 29, 5 Kritz.—
5.
Of a period of time or a condition, to live in, experience, live through, pass, spend, etc.:
servitutem apud aliquem,
to be a slave, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 7:
nunc plane nec ego victum, nec vitam illam colere possum, etc.,
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2; and poet. in gen.: vitam or aevum = degere, to take care of life, for to live:
vitam,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 74; id. Cas. 2, 1, 12; id. Rud. 1, 5, 25:
vitam inopem,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 84:
aevum vi,
Lucr. 5, 1144 and 1149.—
B.
Colere aliquem, to regard one with care, i. e. to honor, revere, reverence, worship, etc. (syn.: observo, veneror, diligo).
1.
Most freq. of the reverence and worship of the gods, and the respect paid to objects pertaining thereto, to honor, respect, revere, reverence, worship:
quid est enim cur deos ab hominibus colendos dicas?
Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 115:
hos deos et venerari et colere debemus,
id. ib. 2, 28, 71; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 119; id. Agr. 2, 35, 94; Liv. 39, 15, 2; Cat. 61, 48:
Phoebe silvarumque potens Diana... o colendi Semper et culti,
Hor. C. S. 2 and 3; cf. Ov. M. 8, 350:
deos aris, pulvinaribus,
Plin. Pan. 11, 3:
Mercurium,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17:
Apollinem nimiā religione,
Curt. 4, 3, 21:
Cererem secubitu,
Ov. A. 3, 10, 16:
(deam) magis officiis quam probitate,
id. P. 3, 1, 76:
per flamines et sacerdotes,
Tac. A. 1, 10; Suet. Vit. 1:
quo cognomine is deus quādam in parte urbis colebatur,
id. Aug. 70:
deum precibus,
Sen. Herc. Oet. 580:
testimoniorum religionem et fidem,
Cic. Fl. 4, 9; cf. id. Font. 10, 21; and:
colebantur religiones pie magis quam magnifice,
Liv. 3, 57, 7; and:
apud quos juxta divinas religiones humana fides colitur,
id. 9, 9, 4:
sacra,
Ov. M. 4, 32; 15, 679:
aras,
id. ib. 3, 733; 6, 208; cf. Liv. 1, 7, 10; Suet. Vit. 2 et saep.:
numina alicujus,
Verg. G. 1, 30:
templum,
id. A. 4, 458; Ov. M. 11, 578:
caerimonias sepulcrorum tantā curà,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27:
sacrarium summā caerimoniā,
Nep. Th. 8, 4:
simulacrum,
Suet. Galb. 4.—
2.
Of the honor bestowed upon men:
ut Africanum ut deum coleret Laelius,
Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18:
quia me colitis et magnificatis,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 23; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 54:
a quibus diligenter observari videmur et coli,
Cic. Mur. 34, 70; cf. id. Fam. 6, 10, 7; 13, 22, 1; id. Off. 1, 41, 149; Sall. J. 10, 8:
poëtarum nomen,
Cic. Arch. 11, 27:
civitatem,
id. Fl. 22, 52; cf.:
in amicis et diligendis et colendis,
id. Lael. 22, 85 and 82:
semper ego plebem Romanam militiae domique... colo atque colui,
Liv. 7, 32, 16:
colere et ornare,
Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 2:
me diligentissime,
id. ib. 13, 25 init.:
si te colo, Sexte, non amabo,
Mart. 2, 55:
aliquem donis,
Liv. 31, 43, 7:
litteris,
Nep. Att. 20, 4:
nec illos arte colam, nec opulenter,
Sall. J. 85, 34 Kritz.— Hence,
1.
cŏlens, entis, P. a., honoring, treating respectfully; subst., a reverer, worshipper; with gen.:
religionum,
Cic. Planc. 33, 80.—
2.
cultus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.).
A.
Cultivated, tilled:
ager cultior,
Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 20:
ager cultissimus,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33:
materia et culta et silvestris,
id. N. D. 2, 60, 151:
res pecuaria,
id. Quint. 3, 12:
rus cultissimum,
Col. 1, 1, 1:
terra,
Quint. 5, 11, 24:
fundus cultior,
id. 8, 3, 8:
cultiora loca,
Curt. 7, 3, 18.—
b.
Subst.: culta, ōrum, n., tilled, cultivated land, gardens, plantations, etc., Lucr. 1, 165; 1, 210; 5, 1370; Verg. G. 1, 153; 2, 196; 4, 372; Plin. 24, 10, 49, § 83—Hence,
B.
Trop., ornamented, adorned, polished, elegant, cultivated:
milites habebat tam cultos ut argento et auro politis armis ornaret,
Suet. Caes. 67:
adulter,
Ov. Tr. 2, 499:
turba muliebriter culta,
Curt. 3, 3, 14:
sacerdos veste candidā cultus,
Plin. 16, 44, 95, § 251:
matrona vetitā purpurā culta,
Suet. Ner. 32:
filia cultior,
Mart. 10, 98, 3:
animi culti,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; cf.:
tempora et ingenia cultiora,
Curt. 7, 8, 11:
Tibullus,
Ov. Am. 1, 15, 28; cf.
carmina,
id. A. A. 3, 341:
cultiores doctioresque redire,
Gell. 19, 8, 1:
sermone cultissimus,
Aur. Vict. Epit. 45.— Adv.: cul-tē, elegantly: dicere, * Quint. 8, 3, 7; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 6.— Comp.:
dicere,
Sen. Suas. 4 fin.; Tac. Or. 21: (sc. veste) progredi, Just. 3, 3, 5:
incubare strato lectulo,
Val. Max. 2, 6, 8.— Sup. apparently not in use.
2.
cōlo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [colum], to filter, strain, to clarify, purify (post-Aug.):
ceram,
Col. 9, 16, 1:
mel,
id. 12, 11, 1:
vinum sportā palmeā,
Pall. Febr. 27:
sucum linteo,
Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 164:
thymum cribro,
Col. 7, 8, 7:
aliquid per linteum,
Scrib. Comp. 271:
ad colum,
Veg. 2, 28, 19:
per colum,
Apic. 4, 2:
aurum,
App. Flor. p. 343, 20:
terra colans,
Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38:
faex colata,
id. 31, 8, 44, § 95.— Poet.:
amnes inductis retibus,
i. e. to spread out a fish-net, Manil. 5, 193.—Hence, cōlātus, a, um, P. a., cleansed, purified (post-class.):
nitor (beryllorum),
Tert. Anim. 9.—
B.
Trop.:
certiora et colatiora somniari,
Tert. Anim. 48.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > culta
99 catch

1. transitive verb,
caught

1) (capture) fangen; (lay hold of) fassen; packen

catch somebody by the arm — jemanden am Arm packen od. fassen

catch hold of somebody/something — jemanden/etwas festhalten; (to stop oneself falling) sich an jemandem/etwas festhalten

2) (intercept motion of) auffangen; fangen [Ball]

catch a thread — einen Faden vernähen

get something caught or catch something on/in something — mit etwas an/in etwas (Dat.) hängen bleiben

I got my finger caught or caught my finger in the door — ich habe mir den Finger in der Tür eingeklemmt

get caught on/in something — an/in etwas (Dat.) hängen bleiben

3) (travel by) nehmen; (manage to see) sehen; (be in time for) [noch] erreichen; [noch] kriegen (ugs.) [Bus, Zug]; [noch] erwischen (ugs.) [Person]

did you catch her in? — hast du sie zu Hause erwischt? (ugs.)

4) (surprise)

catch somebody at/doing something — jemanden bei etwas erwischen (ugs.) /[dabei] erwischen, wie er etwas tut (ugs.)

caught in a thunderstorm — vom Sturm überrascht

I caught myself thinking how... — ich ertappte mich bei dem Gedanken, wie...

5) (become infected with, receive) sich (Dat.) zuziehen od. (ugs.) holen

catch something from somebody — sich bei jemandem mit etwas anstecken

catch [a] cold — sich erkälten/sich (Dat.) einen Schnupfen holen; (fig.) übel dran sein

catch it — (fig. coll.) etwas kriegen (ugs.)

you'll catch it from me — du kannst von mir was erleben (ugs.)

6) (arrest)

catch somebody's attention — jemandes Aufmerksamkeit erregen

catch somebody's fancy — jemandem gefallen; jemanden ansprechen

catch the Speaker's eye — (Parl.) das Wort erhalten

catch somebody's eye — jemandem auffallen; [Gegenstand:] jemandem ins Auge fallen; (be impossible to overlook) jemandem ins Auge springen

7) (hit)

catch somebody on/in something — jemanden auf/in etwas (Akk.) treffen

catch somebody a blow [on/in something] — jemandem einen Schlag [auf/in etwas (Akk.)] versetzen

8) (grasp in thought) verstehen; mitbekommen

did you catch his meaning? — hast du verstanden od. mitbekommen, was er meint?

9) see academic.ru/11419/catch_out">catch out 1)
2. intransitive verb,
caught

1) (begin to burn) [anfangen zu] brennen

2) (become fixed) hängen bleiben; [Haar, Faden:] sich verfangen

my coat caught on a nail — ich blieb mit meinem Mantel an einem Nagel hängen
3. noun
1) (of ball)

make [several] good catches — [mehrmals] gut fangen

2) (amount caught, lit. or fig.) Fang, der

3) (trick, difficulty) Haken, der (in an + Dat.)

the catch is that... — der Haken an der Sache ist, dass...

it's catch-22 — (coll.) es ist ein Teufelskreis

4) (fastener) Verschluss, der; (of door) Schnapper, der

5) (Cricket etc.) ≈ Fang, der; Abfangen des Balles, das den Schlagmann aus dem Spiel bringt

6) (catcher)

he is a good catch — er kann gut fangen

Phrasal Verbs:

- catch on

- catch out

- catch up

* * *
[kæ ] 1. past tense, past participle - caught; verb
1) (to stop and hold (something which is moving); to capture: He caught the cricket ball; The cat caught a mouse; Did you catch any fish?; I tried to catch his attention.) fangen

2) (to be in time for, or get on (a train, bus etc): I'll have to catch the 9.45 (train) to London.) erreichen

3) (to surprise (someone) in the act of: I caught him stealing (my vegetables).) ertappen

4) (to become infected with (a disease or illness): He caught flu.) sich holen

5) (to (cause to) become accidentally attached or held: The child caught her fingers in the car door.) einklemmen

6) (to hit: The punch caught him on the chin.) treffen

7) (to manage to hear: Did you catch what she said?) mitkriegen

8) (to start burning: I dropped a match on the pile of wood and it caught (fire) immediately.) Feuer fangen
2. noun
1) (an act of catching: He took a fine catch behind the wicket.) das Fangen

2) (a small device for holding (a door etc) in place: The catch on my suitcase is broken.) der Griff

3) (the total amount (of eg fish) caught: the largest catch of mackerel this year.) der Fang

4) (a trick or problem: There's a catch in this question.) der Haken

•

- catching
- catchy
- catch-phrase
- catch-word
- catch someone's eye
- catch on
- catch out
- catch up
* * *

catch

[kætʃ]

I. n

<pl -es>

1. (ball) Fang m

good \catch! — thanks, that was an easy \catch gut gefangen! — danke, das war leicht zu fangen

to make/take a good \catch gut fangen

to miss a \catch den Ball nicht fangen

he's missed three easy \catches; if he misses another \catch, he's out! er hat drei leichte Bälle nicht gefangen, wenn er nochmal nicht fängt, ist er draußen

2. (fish) Fang m kein pl

3. (fastener) Verschluss m; (bolt) Riegel m; (hook) Haken m

window \catch Fensterverriegelung f

all the window \catches were tightly closed alle Fenster waren fest verschlossen

4. no pl ( fam: partner) [guter] Fang fam; (for marriage also) gute Partie

her new boyfriend is not much of a \catch mit ihrem neuen Freund hat sie keinen besonders guten Fang gemacht fam

she made quite a \catch sie hat einen guten Fang gemacht fam; (in marriage also) sie hat eine gute Partie gemacht

5. no pl (trick) Haken m fam

what's the \catch? wo ist der Haken [an der Sache]? fam

there has to be a \catch in it [or somewhere] da muss irgendwo irgendwo ein Haken sein fam

6. no pl (in the voice) Stocken nt

with a \catch in one's voice mit stockender Stimme

7. no pl (game) Fangen nt

the kids were running around playing \catch die Kinder rannten herum und spielten Fangen

8. (fragment) Bruchstück nt

I only got some \catches of their conversation ich bekam nur einige Gesprächsfetzen von ihnen mit

II. vt

<caught, caught>

1. (intercept)

▪ to \catch sth etw fangen; dropped object also etw auffangen

▪ to \catch sb jdn [o jds Fall] auffangen

2. (grab)

to \catch sb by the arm/hand jdn am Arm/bei der Hand fassen

▪ to \catch sth etw ergreifen; (with difficulty) etw zu fassen bekommen

to \catch sb's arm/hand jds Arm/Hand ergreifen

to \catch hold of sth etw zu fassen bekommen

3. (capture)

▪ to \catch sb jdn ergreifen; (arrest) jdn festnehmen

▪ to \catch an animal ein Tier fangen; escaped animal ein Tier einfangen; ( fig)

the virus was caught in time das Virus wurde rechtzeitig erkannt

4. (surprise, get hold of)

▪ to \catch sb jdn erwischen fam

he was caught with 10 kg of heroin er wurde mit 10 kg Heroin erwischt fam

you won't \catch her at work after four o'clock nach vier wirst du sie kaum noch bei der Arbeit antreffen [o fam erwischen]

you caught me at a bad time Sie haben einen schlechten Zeitpunkt erwischt fam

have I caught you at a bad time? komme ich ungelegen?

you won't \catch me in that shop! in dem Laden wirst du mich niemals finden

to \catch sb in the act jdn auf frischer Tat ertappen

caught in the act! auf frischer Tat ertappt!

ah, caught you! ah, hab ich dich erwischt! fam

to be caught in a thunderstorm von einem Gewitter überrascht werden

to \catch sb red-handed jdn auf frischer Tat ertappen

▪ to \catch sb/oneself doing sth jdn/sich bei etw dat ertappen [o fam erwischen]

you won't \catch me falling for that trick ( fam) auf den Trick falle ich im Leben nicht herein fam

I even caught myself feeling sorry for the thief zuletzt ertappte ich mich sogar dabei, dass [o wie] mir der Dieb auch noch leid tat

5. (meet)

▪ to \catch sb jdn treffen

I'll \catch you later bis später

6.

▪ to \catch sth (contract) sich dat etw einfangen; ( fig: be influenced by) sich akk von etw dat anstecken lassen

to \catch a cold sich akk erkälten

to \catch one's death [of cold] ( fam) sich dat den Tod holen

▪ to \catch sth from sb sich akk bei jdm mit etw dat anstecken

7. SPORT (in baseball, cricket)

▪ to \catch sb jdn durch Abfangen des Balls ausscheiden lassen

he was caught by Jones er schied durch Jones aus

8.

▪ to \catch sth in sth (trap) etw in etw akk einklemmen; (entangle) mit etw dat in etw dat hängen bleiben

he caught his foot in the rope sein Fuß verfing sich im Seil

she caught her hair in the bushes ihre Haare verhedderten sich im Gesträuch

I caught my hand in the door ich habe mir die Hand in der Tür eingeklemmt

▪ to get caught [in sth] sich akk [in etw dat] verfangen

▪ to get caught on sth an etw dat hängen bleiben

9. usu passive ( fig: become involved)

▪ to get caught in sth in etw akk verwickelt werden; (be trapped)

to be caught in the crossfire ins Kreuzfeuer geraten; ( fig) zwischen zwei Lager geraten

to be caught between two things/people zwischen zwei Dingen/Menschen hin und her gerissen sein

she's caught between taking the job or travelling around the world sie ist [innerlich] hin und her gerissen, ob sie die Stelle annehmen oder um die Welt reisen soll

10.

to \catch the bus/train (take) den Bus/Zug nehmen; (be on time) den Bus/Zug kriegen [o SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR erwischen] fam

11. (collect)

▪ to \catch sth etw sammeln; (liquid) etw auffangen

12. (depict)

▪ to \catch sth mood, atmosphere etw festhalten [o einfangen

13. (attract)

to \catch sb's attention [or eye] jds Aufmerksamkeit erregen

to \catch sb's fancy jdm gefallen

to \catch the imagination die Fantasie anregen [o geh beflügeln]

to \catch sb's interest jds Interesse wecken

14. usu AM (be in time for)

▪ to \catch sth etw nicht verpassen dat

we rushed to \catch the show wir beeilten uns, um die Show nicht zu verpassen

to \catch the post [or AM mail] noch rechtzeitig zur Post kommen

finish the letter so we can \catch the post schreib den Brief fertig, damit er noch mit der Post wegkommt

15. (get)

to \catch the light das Licht einfangen geh

the necklace caught the light die Kette reflektiert das Licht

to \catch a few [or some] rays ( fam) sich akk ein bisschen die Sonne auf den Bauch scheinen lassen fam

to \catch the sun ( fam) place viel Sonnenlicht [ab]bekommen; person: get a suntan braun werden; (get sunburn) einen [leichten] Sonnenbrand bekommen

16. (notice)

▪ to \catch sth etw bemerken; (see)

to \catch sight [or a glimpse] of sb/sth etw [kurz] sehen; (by chance) etw [zufällig] sehen

17. (hear) etw mitbekommen [o fam mitkriegen]; (grasp the meaning of)

▪ to \catch sth etw erfassen

18. (hit)

to \catch sb on the arm/chin jdn am Arm/Kinn treffen

he was caught on the chin with a left hook er wurde von einem linken Haken am Kinn getroffen

to \catch sb a blow ( dated) jdm eine verpassen fam

to \catch sb a blow in the stomach jdm einen Schlag in die Magengrube versetzen

19. (bump)

▪ to \catch sth on sth mit etw dat auf etw akk o dat aufschlagen

she caught her head on the mantelpiece sie schlug mit dem Kopf auf den [o dem] Kaminsims auf

20. (bump into)

▪ to \catch sth auf etw akk o dat aufschlagen

his head caught the edge of the table er schlug mit dem Kopf auf die [o der] Tischkante auf

21. (burn)

to \catch fire [or light] Feuer fangen

22.

▶ to \catch one's breath nach Luft schnappen; (stop breathing) die Luft anhalten; (breath normally again) verschnaufen

▶ to \catch a crab SPORT einen Krebs fangen fachspr

▶ to \catch hell [or the devil] ( fam) in Teufels Küche kommen fam

▶ to \catch it ( fam) Ärger kriegen fam

Joe really caught it from Sam Sam hat's Joe mal so richtig gegeben fam

▶ to \catch sb napping ( fam) jdn auf dem falschen Fuß erwischen fam

▶ to be [or get] caught short BRIT ( fam) mal müssen fam

▶ to \catch sb with their trousers [or AM pants] down ( fam) jdn in flagranti ertappen

III. vi

<caught, caught>

1. BRIT, AUS (grab)

▪ to \catch at sth nach etw dat greifen

to \catch at sb's sleeve jdn am Ärmel zupfen

2. (entangle) sich in etw dat verfangen

my foot caught in the rope mein Fuß verfing sich im Seil

▪ to \catch on sth an etw dat hängen bleiben

careful, your jumper has caught on a nail! pass auf, du bist mit deinem Pulli an einem Nagel hängen geblieben!

3. (ignite) Feuer fangen; engine zünden fachspr

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[ktʃ] vb: pret, ptp caught
1. n

1)

(of ball etc) to make a (good) catch — (gut) fangen

good catch! — gut gefangen!

it was a difficult catch — das war schwer zu fangen

he missed an easy catch — er hat einen leichten Ball nicht gefangen

2) (FISHING, HUNT) Fang m; (of trawler etc also) Fischzug m

he didn't get a catch — er hat nichts gefangen

he's a good catch (fig inf) — er ist ein guter Fang; (for marriage also) er ist eine gute Partie

3) (= children's game) Fangen nt

4) (= trick, snag) Haken m

where's the catch? — wo liegt or ist (da) der Haken?

there's a catch in it somewhere! — die Sache hat irgendwo einen Haken, da ist irgendwo ein Haken dabei

catch question — Fangfrage f

5) (= device for fastening) Verschluss(vorrichtung f) m; (= hook) Haken m; (= latch) Riegel m

6) (= break in voice) Stocken nt

with a catch in one's voice — mit stockender Stimme

7) (MUS) Kanon für Singstimmen mit heiter-komischem Text

8) (= fragment) Bruchstück nt

2. vt

1) object fangen; batsman durch Abfangen des Balls ausscheiden lassen

2) fish, mice fangen; thief, offender fassen, schnappen (inf), erwischen (inf); escaped animal (ein)fangen; (inf = manage to see) erwischen (inf)

to catch sb's arm, to catch sb by the arm —

she held it up to catch the light — sie hielt es gegen das Licht

glass which catches the light — Glas, in dem sich das Licht spiegelt

to catch sight/a glimpse of sb/sth — jdn/etw erblicken or zu sehen kriegen (inf)

to catch sb's attention/eye — jdn auf sich (acc) aufmerksam machen

to be caught between two people/alternatives —

he was caught between envy and admiration — er war zwischen Neid und Bewunderung hin und her gerissen

3) (= take by surprise) erwischen, ertappen

to catch sb at sth — jdn bei etw erwischen

to catch sb by surprise — jdn überraschen

to be caught unprepared — nicht darauf vorbereitet sein

to catch sb at a bad time — jdm ungelegen kommen

I caught him flirting with my wife — ich habe ihn (dabei) erwischt, wie er mit meiner Frau flirtete

I caught myself feeling sorry for him — ich habe mich dabei ertappt, dass er mir leidtat

you won't catch me signing any contract (inf) — ich unterschreibe doch keinen Vertrag

you won't catch me in that restaurant (inf) —

(you won't) catch me doing that again! (inf) you won't catch me falling for that trick again (inf) aha, caught you (with question) — das mache ich bestimmt nicht wieder! auf den Trick falle ich nicht noch einmal herein hab ich dich doch erwischt (inf) ha ha, reingefallen (inf)

caught in the act — auf frischer Tat ertappt; (sexually) in flagranti erwischt

we were caught in a storm — wir wurden von einem Unwetter überrascht

to catch sb on the wrong foot or off balance (fig) — jdn überrumpeln

4) (= take) bus, train etc nehmen

5) (= be in time for) train, bus erreichen, kriegen (inf)

can I still catch the post? — kommt der Brief noch mit?

if you want to catch the 4 o'clock post... — wenn das mit der Vieruhrleerung mitsoll...

if I hurry I'll catch the end of the film — wenn ich mich beeile kriege ich das Ende des Films noch mit (inf)

6) (= become entangled) hängen bleiben mit

a nail caught her dress — ihr Kleid blieb an einem Nagel hängen

I caught my finger in the car door — ich habe mir den Finger in der Wagentür eingeklemmt

he caught his foot in the grating — er ist mit dem Fuß im Gitter hängen geblieben

7) (with stitches) mit ein paar Stichen befestigen

to catch a dress (in) at the waist — ein Kleid an der Taille fassen

8) (= understand, hear) mitkriegen (inf)

9)

to catch an illness — sich (dat) eine Krankheit zuziehen or holen (inf)

he's always catching cold(s) — er erkältet sich leicht

you'll catch your death (of cold)! — du holst dir den Tod! (inf)

10) (= portray) mood, atmosphere etc einfangen

11)

to catch one's breath (after exercise etc) — Luft holen, verschnaufen

to catch sb a glancing blow — jdn seitlich erwischen

the blow/ball caught him on the arm —

she caught him one on the nose (inf) — sie haute ihm auf die Nase

you'll catch it! ( Brit inf ) — es setzt was! (inf), du kannst (aber) was erleben!

he caught it all right! ( Brit inf ) (physically) (verbally) — der hat vielleicht eine Abreibung bekommen! (inf) der hat aber was zu hören bekommen! (inf)

3. vi

1) (with ball) fangen

2) (fire) in Gang kommen, brennen; (wood etc) Feuer fangen, brennen; (COOK) anbrennen

3) (= get stuck) klemmen, sich verklemmen; (= get entangled) hängen bleiben, sich verfangen

her dress caught in the door — sie blieb mit ihrem Kleid in der Tür hängen

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catch [kætʃ]

A s

1. Fangen n:

play catch sich den Ball zuwerfen (Kinder)

2. Fang m, Beute f (beide auch fig):

a good catch

a) ein guter Fang (beim Fischen), fig a. ein gutes Geschäft,

b) umg eine gute Partie (Heirat);

no catch kein gutes Geschäft

3. there was a catch in his voice seine Stimme stockte

4. Halt m, Griff m

5. TECH

a) Haken m, Schnäpper m, (Tür) Klinke f:

catch of a lock Schließhaken

b) Sperre f, Sicherung f, Verschluss m (einer Brosche etc)

c) Knagge f, Mitnehmer m

d) ARCH Halter m

6. fig umg Haken m:

there’s a catch in ( oder to) it die Sache hat einen Haken;

there must be a catch somewhere die Sache muss irgendwo einen Haken haben;

the catch is that … der Haken an der Sache ist, dass …

7. fig Brocken m, Bruchstück n:

catches of a conversation Gesprächsfetzen

8. AGR US Keimen n, Ausschlagen n

9. MUS besonders HIST Kanon mit humorvollem oder anzüglichem Text

B v/t prät und pperf caught [kɔːt]

1. a) einen Ball etc fangen, auch einen Blick auffangen, (er)haschen, ein Tier etc (ein)fangen, Flüssigkeiten auffangen

b) allg bekommen, kriegen umg, erwischen umg:

catch a thief einen Dieb fassen oder umg schnappen;

get caught gefasst werden;

catch a train einen Zug (noch) kriegen oder erwischen; → breath 1, cold A 8, crab¹ A 1, glimpse A 1, sight A 2, Tartar¹ A 2

2. jemanden einholen

3. überraschen, erwischen umg, ertappen ( alle:

sb at sth jemanden bei etwas;

sb doing sth jemanden dabei, wie er etwas tut):

catch sb stealing jemanden beim Stehlen ertappen;

catch o.s. thinking that … sich bei dem Gedanken ertappen, dass …;

let me catch you at it again! lass dich ja nicht mehr dabei erwischen!;

they were ( oder got) caught in a storm sie wurden vom Sturm überrascht, sie gerieten in ein Unwetter;

catch me (doing that)! Br umg (das) fällt mir nicht im Traum ein!, denkste!;

catch him! er lässt sich nicht erwischen!;

he caught himself er hielt plötzlich inne (beim Sprechen), er fing sich (gerade noch); → act A 1, nap¹ A 2, unawares 2

4. packen, ergreifen, erfassen (alle auch fig):

she caught her child to herself sie riss ihr Kind an sich;

the fire caught the curtains das Feuer erfasste die Vorhänge;

he caught ( oder was caught with) the general enthusiasm er wurde von der allgemeinen Begeisterung erfasst oder angesteckt; → hold² A 1

5. fig die Fantasie ansprechen:

catch sb’s ear jemandem ans Ohr dringen;

catch sb’s eye jemandem ins Auge fallen;

catch sb’s eye ( oder attention) jemandes Aufmerksamkeit auf sich lenken, jemanden auf sich aufmerksam machen;

she caught his eye ihre Blicke trafen sich; → fancy A 7, speaker 2

6. erfassen, verstehen, mitkriegen umg:

she did not catch his name

7. fig einfangen:

he caught the atmosphere well;

caught from life dem Leben abgelauscht

8. sich eine Krankheit etc holen, sich eine Erkältung etc, auch eine Strafe etc zuziehen, bekommen:

catch (a) cold sich erkälten ( skiing beim Skifahren);

catch a bullet in one’s leg einen Schuss ins Bein abbekommen;

catch it sl eins aufs Dach kriegen, was zu hören kriegen ( beide:

from von); → death 1, fire A 1, hell A 1, packet A 5

9. fig eine Gewohnheit, Aussprache annehmen

10. a) streifen oder stoßen an (akk)

b) hängen bleiben oder sich verfangen mit etwas:

catch one’s foot in sth mit dem Fuß in etwas hängen bleiben;

my fingers were caught in the door ich klemmte mir die Finger in der Tür

11. sl

a) jemandem einen Schlag verpassen umg

b) treffen:

the blow caught him on the chin

C v/i

1. fassen, greifen:

catch at greifen oder schnappen nach, (fig eine Gelegenheit gern) ergreifen; → shadow A 5, straw A 1

2. TECH ineinandergreifen, eingreifen (Räder), einschnappen, -rasten (Schloss etc)

3. sich verfangen, hängen bleiben ( beide:

in in dat;

on an dat):

her dress caught on a nail;

the plane caught in the trees

4. klemmen, festsitzen:

the bolt catches somewhere

5. sich ausbreiten (Feuer)

6. anspringen (Motor)

7. GASTR anbrennen

8. US AGR keimen, ausschlagen

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1. transitive verb,
caught

1) (capture) fangen; (lay hold of) fassen; packen

catch somebody by the arm — jemanden am Arm packen od. fassen

catch hold of somebody/something — jemanden/etwas festhalten; (to stop oneself falling) sich an jemandem/etwas festhalten

2) (intercept motion of) auffangen; fangen [Ball]

catch a thread — einen Faden vernähen

get something caught or catch something on/in something — mit etwas an/in etwas (Dat.) hängen bleiben

I got my finger caught or caught my finger in the door — ich habe mir den Finger in der Tür eingeklemmt

get caught on/in something — an/in etwas (Dat.) hängen bleiben

3) (travel by) nehmen; (manage to see) sehen; (be in time for) [noch] erreichen; [noch] kriegen (ugs.) [Bus, Zug]; [noch] erwischen (ugs.) [Person]

did you catch her in? — hast du sie zu Hause erwischt? (ugs.)

4) (surprise)

catch somebody at/doing something — jemanden bei etwas erwischen (ugs.) /[dabei] erwischen, wie er etwas tut (ugs.)

caught in a thunderstorm — vom Sturm überrascht

I caught myself thinking how... — ich ertappte mich bei dem Gedanken, wie...

5) (become infected with, receive) sich (Dat.) zuziehen od. (ugs.) holen

catch something from somebody — sich bei jemandem mit etwas anstecken

catch [a] cold — sich erkälten/sich (Dat.) einen Schnupfen holen; (fig.) übel dran sein

catch it — (fig. coll.) etwas kriegen (ugs.)

you'll catch it from me — du kannst von mir was erleben (ugs.)

6) (arrest)

catch somebody's attention — jemandes Aufmerksamkeit erregen

catch somebody's fancy — jemandem gefallen; jemanden ansprechen

catch the Speaker's eye — (Parl.) das Wort erhalten

catch somebody's eye — jemandem auffallen; [Gegenstand:] jemandem ins Auge fallen; (be impossible to overlook) jemandem ins Auge springen

7) (hit)

catch somebody on/in something — jemanden auf/in etwas (Akk.) treffen

catch somebody a blow [on/in something] — jemandem einen Schlag [auf/in etwas (Akk.)] versetzen

8) (grasp in thought) verstehen; mitbekommen

did you catch his meaning? — hast du verstanden od. mitbekommen, was er meint?

9) see catch out 1)
2. intransitive verb,
caught

1) (begin to burn) [anfangen zu] brennen

2) (become fixed) hängen bleiben; [Haar, Faden:] sich verfangen

my coat caught on a nail — ich blieb mit meinem Mantel an einem Nagel hängen
3. noun
1) (of ball)

make [several] good catches — [mehrmals] gut fangen

2) (amount caught, lit. or fig.) Fang, der

3) (trick, difficulty) Haken, der (in an + Dat.)

the catch is that... — der Haken an der Sache ist, dass...

it's catch-22 — (coll.) es ist ein Teufelskreis

4) (fastener) Verschluss, der; (of door) Schnapper, der

5) (Cricket etc.) ≈ Fang, der; Abfangen des Balles, das den Schlagmann aus dem Spiel bringt

6) (catcher)

he is a good catch — er kann gut fangen

Phrasal Verbs:

- catch on

- catch out

- catch up

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n.

Fang ¨-e m.

Raste -n f.

Schnappverschluss m. (at) v.

ertappen (bei) v.

erwischen v. v.

(§ p.,p.p.: caught)

= auffangen v.

erwischen v.

fangen v.

(§ p.,pp.: fing, gefangen)

fassen v.

verstehen v.

English-german dictionary > catch
100 मत्स्य

matsya
mátsya

m. (cf. matsa andﾠ maccha) a fish RV. etc. etc. (personified as a prince with the patr. sāmmada ṠBr.);

a partic. species of fish L. ;
(in astron.) the figure of a figure (= timi) Sūryas. ;
a partic. luminous appearance VarBṛS. ;
(du.) the 12th sign of the zodiac (Pisces) Jyot. ;
a partic. figure (= svastikamadhyâ̱kṛiti) Hcat. ;
(pl.) N. of a people andﾠ country (which accord. toﾠ Mn. II, 19 forms part of Brahmarshi) RV. etc.etc.;
a king of the Matsyas (cf. matsa);
N. of Virāṭa (as having been found by fishermen, along with his sister Matsyā orﾠ Satya-vatī, in the body of the Apsaras Adrikā, metamorphosed into a fish) MBh. ;
N. of a pupil of Deva-mitra Ṡskalya Cat. ;
(ā) f. a female fish Uṇ. IV, 104 Sch. ;
N. of the sister of king Virāṭa (cf. above) MBh. ;
(ī) f. seeﾠ matsa andﾠ gaṇa gaurâ̱di
- मत्स्यकरण्डिका
- मत्स्यकूर्माद्यवतारिन्
- मत्स्यगन्ध
- मत्स्यगु
- मत्स्यघण्ट
- मत्स्यघात
- मत्स्यघातिन्
- मत्स्यजाल
- मत्स्यजीवत्
- मत्स्यजीव्त्न्
- मत्स्यतन्त्र
- मत्स्यदेश
- मत्स्यद्वादशिका
- मत्स्यद्वादशी
- मत्स्यद्वीप
- मत्स्यधानी
- मत्स्यध्वज
- मत्स्यनाथ
- मत्स्यनारी
- मत्स्यनाशक
- मत्स्यनाशन
- मत्स्यपित्ता
- मत्स्यपुराण
- मत्स्यप्रादुर्भाव
- मत्स्यबन्ध
- मत्स्यबन्धन
- मत्स्यबन्धिन्
- मत्स्यमांस
- मत्स्यमाधव
- मत्स्यरङ्क
- मत्स्यरङ्ग
- मत्स्यरङ्गक
- मत्स्यराज
- मत्स्यविद्
- मत्स्यविन्ना
- मत्स्यवेधन
- मत्स्यव्रतिन्
- मत्स्यसकला
- मत्स्यसगन्धिन्
- मत्स्यसंघात
- मत्स्यसंतानिक
- मत्स्यसूक्त
- मत्स्यहन्

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