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  • 1 αἰχμαλωτίζω

    αἰχμαλωτίζω 1 aor. ᾐχμαλώτισα LXX; pf. 3 pl. ᾐχμαλωτίκασιν 1 Macc 5:13. Pass.: 1 fut. αἰχμαλωτισθήσομαι; 1 aor. ᾐχμαλωτίσθην; pf. 3 sg. ᾐχμαλώτισται (TestJob 16:5) (s. αἰχμάλωτος; since Diod S 14, 37; Plut., Mor. 233c; Epict. 1, 28, 26; Ps.-Callisth. 2, 4, 3; 2, 6, 5 [pass.]; 3, 4, 6 [pass.]; SIG 763, 7; 10 [64 B.C.]; LXX; TestJob 16:5; EpArist 12; Test12Patr; AscIs 3:2; Jos., Bell. 1, 433 [mid.], Ant. 10, 153 [pass.]; Theoph. Ant. 3, 25 [p. 256, 27] s. Nägeli 29).
    ⓐ lit. take captive εἰς τὰ ἔθνη πάντα be scattered as captives among all nations Lk 21:24 (αἰ. εἰς as Tob 1:10; 1 Macc 10:33).
    ⓑ fig. (so Dio Chrys. 15 [32], 90 αἰχμάλωτος and αἰχμαλωσία) make captive of the ἕτερος νόμος: αἰκμαλωτίζοντά με ἐν τῷ νόμῳ τῆς ἁμαρτίας makes me a prisoner to the law of sin Ro 7:23. αἰχμαλωτίζοντες πᾶν νόημα εἰς τὴν ὑπακοὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ we take every thought captive and make it obey Christ 2 Cor 10:5. Of the devil μὴ αἰχμαλωτίσῃ ὑμᾶς ἐκ τοῦ προκειμένου ζῆν lest he lead you captive from the life which lies before you IEph 17:1.
    ② the military aspect may give way to the more gener. sense gain control of, in which case αἰ. connotes carry away=mislead, deceive (Jdth 16:9 αἰ. ψυχήν; Iren. 1, praef. 1 [Harv. I 2, 4]) αἰ. γυναικάρια 2 Ti 3:6 (αἰχμαλωτεύοντες v.l.); τινά τινι αἰ. mislead someone w. someth. IPhld 2:2 (w. dat., and acc. to be supplied TestReub 5:3). ἵνα μὴ αἰχμαλωτισθήσεται ἡ καρδία αὐτῆς ἐκ ναοῦ κυρίου so that her heart be not enticed away from the Lord’s temple GJs 7:2.—DELG s.v. αἰχμή. M-M. TW.

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  • 2 आदा _ādā

    आदा 3 Ā. (आदत्ते)
    1 To receive, accept, take (to oneself), resort to; व्यवहारासनमाददे युवा R.8.18,1.4; मलीमसामाददते न पद्धतिम् R.3.46 follow or resort to; प्रदक्षिणार्चिर्हविरग्निराददे 3.14,1.45; Ms.2.238,117.
    -2 (With words expressing speech) To begin to speak, utter; वाचं आदा to speak, utter; विनिश्चितार्थामिति वाचमाददे Ki.1.3,14.2; Śi.2.13; R.1.59; शिव शिव शिवेत्यात्त- वचसः Bh.3.42. v. l.
    -3 To seize, take hold of; क्षितिधरपतिकन्यामाददानः करेण Ku.7.94; R.2.28,3.6; Ms.8.315; इदमेव निमित्तमादाय M.1; स हि सर्वस्य लोकस्य मन आददे R.4.8 attracted, had a hold on the mind.
    -4 To put on (as clothes &c.); यद्यच्छरीरमादत्ते Śvet. Up.
    -5 To take up, absorb, drink up; R.1.18; प्रदीपः स्नेहमादत्ते दशयाभ्यन्तरस्थया Śi.2.85.
    -6 To exact, take in (as taxes); take away, carry off; अगृध्नुराददे सो$र्थम् R.1.21; Ms.8.341,222; so बलिम्, शुल्कम् दण्डम् &c.
    -7 To pluck, lop off, separate; Ś.4.8.
    -8 To carry, take, bear; जालमादाय Pt.2 carrying, or along with the net; कुशानादाय Ś.3; तोयमादाय गच्छेः Me.2,48,64; see आदाय below; काश्यपसंदेशमादाय bearing K.'s message.
    -9 To perceive, comprehend; घ्राणेन रूपमादत्स्व रसानादत्स्व चक्षुषा । श्रोत्रेण गन्धानादत्स्व &c. Mb.
    -1 To agree to, un- dertake, begin.
    -11 To imprison, make captive. -Caus. To cause to take. -Desid. (दित्सते) To wish to take, carry off &c.

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  • 3 बन्ध् _bandh

    बन्ध् 9 P. (बध्नाति, बबन्ध, अभांत्सीत्, भंत्स्यति, बन्द्धुम्, बद्धः; pass. बध्यते)
    1 To bind, tie, fasten; बन्द्धुं न संभावित एव तावत् करेण रुद्धो$पि च केशपाशः Ku.7.57,25; R.7.9; Bk.9.75.
    -2 To catch, capture, imprison, ensnare, make captive; कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते Bg 4.14; बलिर्बबन्धे Bk.2.39;14.56.
    -3 To chain, fetter.
    -4 To check, stop, suppress; as in बद्धकोप, बद्धकोष्ठ &c.
    -5 To put on, wear; न हि चूडामणिः पादे प्रभवामीति बध्यते Pt.1.72; बबन्धुरङ्गुलित्राणि Bk.14.7.
    -6 To attract, arrest (as eyes &c.); बबन्ध चक्षूंषि यवप्ररोहः Ku.7.17; or बध्नाति मे चक्षुः (चित्रकूटः) R.13.47.
    -7 To fix or set upon, direct towards (as the eyes or mind), cast upon (with loc.); दृष्टिं लक्ष्येषु बध्नन् Mu.1.2; R.3.4;6.86; Bk.2.22.
    -8 To bind or fasten together (as hair); पूर्णप्रतिज्ञेन मया केवल बध्यते शिखा Mu.7.17.
    -9 To build, construct, form, arrange; बद्धोर्मिनाकवनितापरिभुक्तमुक्तम् Ki.8.57; छायाबद्धकदम्बकं मृगकुलम् Ś.2.6; तस्याञ्जलिं बन्धुमतो बबन्ध R.16.5;4.38;11.35,78; Ku.2.47;5.3; Bk.7.77.
    -1 To put together, compose, construct (a poem, verse &c.); तुष्टैर्बद्धं तदलघु रघुस्वामिनः सच्चरित्रम् Vikr.18. 17; श्लोक एवास्त्वयं बद्धः Rām.1.2.31.
    -11 To form, produce, bear (as fruit &c.); काले खलु समारब्धाः फलं बध्नन्ति नीतयः R.12.69; Ku.5.6. (v. l.) Ś.6.3.
    -12 To have, possess, entertain, cherish, feel.
    -13 To punish, chastise.
    -14 To offer, sacrifice (as an animal).
    -15 To shut, close, stop.
    -16 To oppress, overpower.
    -17 To join, unite.
    -18 To produce, cause, effect.
    -19 To strike (as root).
    -2 To display, exhibit, show. (The senses of बन्ध् are variously modified according to the noun with which it is connected; e. g. भ्रुकुटिं बन्ध् to knit or bend the eyebrows, to frown; मुष्टिं बन्ध् to clench the fist; अञ्जलिं बन्ध् to fold the hands together in supplication; चित्तं, धियं, मनः, हृदयं बन्ध् to set the heart on; प्रीतिं, भावं, रागं बन्ध् to fall in love with, be en- amoured of; सेतुं बन्ध् to construct or build a bridge; वैरं बन्ध् to conceive hatred, contract enmity; सख्यं, सौहृदं बन्ध् to form friendship; गोलं बन्ध् to form a globe; मण्डलं बन्ध् to form a circle, sit or stand in a circle; मौनं बन्ध् to maintain silence; परिकरं, कक्षां बन्ध् to gird up one's loins, prepare oneself for any thing; see the compounds under बद्ध also). -Caus. To cause to bind, form, construct, build &c.; स सेतुं बन्धयामास प्लवगैर्लवणाम्भसि R.12.7.

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  • 4 úfrelsa

    (að), v. to make captive, deprive of freedom.

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  • 5 ἐξαιχμαλωτεύω

    A make captive, Hsch. s.v. ἐλεήσατο.

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  • 6 συλαγωγέω

    συλαγωγέω to gain control of by carrying off as booty, make captive of, rob τινά someone (Tat. 22, 2 [fig.]; Heliod. 10, 35 p. 307, 32 Bekker οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τὴν ἐμὴν θυγατέρα συλαγωγήσας; Aristaen. 2, 22 Hercher) in imagery of carrying someone away fr. the truth into the slavery of error Col 2:8.—M-M.

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  • 7 пленявам

    1. take/make prisoner, capture, take captive
    2. (очаровам) captivate, fasci-nate, charm; take captive
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    пленя̀вам,
    гл.
    1. take prisoner, capture, take captive;
    2. ( очаровам) captivate, fascinate, charm, enchant; идеята ме плени I was fetched by the idea.
    * * *
    captivate: They пленявамd many of our soldiers. - Те плениха много от войниците ни.; capture; take captive; (прен): charm; enrapture; fascinate; mash{mES}; bewitch
    * * *
    1. (очаровам) captivate, fasci-nate, charm; take captive 2. take/make prisoner, capture, take captive

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  • 8 capio

    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. (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. (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. 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

  • 9 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. (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. (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. 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.

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  • 10 FÁ

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    I)
    (fæ; fekk, fengum; fenginn), v.
    1) to grasp with the hands, get hold of;
    hón hefir fengit einn stein, she has taken a stone;
    2) to take, capture (fengu þeir Gunnar);
    3) to get, gain, win;
    sá fær er frjár, he that woos wins;
    fá fljóðs ást to win a woman’s love;
    hann bað konunnar ok fekk heitit hennar, he asked the woman in marriage and got the promise of her hand;
    fá sitt eyrindi, to accomplish one’s errand;
    fá haærra hlut, to get the better of it;
    fá góðar viðtökur, to get a good reception;
    fá skilning á e-u, to get knowledge of;
    fá úsigr, to be defeated;
    fá skaða, to suffer harm;
    fá úvit, to fall senseless, to faint;
    fá líflát, to fall lifeless;
    fá bana, to come by one’s death;
    5) to get, procure;
    hann fekk sér gott kvánfang, he got a good wife;
    6) to give, deliver to one, put into one’s hands;
    fá mér (give me) leppa tvá ór hári þinu;
    fáit nú konungi festu (give the king bail) þá er honum líki;
    fá e-m sök, to charge one;
    var sá sveinn fenginn í hendr okkr, delivered into our hands;
    fá e-m e-t at geyma, to give a thing into one’s charge (= fá e-m e-t til geymslu);
    7) with pp. following, to be able to;
    fá e-n veiddan, to be able to catch one;
    hon fœr með engu móti vakit þá, she could by no means awaken them;
    þeir munu mik aldri fá sótt, they will never be able to overcome me;
    fengu þeir honum ekki nát, they could not catch him: skaltu hvergi fá undan hokat, thou shall have no chance of sneaking away;
    hann fekk þó eigi víss orðit, he could not make out for certain;
    8) with gen., to get, take, gain, win;
    þeir fengu fjár mikils, they took a rich booty;
    vel er þess fengit, it is well earned, well done;
    hann var eigi skáld, ok hann hafði ei þeirrar listar fengit, he had not received that gift: fá verðar, to take a meal;
    hann tekk sér sveitar (he raised a band) ok gørðist illvirki;
    fá konu, to get a wife, marry (hon var átján vetra, er þorsteinn fekk hennar);
    9) to conceive, of sheep and cattle (fá burðar, lambs);
    10) to touch, affect;
    þat fekk mikils hinum hertekna manni, it touched the captive deeply, þá fær þorbirni svá. mjök (Th. was so much moved), at hann grætr;
    11) impers., one can get or find;
    vápn svá góð, at eigi fær önnur slík, that the like are not to be got;
    at varla fái vitrara mann, that a wiser man is hardly to be found;
    also, one may or can (do something);
    þat skip fær vel varit eldi, that ship can well be guarded against fire;
    12) with preps.:
    fá af sér (with infin.) to bring oneself to;
    þeir fengu af verra, they got the worse of it;
    fá at veizlu, brúkaupi, blóti, to get provisions for a feast (hann fekk at blóti miklu);
    sá dagr er at jólum skal fá, the day when preparations are to be made for Yule (cf. atfangadagr);
    faðir Móða fekk á þremi, the father of M. caught hold of the brim;
    fá e-n, to touch, affect one, move (opt fá á horskan lostfagrir, litir);
    láta e-t á sik fá, to be (deeply) affected by, take it to heart;
    drykkr fær á e-n, the drink intoxicates one (er drykkr fekk á Hákon jarl);
    fá í e-t, to take hold of, grasp with the hand (= fá á e-u);
    forðuðu fingrum, fengu í snœri, they took hold of the strings;
    fá e-t or e-s til, to get, procure (var kirkja gör ok kennimanna til fengit);
    fá e-n til at gøra e-t, to get one to do a thing;
    þeir fengu menn til at ryðja skip sitt, they got men to clear their ship fá til e-s, to lay hold of;
    þar var fjöld fjár, fengu til margir, there was wealth of money, and many took a share of it;
    13) refl., fást í e-u, to be busy, exert oneself, engage in a matter (dróttningin mátti þar ekki í fást);
    Helgi leitaði þá, ef Sigurðr vildi í fást við Þorvald, if S. would try with Th.;
    segir hann ljúga ok fást í rógi, and deal in slander;
    fást við e-t = f. í e-u;
    f. við e-n, to have to do with, to contend with one (H. segist þá vilja … fást eigi við fjánda þenna);
    to wrestle (grapple) with one (skaltu fást við blámann várn).
    (fá, fáða, fáðr), v. to draw, paint;
    vér höfum fáða unga brúði á vegg, we have painted the young bride on the wall;
    gulli fáðr, gilded.
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    1.
    pret. sing. fékk, sometimes spelt feck or fieck, pl. fengu; pres. fæ, 2nd pers. fær, mod. færð, pl. fám, mod. fáum; pret. subj. fengja, mod. fengi; pres. fá, mod. fái; imperat. fá; sup. fengit; part. fenginn: the forms fingit, finginn, and pret. fingu (cp. Germ. fingen) are obsolete, but occur in some MSS. (e. g. Arna-Magn. 132 and 122 A): the poets rhyme— Erlingr var þar finginn; with the neg. suff., fær-at, fékk-at, Lex. Poët.: [Goth. fahan and gafahan = πιάζειν, καταλαμβάνειν; A. S. fón; Hel. fâhan; Germ. fahen, whence fahig = capax; in the Germ., however, the nasal form fangen prevailed, but in the Scandin., Swed., and Dan. få or faae; the Dan. fange is mod. and borrowed from Germ.; Icel. fanga is rare and unclass. and only used in the sense to capture, whereas fá is a standing word; the ng reappears in pl. pret. and part. pass. fengu, fengit, vide above; cp. Old Engl. fet, mod. fetch]:—to fetch, get, etc.
    1. to fetch, catch, seize; fengu þeir Gunnar, they fetched, caught G., Akv. 18; Hildibrandr gat fengit kirkju-stoðina, Sturl. i. 169; hón hefir fengit einn stein, she has fetched a stone, Ísl. ii. 394; fá á e-u, to get hold of, grasp with the hand, faðir Móða fékk á þremi, Hým. 34.
    β. also, fá í e-t, to grasp; fengu í snæri, they grasped the bow-strings, bent the bow, Am. 42; hann fékk í öxl konungi, he seized the king’s shoulder, Fms. viii. 75.
    γ. to take, capture, but rare except in part.; hafði greifi Heinrekr fengit Valdimar, Fms. ix. 324; verða fanginn, to be taken, Germ. gefangen werden, i. 258, Stj. 396.
    2. to get, gain, win, with acc. of the thing; sá fær er frjár, he who wooes will win (a proverb), Hm. 91; hann skal fá af Svart-álfum, he shall get, obtain from S., Edda 69; fá brauð, mat, drykk, Fms. x. 18; þat fékk hann eigi af föður sínum, xi. 14; bað konunnar ok fékk heitið hennar, he wooed the woman and got her hand, Edda 23; fá sitt eyrindi, to get one’s errand done, Fms. i. 75; fa fljóðs ást, to win a woman’s love, Hm. 91; fá hærra hlut, to get the better, 40; ek ætla at fá at vera yðvarr farþegi, Ld. 112; hence fá, or fá leyfi, to get leave to do a thing: eg fæ það, fékk það ekki, fá að fara, etc.: Icel. also say, eg fæ það ekki af mér, I cannot bring myself to do it.
    β. to suffer, endure; fá úsigr, to get the worst of it, Fms. iv. 218; sumir fengu þetta ( were befallen) hvern sjaunda vetr, Sks. 113; fá skaða, to suffer a loss, Hkr. ii. 177; fá úvit, to fall senseless, Nj. 195; fá líflát, to fall lifeless, Grág. i. 190; fá bana, to come by one’s death, Nj. 110.
    γ. fá góðar viðtökur, to get a good reception, Eg. 460, 478, Fms. iv. 219; sá mun sæll er þann átrúnað fær, blessed is he that gets hold of that faith, Nj. 156; hann hafði fingit úgrynni fjár, Fms. xi. 40; fá skilning á e-u, to get the knowledge of a thing, i. 97.
    3. to get, procure; þá fékk konungr sveitar-höfðingja þá er honum sýndisk, Eg. 272; ek skal fá mann til at biðja hennar, Fs. 88; þeir fengu menn til at ryðja skip, they got men to clear the ship, Nj. 163; mun ek fá til annann mann at göra þetta, I will get another man to do it, 53; fá sér bjargkvið, Grág. i. 252; hann fékk sér gott kván-fang, Fms. i. 11; fám oss ölteiti nökkura, let us get some sport, vii. 119; fá sér (e-m) fari, to take a passage, vide far; fengu þeir ekki af mönnum, they could fetch no men, ix. 473; þeir hugðusk hafa fengit ( reached) megin-land, vii. 113.
    4. fá at veizlu, blóti, to get provisions for a feast, etc.; hann fékk at blóti miklu, Landn. 28; lét Þorri fá at blóti, Orkn. 3; Þórólfr Mostrar-skegg fékk at blóti miklu, Eb. 8; er fengit at mikilli veizlu, Fas. i. 242; var síðan at samkundu fingit, a meeting was brought about, 623. 52; sá dagr er at Jólum skal fá, the day when preparations are to be made for Yule, K. Þ. K. 110, hence atfanga-dagr, the day before a feast, q. v.; þá var fengit at seið, Hkr. Yngl. S. ch. 17.
    II. to give, deliver to one, put into one’s hands; hér er eitt sverð, er ek vil fá þér, Ísl. ii. 44; fá mér (fetch me, give me) leppa tvá ór hári þínu, Nj. 116; þá er keisarinn hafði fingit honum til föru-neytis, Fms. xi. 40; konungr fær honum veizlur, Eg. 27; horn þat er Bárðr hafði fingit Ölvi, 207; fáit nú konungi festu ( give the king bail) þá er honum líki, Fms. iv. 268; fá e-m sök, to charge one, Sks. 708; var sá sveinn fenginn í hendr okkr, delivered into our hands, Fms. i. 113; fékk hann búit í hendr Valgerði, iii. 24, Nj. 4; honum fékk hverr maðr penning til, Íb. 5; hon fékk biskupinum tuttugu mánaða mataból, B. K. 125; fá e-m e-t at geyma, to give a thing into one’s charge, Stj. 177; fá þá sonum þínum í hendr til geymslu, id.
    III. metaph. with a following pass. part. or sup. to be able to do; hón fær með engu móti vakit þá, she could by no means awaken them, Fms. i. 9; þú fékkt ekki leikit þat er mjúkleikr var í, vii. 119; þeir munu mik aldri fá sótt, they will never be able to overcome me, Nj. 116; ok fáit þér hann eigi veiddan, if you cannot catch him, 102; hann fékk engi knút leyst, Edda 29; fengu þeir honum ekki náð, they could not catch him, Fagrsk. 167; at Vagn mun fá yfir-kominn Sigvalda, that V. will overcome S., Fms. xi. 96: skulu vér þá freista at vér fáim drepit þá, i. 9; skaltú hvergi fá undan hokat, thou shalt have no chance of sneaking away, xi. 61; fá gaum gefinn at e-u, to take heed to a thing. Fas. ii. 517; menn fingu hvergi rétt hann né hafit, Eg. 396; at þeir mundu komit fá til lands hvalnum, Grág. ii. 381; en fékk þó eigi víss orðit …, but he could not make out for certain …, Fms. x. 170.
    β. to grow, get, become; Hjörleif rak vestr fyrir land, ok fékk hann vatnfátt, he became short of water, Landn. 34: of travellers, to fall in with, etc., þar fengu þeir keldur blautar mjök, they got into bogs, Eb. 266; þeir fengu hvergi blautt um Valbjarnar-völlu, Sturl. ii. 50; fengu þeir veðr stór, they met with foul weather, Eg. 160.
    IV. with gen.,
    1. to take, gain, earn, win; renna þeir á land upp, ok fá mikils fjár, Fms. v. 164; þeir fengu fjár mikils, they took a rich booty, Nj. 137; gáðu þeir eigi fyrir veiðum at fá heyjanna, ok dó allt kvikfé þeirra um vetrinu, Landn. 30; vel er þess fengit, it is well earned, well done, 7; nú mun ek fara þessa ferð ef þú vill; hann segir, vel er þess fengit, well done, said he, Fas. ii. 517; hann var eigi skáld, ok hann hafði eigi þeirrar listar fengit, he had not got that gift, Fb. i. 214; at þá mundi þykkja fengit betr, people would think that it suited better, Nj. 75; fá verðar, to take a meal, Hm. 33; hann fékk sér sveitar ( raised a band) ok görðisk illvirki, 623. 15: but chiefly in the phrase, fá konu, to get a wife, marry; Haraldr fékk þeirrar konu, Fms. i. 4; at ek munda fá þín, that I should get thy hand, Nj. 24; betr er þá séð fyrir kosti systur minnar at þú fáir hennar (gen., i. e. that thou marry her), en víkingar fái hana (acc., i. e. to fetch, capture her) at herfangi, Fs. 8; hón var átján vetra er Þorsteinn fékk hennar, Ísl. ii. 191.
    2. to conceive, of sheep, cattle; fá burðar, Stj. 97; er hann (sauðrinn) fær lambs, Skálda 162: absol., við þeim hafði hón (the mare) fengit, Landn. 195; at eigi fái ær við, Grág. i. 418, (cp. fang, fetus.)
    3. denoting to affect, touch, etc.; þat fékk mikils hinum hertekna menni, it touched much the captive, Orkn. 368: svá fékk honum mikils, at hans augu vóru full af tárum, Fms. i. 139; henni fékk þetta mikillar áhyggju, it caused her great care, iv. 181; fær honum þat mikillar áhyggju ok reiði. Nj. 174; nú fær mér ekka (gen.) orð þat þú mælir, Skv. 1. 20; fá e-m hlægis, to make one a laughing-stock, Hm. 19: even with acc. or an adv., þá fær Þorbirni svá mjök (Th. was so much moved) at hann grætr, Hrafn. 13.
    β. fá á e-n, to affect, chiefly of intoxicating liquors; er drykkr fékk á Hákon jarl, when the drink told on earl Hacon, Magn. 508; fær á þá mjök drykkrinn, Fms. xi. 108; aldregi drakk ek vín eðr annan drykk svá at á mik megi fá, Stj. 428; en er á leið daginn ok drykkr fékk á menn, Fms. vii. 154; drykkr hefir fengit yðr í höfuð, Fas. i. 318; á-fengr or á-fenginn, q. v.
    γ. opt fá á ( entice) horskan, er á heimskan né fá, lostfagrir lítir, Hm. 92.
    V. impers. to be got, to be had, cp. Germ. es giebt; vápn svá góð, at eigi fær önnur slík (acc.), so good, that the like are not to be got, Nj. 44; at varla fái vitrara mann, a wiser man is hardly to be found, Sks. 13; eigi fær þat ritað, it cannot be recorded, viz. being so voluminous, Fms. viii. 406; þat skip fær vel varit eldi, that ship can well be guarded against fire, ix. 368; svá mikill herr at varla fékk talit, a host so great that it could hardly be numbered, xi. 261 (Ed. fékst wrongly).
    VI. reflex. in the phrase, fásk í e-u, to be busy, exert oneself in a matter; drottningin mátti þar ekki í fásk, Fms. x. 102; Helgi leitaði þá ef Sigurðr vildi í fásk við Þorvald, if S. would try with Th., Fb. i. 379; vildir þú fásk í því sem þér er ekki lánat, 215; segir hana ljúga ok fásk í rógi, ( and deal in slander) fyrir höfðingjum, Karl. 552.
    β. fásk við e-n, to struggle against; ef nokkut væri þat er hann mætti við fásk, which he could try, Grett. 74 new Ed.: to wrestle with, skaltú fásk við blámann várn, Ísl. ii. 444; um fangit er þú fékksk við Elli, when thou strugglest against Elli, Edda 34; at Þorleikr ætti lítt við elli at fásk, Ld. 160; fámsk vér eigi við skrafkarl þenna, let us have naught to do with this landlouper, Háv. 52; ok fásk eigi við fjánda þenna lengr, Ísl. ii. 45; fást um e-t, to make a fuss about a thing: the passage, Hrólfi fékksk hugr, Fas. iii. 203, is prob. an error for Hrólfi gékksk hugr, H. was moved: the phrase, fásk þú at virði vel, take thou a good meal, Hm. 117.
    2. as a pass., esp. in the sense to be gotten; sumt lausa-féit hafði fengisk ( had been gotten) í hernaði, Fms. i. 25; at honum fengisk engi fararbeini, that no means of conveyance could be got, Grág. i. 298; eigu þeir þat allt er á (aðilðunum) fæsk, all the fines that accrue from the aðilð, 281; fékksk þat, it was obtained, Jb. 17; er hljóð fékksk, when silence was obtained, so that he could speak, Fms. i. 34: ef þeir fásk eigi, if they cannot be taken, Odd. 12 (very rare); sem úviða muni þinn jafningi fásk, thy match is not easily to be got, Nj. 46.
    VII. part. fenginn as adj. given to, fit to; ok er hann vel til þess fenginn, Fms. vi. 389; Jón var mjök fenginn ( given) fyrir kvenna ást, Bs. i. 282; fæsk eigi því níta, it cannot be denied, Am. 32.
    2. again, fanginn denotes captured, hence taken by passion; fanginn í ílsku, Fb. i. 280.
    2.
    ð, part. fát, fáð or fáið, cp. fáinn or fánn; a contracted verb = fága:—to draw, paint, Fms. v. 345; gulli fáðr, gilded, Gísl. 21; fá rúnar, to draw runes, magic characters, Hm. 143; vér höfum fáða unga brúði á vegg, we have painted the young bride on the wall, Landn. 248 (from a verse about the middle of the 10th century): of precious stuffs, fáð ript, Skv. 3. 63.

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    Geschäft n 1. GEN business, trading, dealing, commerce (Handel, Kommerz); deal, transaction; bargain (Abschluss); business, concern, enterprise, operation (Firma, Unternehmen); (BE) shop, (AE) store (Laden); (infrml) office (Büro); 2. V&M sale • aus einem Geschäft aussteigen BÖRSE, GEN back out, opt out (of a deal) • das Geschäft hat einen Tiefststand erreicht GEN business is at a low ebb • das Geschäft ist ruhig GEN business is slack • das Geschäft perfekt machen GEN swing the deal • das Geschäft schließen GEN shut up shop • ein Geschäft abschließen GEN strike a deal, strike a bargain, do a deal with sb, do business with sb • ein Geschäft aufmachen GEN start in business, open a business, set up shop, launch a business, set up in business • ein Geschäft betreiben GEN run a business • ein Geschäft durchführen GEN conclude a transaction, settle a transaction • ein Geschäft unter Dach und Fach bringen GEN swing the deal • ein Geschäft zum Abschluss führen GEN task closure • mit dem Geschäft geht es aufwärts GEN business is improving • sich vom Geschäft zurückziehen GEN retire from business • über das Geschäft reden GEN talk business, talk shop • von Geschäft zu Geschäft GEN business to business
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    n 1. < Geschäft> Handel, Kommerz business, trading, dealing, commerce Abschluss deal, transaction, bargain, Firma business, concern, enterprise, operation, Laden shop (BE), store (AE), infrml, Büro office; 2. <V&M> sale ■ aus einem Geschäft aussteigen < Börse> back out, opt out (of a deal) ■ das Geschäft hat einen Tiefststand erreicht < Geschäft> business is at a low ebb ■ das Geschäft ist ruhig < Geschäft> business is slack ■ das Geschäft perfekt machen < Geschäft> swing the deal ■ das Geschäft schließen < Geschäft> shut up shop ■ ein Geschäft abschließen < Geschäft> strike a deal, strike a bargain, do a deal with sb, do business with sb ■ ein Geschäft aufmachen < Geschäft> start in business, open a business, set up shop, launch a business, set up in business ■ ein Geschäft betreiben < Geschäft> run a business ■ ein Geschäft durchführen < Geschäft> conclude a transaction, settle a transaction ■ ein Geschäft unter Dach und Fach bringen < Geschäft> swing the deal ■ ein Geschäft zum Abschluss führen < Geschäft> task closure ■ sich vom Geschäft zurückziehen < Geschäft> retire from business ■ über das Geschäft reden < Geschäft> talk business, talk shop ■ von Geschäft zu Geschäft < Geschäft> business to business
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    Geschäft
    (Arbeit) work, (Beruf) vocation, occupation, business, (Börse) trading, (Branche) trade, business, line, (Büro) office, (Firma) enterprise, commercial house, firm, concern, establishment, undertaking, company, (Geschäftsabschluss) bargain, deal[ing], transaction, operation, (Geschäftslokal) [business] premises, shop, (Gewerbe) occupation, trade, job, business, calling, employment, (Handel) commerce, trade, market (US), (Laden) shop (Br.), store (US), (Sache) affair, matter, (Spekulationen) venture, (Vorschlag) proposition (coll.);
    • in Geschäften on (engaged in) business;
    • in ein anrüchiges Geschäft verwickelt entangled in a shady business;
    • voller Geschäfte shoppy;
    • Geschäfte dealings, transactions, interests, operations;
    • abgeschlossenes Geschäft business transacted, deal, completed (executed) transaction;
    • hohe Gewinne abwerfendes Geschäft [business] bonanza;
    • sich glatt abwickelndes Geschäft swimming market;
    • altrenommiertes Geschäft well-established firm;
    • angesehenes Geschäft respectable firm;
    • anrüchiges Geschäft hole-and-corner (shady) business;
    • anziehendes Geschäft improvement in business;
    • von Anfang an schlecht aufgezogenes Geschäft business muddled at the start;
    • ausgedehntes Geschäft extensive trade;
    • bankfremdes Geschäft non-banking business (activity);
    • in Betrieb befindliches Geschäft going concern;
    • in Liquidation befindliches Geschäft firm in liquidation;
    • betreffendes Geschäft business in question;
    • im Großen betriebenes Geschäft business transacted at large;
    • auf gemeinschaftliche Rechnung betriebenes Geschäft joint-purse arrangement;
    • betriebseigenes Geschäft captive shop (US), company store (US);
    • blühendes Geschäft flourishing trade, thriving business;
    • dickes Geschäft big deal;
    • dringende Geschäfte pressing business, pressure of business;
    • dunkles Geschäft shady deal (business), funny business, dubious dealing, racket (sl.);
    • nicht durchgebuchte Geschäfte off-the-book transactions;
    • effektives Geschäft actual business;
    • einbringliches Geschäft lucrative business;
    • gut eingeführtes Geschäft well-established business;
    • einschlägiges Geschäft stockist (Br.), one-line shop (store), speciality shop, limited-line retailer (US);
    • einträgliches Geschäft remunerative (lucrative, profitable, paying) business, paying concern;
    • nicht ganz einwandfreies Geschäft shady transaction;
    • erstklassiges Geschäft first-rate (-class) firm;
    • euro-freundliche Geschäfte euro-friendly business[es];
    • faires Geschäft square deal;
    • unter Konkursanfechtung fallende Geschäfte protected transactions;
    • faules Geschäft shady (hole-and-corner) business, queer transaction;
    • weitgehend mit Fremdmitteln finanziertes Geschäft transaction financed largely with borrowing;
    • fingiertes Geschäft bogus (sham, fictitious) transaction;
    • florierendes Geschäft rattling trade, thriving business;
    • flottes (flott gehendes) Geschäft rattling trade, land-office business (US coll.);
    • fragwürdiges Geschäft shady business,equivocal transaction;
    • führendes Geschäft leading firm;
    • gut fundiertes Geschäft sound business [firm];
    • glänzend gehendes (glänzendes) Geschäft booming (roaring) business, gold mine, [business] bonanza;
    • dem Betrieb gehöriges Geschäft captive shop (US), company store (US);
    • in der Hauptgeschäftsgegend (im Stadtzentrum) gelegenes Geschäft central area shop, downtown (inner-city) store (US);
    • gewagtes Geschäft risky undertaking, speculation, speculative enterprise;
    • Gewinn bringendes Geschäft profitable enterprise (business),paying business;
    • glattes Geschäft (Börse) swimming market;
    • grenzüberschreitende Geschäfte cross-border transactions;
    • große Geschäfte (Börse) large trade;
    • gutes Geschäft pennyworth, [good] bargain, good [stroke of] business, big (good) deal;
    • leidlich gute Geschäfte fair business;
    • gut gehendes Geschäft flourishing business (trade), going concern (firm), business bonanza (US);
    • illegale Geschäfte illegal transactions;
    • stark konjunkturbedingtes Geschäft highly cyclical business;
    • konjunkturempfindliches Geschäft highly cyclical business;
    • konzerneigene Geschäfte interassociation transactions (US);
    • laufende Geschäfte regular (day-to-day, current, daily, pending) business, current transactions;
    • lebhaftes Geschäft (Börse) brisk trading (business);
    • zugrunde liegendes Geschäft underlying transaction;
    • lohnendes Geschäft paying (remunerative, lucrative) business;
    • lukratives Geschäft lucrative transaction (business);
    • mattes Geschäft dull business;
    • mittelgroßes Geschäft medium-sized store (US);
    • nachbörsliches Geschäft interoffice deal, afterhours dealing (Br.), business in the street (Br.);
    • nutzbringendes Geschäft profitable business;
    • preisgünstiges Geschäft economy-priced shop, cheap-Jack (-John) (coll.);
    • reelles Geschäft fair dealing firm;
    • renommiertes Geschäft well-reputed firm;
    • rentables Geschäft paying concern (business, enterprise), profitable business (enterprise), lucrative business (transaction), (Einzelgeschäft) paying transaction;
    • riskantes Geschäft touch-and-go business;
    • ruhiges Geschäft slack business;
    • schlechtes Geschäft bad (losing) bargain, poor business, no catch;
    • schmutziges Geschäft dirty business;
    • schrumpfendes Geschäft contracting business;
    • schwaches Geschäft little doing;
    • seriöses Geschäft sound business house;
    • sicheres Geschäft safe business;
    • sittenwidriges Geschäft transaction contrary to the policy of the law;
    • solides Geschäft solid enterprise (firm), substantial house, (Einzelgeschäft) sound business;
    • stagnierendes Geschäft stagnating business;
    • steuerbegünstigtes Geschäft tax-shelter deal;
    • steuerpflichtiges Geschäft taxable transaction;
    • stilles Geschäft slack business;
    • sich selbst tragendes Geschäft self-promoter;
    • überseeisches Geschäft overseas business;
    • unbedeutendes Geschäft picayune business;
    • undurchsichtige Geschäfte hole-and-corner dealings;
    • unreelles Geschäft dishonest business;
    • unrentables Geschäft business that does not pay, not a paying business, white elephant;
    • unsaubere Geschäfte underhand dealings;
    • unsittliches Geschäft unconscionable bargain (transaction);
    • unvollständiges Geschäft uncompleted transaction;
    • unvorteilhaftes Geschäft losing bargain;
    • väterliches Geschäft father’s business;
    • verbandseigene Geschäfte interassociation transactions (US);
    • verbotene Geschäfte illegal sales;
    • verdächtiges Geschäft queer transaction;
    • Verlust bringendes Geschäft losing business;
    • vorteilhaftes Geschäft bargain, deal, paying (profitable) business, catch, good deal (US);
    • wenig Geschäfte (Börse) little trade (doing);
    • wichtiges Geschäft serious business;
    • zunehmendes Geschäft improvement in trade;
    • an Bedeutung zunehmendes Geschäft wax job;
    • zweideutige Geschäfte funny business;
    • zweifelhaftes Geschäft shady transaction (business);
    • zwielichtiges Geschäft shady deal;
    • Geschäfte mit dem Ausland foreign trade;
    • Geschäft mit erstklassiger Bedienung high-class service store (US);
    • Geschäft in dem nur mit Devisen eingekauft werden kann hard-currency shop;
    • Geschäft in kleinen Effektenabschnitten odd business (US);
    • Geschäfte mit illegalen Einwanderern illegal-alien trafficking;
    • Geschäft auf Geben und Nehmen put and call;
    • Geschäft im Großen business transacted at large;
    • Geschäft mit Industriekundschaft industrial outlet;
    • Geschäfte auf Kommissionsbasis commission dealings, transactions for third account;
    • Geschäft mit erstklassigem Kundenkreis business with first-rate connections;
    • Geschäft unter dem Ladentisch under-the-counter trading;
    • Geschäft in guter Lage well situated business;
    • Geschäft auf feste Lieferung time bargain;
    • Geschäft mit kleiner Marge tight bargain;
    • Geschäft um jeden Preis hard-nosed business;
    • Geschäft mit Produkten des täglichen Bedarfs neighbo(u)rhood shop;
    • Geschäft für eigene Rechnung transaction for own account;
    • Geschäfte für fremde Rechnung transaction on third account;
    • Geschäfte auf laufende Rechnung dealings for the account;
    • Geschäft im Stadtzentrum central area shop, downtown store (US);
    • Geschäfte im großen Stil business transacted at large;
    • Geschäfte nach etw. abklappern to go from shop to shop looking for s. th.;
    • Geschäft um jeden Preis abnehmen to steal business at any price;
    • Geschäft absagen to call off a deal;
    • Geschäft abschließen to drive (strike, close, conclude, enter into) a bargain, to conclude (settle, transact) a business, to enter into a transaction;
    • Geschäft mit Gewinn abschließen to make a profit out of a transaction;
    • Geschäft abtreten to give up one’s business
    • Geschäft abwickeln to settle a business, (liquidieren) to wind up [one’s affairs], to straighten one’s affairs, to regulate disordered finances;
    • umfangreiche Geschäfte abwickeln to trade in a large way;
    • Geschäft schwarz abwickeln to conduct business off the books;
    • seine Geschäfte in ausländischen Währungen abwickeln to carry out one’s trade in offshore currencies;
    • Geschäft ankurbeln to drum up business;
    • in einem Geschäft anlegen to invest in a business;
    • wieder im Geschäft anlegen to plough (plow, US) back into the business;
    • j. für das Geschäft anlernen to train s. o. to business;
    • Geschäft annullieren to vitiate a transaction;
    • Geschäft anregen to enliven a business;
    • Geschäft aufgeben to go out of (give up one’s, discontinue a, cut) business, to get out, to give up (leave off) trade, to shut up shop (US), to wind (fold) up, (sich zur Ruhe setzen) to retire from business;
    • sein Geschäft auflösen to liquidate a business, to give up one’s business, to wind (shut) up (US);
    • Geschäft aufmachen to set up shop (a business);
    • Geschäft großzügig aufziehen to open a business on a large scale;
    • sein Geschäft ausdehnen to expand one’s business;
    • sich überhaupt nicht mehr im Geschäft auskennen to be out of the whole business;
    • aus dem Geschäft ausscheiden to retire from business;
    • aus einem Geschäft aussteigen to go out of business, to fold up (US);
    • Geschäft beeinträchtigen to affect business;
    • Geschäft begründen to settle down [in business], to establish o. s.;
    • sein Geschäft besorgen to ply one’s trade;
    • jds. Geschäfte besorgen to look after s. one’s affairs;
    • bankmäßige Geschäfte besorgen to supply banking facilities;
    • j. an einem Geschäft beteiligen to give s. o. a financial interest in a business;
    • sich an einem Geschäft beteiligen to have a share in a venture;
    • Geschäft betreiben to conduct (operate) a business, to run a shop, to carry on (ply) a trade;
    • Geschäfte betreiben to do business;
    • eigenes Geschäft betreiben to operate one’s own business, to be one’s own master;
    • seine Geschäfte freizügig betreiben to deal at arm’s length;
    • Geschäfte mit geliehenem Kapital betreiben to trade on the equity (US);
    • Geschäfte in großem Maßstab betreiben to carry on business on a large scale;
    • Geschäft zu Kreditauskunftszwecken beurteilen to rate a business;
    • im Geschäft tätig bleiben to remain active (stay) in business;
    • Geschäft zu einem erfolgreichen Abschluss bringen to put through a business deal, to bring a business to a successful conclusion;
    • vorteilhaftes Geschäft zum Abschluss bringen to drive a good bargain;
    • Geschäft auf die Beine bringen to set a business on foot;
    • Geschäft wieder in die Höhe bringen to put a business back on its feet again;
    • Geschäft zustande bringen to secure a business;
    • immer (ganze Zeit stets) nur ans Geschäft denken to always have an eye to business, to be businessman all the time;
    • j. aus dem Geschäft drängen to squeeze (force) s. o. out of business;
    • Geschäfte weiterführen dürfen to remain in possession of the business;
    • ins Geschäft einbringen to bring into business;
    • sich [erneut] auf ein Geschäft einlassen to embark [again] upon a business;
    • sich auf gewagte Geschäfte einlassen to dabble in speculative concerns;
    • Geschäft einleiten to initiate a deal;
    • Geschäft einrichten to fit out a shop;
    • seinem Sohn ein Geschäft einrichten to set up a son in trade;
    • in ein Geschäft einsteigen to start a business;
    • in ein gut gehendes Geschäft einsteigen to get on the bandwaggon;
    • j. in sein Geschäft einstellen to give s. o. a job;
    • Geschäft erledigen to dispatch a business;
    • Geschäfte aller Art erledigen to handle any sort of business;
    • laufende Geschäfte erledigen to deal with current business;
    • Geschäft eröffnen to open a trade (business), to set up shop, to start a business;
    • Geschäft wieder eröffnen to resume business;
    • Geschäft errichten to set up (start) in business, to establish o. s. (in business);
    • sein Geschäft erweitern to expand one’s business;
    • Geschäft mit der gesamten Ausstattung erwerben to buy a shop with all fixtures;
    • j. im Geschäft etablieren to set s. o. up in business;
    • Geschäft finanzieren to finance a business;
    • Geschäft fortführen to continue a business;
    • Geschäft des Gemeinschuldners (Konkursschuldners) fortführen to carry on the bankrupt’s business;
    • Geschäft im eigenen Interesse fortführen to continue a business for one’s own ends;
    • Geschäft bis zur Liquidierung fortführen to continue the business for the purpose of winding up;
    • Geschäft eines Verstorbenen fortführen to continue a deceased’s business;
    • Geschäft führen to carry on (conduct) a business, to carry on a trade, to manage the concern, to run (manage) a shop;
    • Geschäft unter seinem Namen führen to carry on the business under one’s name;
    • ins (in sein) Geschäft gehen to go to the office;
    • Geschäft rentabel gestalten to put business on a payable basis;
    • Geschäft gründen to set up shop [for o. s.], to establish (start) a business;
    • neues Geschäft gründen to launch a new business enterprise;
    • Geschäfte mit jem. haben to have business with s. o.;
    • bedeutendes Geschäft haben to be in a large way of business;
    • sein eigenes Geschäft haben to be in business on one’s own account;
    • gut gehendes Geschäft haben to drive a good trade;
    • kleines Geschäft haben to be in a small way of business;
    • Nase für [gute] Geschäfte haben to have a keen eye for a bargain;
    • Geschäft offen halten to keep a shop open;
    • aus dem Geschäft herausdrängen to squeeze out of business;
    • Geschäft hochbringen to work up a business;
    • j. für ein Geschäft interessieren to enlist s. o. in an enterprise;
    • sich nur für sein Geschäft interessieren to be intent on one’s business, to be businessman all the time, to be all business;
    • Geschäft in Bausch und Bogen kaufen to buy the whole stock [of a business];
    • Geschäft von der Pike auf kennen to know the business inside out;
    • sich nur um sein Geschäft kümmern to be intent on one’s (attend strictly to) business;
    • sich nicht um sein Geschäft kümmern to neglect one’s business;
    • sich bei einem Geschäft registrieren lassen (für Marken) to register with a tradesman;
    • Geschäft leiten to be at the head of the business;
    • Geschäft liquidieren to wind up one’s affairs (a business company);
    • Geschäfte machen to transact (do) business, to merchandise, to deal, to monger;
    • gewagte Geschäfte machen to speculate;
    • glänzende Geschäfte machen to drive a roaring trade;
    • große Geschäfte machen to do a large business;
    • gutes Geschäft machen to strike a bargain (it rich, US), to get in on a good deal, to find s. th. a good pennyworth, to get (secure) a purchase;
    • gute Geschäfte machen to have a good run (be in a good way) of business, to have a good season;
    • reißende Geschäfte machen to do a roaring trade;
    • Geschäft rückgängig machen to set aside a transaction, to break off an engagement;
    • schlechtes Geschäft machen to bring one’s eggs (hogs) to the wrong market, to do badly, to be in a bad way of business;
    • unerlaubte Geschäfte machen to indulge in illicit transactions;
    • seinen Geschäften nachgehen to attend to (go about) one’s business;
    • ungesetzlichen Geschäften nachgehen to carry on an illegal transaction;
    • bei einem Geschäft profitieren to profit by a bargain;
    • mit einem guten Geschäft rechnen to calculate on a good trade;
    • von Geschäften reden to talk shop (about business);
    • sein Geschäft schließen to close down a shop, to put up the shutters, to shut up shop (US);
    • an einem Geschäft beteiligt sein to have an interest (a share) in a business;
    • nach dem Krieg groß ins Geschäft gekommen sein to boom after the war;
    • in Geschäften großzügig sein to be liberal in business;
    • hinter seinen Geschäften her sein to be a keen businessman;
    • einen Tag nicht im Geschäft sein to get away from the office for a day;
    • in Geschäften unterwegs sein to be on one’s tour (away, out), to travel on business;
    • in Geschäften zuverlässig sein to be exact in business, to pass for as good as one’s word;
    • im Geschäft stecken to be invested in a business;
    • Geld in ein Geschäft stecken to invest money in a business, to put money into an undertaking, to embark capital in a trade;
    • gutes Geschäft tätigen to make a good deal by, to get a purchase;
    • im laufenden Monat keine Geschäfte mehr tätigen to write no new business for the next month;
    • Geschäft übernehmen to take over (succeed to) a business;
    • Geschäft voll übernehmen to purchase the sole interest in a business;
    • Geschäft auf seinen Sohn übertragen to make over the business to one’s son;
    • j. bei einem Geschäft übervorteilen to jockey s. o. in a transaction;
    • kleines Geschäft unterhalten to carry on business in a small way;
    • Geschäfte einer Gesellschaft der Revision unterziehen to investigate the affairs of a company;
    • bei seinen Geschäften verdienen to gain by one’s business;
    • an einem Geschäft groß verdienen to be a great gainer by a bargain;
    • grenzüberschreitende Geschäfte vereinfachen to simplify cross-border business[es];
    • sein Geschäft vergrößern to expand one’s business;
    • sein Geschäft verkaufen to sell out one’s business;
    • Geschäft um die Hälfte verkleinern to reduce a business one half;
    • Geschäft vermitteln to broker a deal;
    • seine Geschäfte vernachlässigen to neglect (shirk) one’s business;
    • sein Geschäft verstehen to know one’s business (trade, how to turn a penny);
    • sein Geschäft aus dem Effeff verstehen to have the whole business at one’s fingertips;
    • Geschäfte über das Internet vornehmen to execute securities transactions on (through) the Internet;
    • Geschäfte wegschnappen to grab business;
    • laufende Geschäfte weiterführen to deal with current business;
    • Geschäft nicht weiterführen to cease to carry on business;
    • sich seinen Geschäften widmen to attend to (go about) one’s business;
    • gute Geschäfte machen wollen to carry pigs to market;
    • Geschäft rückgängig machen wollen to rue a bargain;
    • von einem Geschäft zurücktreten to rescind a bargain;
    • sich vom (aus dem) Geschäft zurückziehen to give up one’s (withdraw from, quit) business;
    • sich von einem Geschäft zurückziehen to declare a bargain off, to back out (fam.);
    • sein Geld aus einem Geschäft zurückziehen to withdraw one’s money from a business;
    • sich wieder seinen Geschäften zuwenden to turn one’s thoughts to business again;
    • die Geschäfte gehen schlecht there is very little doing.

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  • 12 Markt

    Markt m 1. V&M market, marketplace; 2. WIWI market • am Markt vorbei produzieren GEN, V&M fail to fill the needs of the market • auf dem Markt GRUND on the market • auf dem Markt Fuß fassen GEN, V&M get a toehold in the market, get a foothold in the market • auf den Markt bringen 1. BANK market; 2. BÖRSE bring out (Emission); 3. GEN commercialize • auf den Markt kommen 1. WIWI enter the market; 2. V&M come onto the market • auf einen Markt vorstoßen GEN break into a market • bei dünnen Märkten BANK on thin markets • den Markt dem Wettbewerb öffnen V&M open the market up to competition • den Markt erschließen für BÖRSE tap the market for • den Markt fest im Griff haben V&M, WIWI have a stranglehold on the market • den Markt räumen V&M clear the market • der Markt hat einen Tiefstand erreicht WIWI the bottom has dropped out of the market • einen Markt beherrschen FIN control a market • einen Markt erobern V&M penetrate a market • einen Markt erproben V&M, WIWI probe a market • einen Markt schaffen 1. BÖRSE provide a market, provide the base for sth; 2. V&M create a market • einen Markt suchen BÖRSE seek a market • für den exklusiven Markt V&M up-market (Produkt, Werbung) • in einen Markt eindringen 1. GEN break into a market; 2. V&M, WIWI penetrate a market • in jmds. Markt eindringen GEN make inroads into sb’s market • vom Markt nehmen GEN, V&M take off the market • vom Markt verdrängen WIWI shunt to the sideline, crowd out of the market
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    m 1. <V&M> market, marketplace; 2. <Vw> market ■ am Markt vorbei produzieren <Geschäft, V&M> fail to fill the needs of the market ■ auf dem Markt < Grund> on the market ■ auf dem Markt Fuß fassen <Geschäft, V&M> get a toehold in the market, get a foothold in the market ■ auf den Markt bringen 1. < Bank> market; 2. < Börse> Emission bring out; 3. < Geschäft> commercialize ■ auf den Markt kommen 1. <Vw> enter the market; 2. <V&M> come onto the market ■ auf einen Markt vorstoßen < Geschäft> break into a market ■ bei dünnen Märkten < Bank> on thin markets ■ den Markt dem Wettbewerb öffnen <V&M> open the market up to competition ■ den Markt erschließen für < Börse> tap the market for ■ den Markt fest im Griff haben <V&M, Vw> have a stranglehold on the market ■ der Markt hat einen Tiefstand erreicht <Vw> the bottom has dropped out of the market ■ einen Markt beherrschen < Finanz> control a market ■ einen Markt erobern <V&M> penetrate a market ■ einen Markt erproben <V&M, Vw> probe a market ■ einen Markt schaffen 1. < Börse> provide a market, provide the base for sth; 2. <V&M> create a market ■ einen Markt suchen < Börse> seek a market ■ für den exklusiven Markt <V&M> Produkt, Werbung up-market ■ in einen Markt eindringen 1. < Geschäft> break into a market; 2. <V&M, Vw> penetrate a market ■ in jmds. Markt eindringen < Geschäft> make inroads into sb's market ■ vom Markt nehmen <Geschäft, V&M> take off the market ■ vom Markt verdrängen <Vw> shunt to the sideline, crowd out of the market
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    Markt
    market, marketing area, (Absatz) outlet, market, (Börse) stock exchange (market), (Geschäft) bargain, business, sale, (Handelsplatz) emporium, mart, trading center (US) (centre, Br.), (Marktplatz) market place (square), (Messe) fair;
    • auf dem Markt in the market;
    • günstig auf dem Markt zu haben in season;
    • nicht auf dem Markt out of season;
    • aus dem Markt vertrieben knocked out of the market;
    • nicht für den Markt bestimmt captive (US);
    • im Freien abgehaltener Markt open-air market;
    • abgeschwächter Markt sagging market, market off (US);
    • anziehender Markt moving-up market;
    • aufnahmebereiter Markt receptive market;
    • aufnahmefähiger Markt broad (ready) market;
    • beschränkt aufnahmefähiger Markt limited market;
    • nicht mehr aufnahmefähiger Markt long market (US);
    • wegen spekulativer Ankäufe nicht mehr aufnahmefähiger Markt overbought market (US);
    • bei fallenden Kursen nicht mehr aufnahmefähiger Markt oversold market (US);
    • nicht sehr aufnahmefähiger Markt soft market;
    • steigende Tendenz aufweisender Markt buoyant market;
    • ausgeglichener Markt balanced market;
    • ausländischer Markt foreign market;
    • außerbörslicher Markt unofficial market, market in unlisted securities (US);
    • schlecht befahrener Markt scanty market;
    • vom Käufer beherrschter Markt buyer=s market;
    • nicht genügend belieferter Markt understocked (poor) market;
    • benachbarter Markt neighbo(u)ring market;
    • gut beschickter Markt market well stocked with goods;
    • aus potenten Käufern bestehender Markt upscale market;
    • von wenigen Anbietern bestimmter Markt oligopolistic market;
    • schlecht bestückter Markt poor market;
    • bewirtschafteter Markt controlled market;
    • effektiver Markt present market;
    • einheimischer Markt home (domestic) market;
    • enger Markt narrow market;
    • fester Markt steady market;
    • sehr fester Markt buoyant market;
    • flauer Markt flat (dull, dead, slack, draggy) market;
    • freier Markt competitive market;
    • gut funktionierender Markt healthy market;
    • äußerst gedrückter Markt demoralized market;
    • infolge nachlassender Nachfrage gedrückter Markt heavy market;
    • Gemeinsamer Markt Common Market;
    • gesättigter Markt saturated market;
    • durch Einfuhrzölle geschützter Markt sheltered market;
    • gestützter Markt pegged market;
    • grauer Markt gray market (US);
    • haussierender Markt bull market;
    • heimischer (inländischer) Markt home (domestic) market;
    • heterogener Markt imperfect market;
    • homogener Markt perfect market;
    • jungfräulicher Markt virgin market;
    • konkurrenzfähiger Markt competitive marketplace;
    • konkurrenzloser Markt uncontested market;
    • lebhafter Markt active (brisk, cheerful, lively) market;
    • leerer Markt no stock available;
    • gedrückt liegender Markt depressed market;
    • lustloser Markt (Börse) inactive (featureless, flat, narrow, dull) market, quiet trading;
    • uneinheitlicher und lustloser Markt sick market (US);
    • maßgeblicher Markt (Kartellrecht) relevant market (US);
    • monopolisierter Markt captive market;
    • nachgebender Markt sagging market;
    • neuer Markt emerging market;
    • offener Markt open (free, outside, US) market, market overt (Br.);
    • öffentlicher Markt public market;
    • potenzieller Markt potential market;
    • preisaggressiver Markt price-sensitive market;
    • regionaler Markt regional market;
    • rückläufiger Markt sagging (receding, down) market;
    • ruhiger Markt (Börse) quiet trading;
    • schwacher Markt weak (poor) market;
    • auf umfangreiche Glattstellungen hin schwacher Markt liquidating market (US);
    • schwankender Markt fluctuating market;
    • schwarzer Markt black market;
    • stagnierender Markt stagnant (dull, languishing, trading, US) market;
    • tatsächlicher Markt actual market;
    • teurer Markt high-priced market;
    • tonangebender Markt standard market;
    • infolge von Baissevekäufen überlasteter Markt oversold account (Br.);
    • übersättigter (mit Waren überschwemmter) Markt glutted (overstocked) market;
    • überseeischer Markt overseas market;
    • umfangreicher Markt broad market;
    • unbearbeiteter Markt virgin market;
    • uneinheitlicher Markt spotty market;
    • unerschlossener Markt untapped (virgin) market;
    • viel versprechender Markt promising market;
    • verstohlener Markt backdoor market;
    • vollkommener Markt perfect market;
    • wettbewerbsbetonter Markt competitive marketplace;
    • widerstandsfähiger Markt resistant market;
    • jederzeit zugänglicher Markt freedom of entry into the market;
    • zukunftsträchtiger Markt highly-promising market;
    • zurückfallender Markt unsteady market;
    • Markt für Anlagewerte investment market;
    • Markt industrieller Arbeitskräfte industrial labo(u)r market;
    • Markt der Auslandswerte foreign market;
    • Markt für Automobilwerte the motor group;
    • Markt für Bauerwartungsland development land market;
    • Markt für Bauwerke market for construction;
    • Markt für Bezugsrechte rights market (US);
    • Markt für landwirtschaftliche Erzeugnisse agricultural (farm) market;
    • Markt für qualifizierte Erzeugnisse top end of the market;
    • Markt für Festverzinsliche fixed-rate market;
    • Markt für Fischprodukte fish market;
    • Markt für verbilligte Flüge cheap-fare market;
    • Markt für Flugzeugwerte aviation market;
    • Markt für Frischprodukte fresh market;
    • Markt für tägliches Geld call-money market;
    • Markt für langfristige Gelder market for long-term funds;
    • Markt für Gelegenheitsarbeiter statute fair;
    • Markt der Europäischen Gemeinschaft Community Market;
    • Markt für Industrieanleihen corporate bond market (US);
    • Markt für Industriewerte industrial market;
    • Markt für Investitionspapiere financial market;
    • Markt für Kolonialwerte colonial market;
    • Markt für Kommunalanleihen local authority market (Br.);
    • Markt für Kommunalpapiere municipal (bond) market;
    • Markt für steuerfreie Kommunalwerte tax-exempt municipal market;
    • Markt für wechselkursungebundene Kommunalwerte market in floating-rate local authority securities;
    • Markt für Kupferwerte copper market;
    • Markt mit spekulativ beeinflussten Kursen rigged market;
    • Markt mit steigendem Kursniveau advancing market;
    • Markt für Montanwerte mining market;
    • Markt für Neuemissionen new issue market;
    • Markt zweiter Ordnung secondary market;
    • Markt für international gehandelte Papiere international market;
    • Markt für kurzfristige Papiere short end of the market;
    • Markt für Pfandbriefwerte bond markt;
    • Markt für Qualitätserzeugnisse quality market;
    • Markt für gewerblich genutzte Satelliten commercial satellite market;
    • Markt für industrielle Schuldverschreibungen corporate bond market (US);
    • Markt der Spitzentechnologie high-tech market;
    • Markt für Staatsanleihen (Staatspapiere) consols market (Br.);
    • Markt für Tagesgeld overnight market, call-money market (Br.);
    • Markt für Termingeschäfte market for futures delivery (in futures) (US);
    • Markt für Umweltgestaltung environmental market;
    • Markt für Verbrauchsgüter consumer market;
    • Markt mit großem Warenangebot easy market;
    • Markt für festverzinsliche Werte (Wertpapiere) market for fixed-interest bearing securities, bond market (US);
    • Markt für nicht notierte Werte (Wertpapiere) off-board (over-the-counter) market (US);
    • Markt der ausländischen Wertpapiere (Werte) foreign-stock exchange (London);
    • Markt für international gehandelte Wertpapiere international market;
    • Markt für mündelsichere Wertpapiere gilt[-edged] market (Br.);
    • Markt für verschiedene Wertpapiere miscellaneous market;
    • Markt mit starkem Wettbewerb very competitive market;
    • Markt abhalten to hold a market;
    • Markt abschöpfen to skim the market;
    • Markt abtasten to sound the market;
    • Markt mit kleinen Börsenumsätzen abtasten to make a little deal in stocks as a feeler;
    • auf dem gesamteuropäischen Markt agieren to operate on a Pan-European market;
    • Markt aufkaufen to corner the market;
    • Markt aufspalten (aufteilen) to apportion (divide, allocate) the market;
    • Markt durch Spekulationsmanöver ausplündern to milk the market;
    • Markt beeinflussen to affect the market, to manipulate (rig) the market (stock exchange), to have an effect on the market;
    • Markt durch Konzertzeichnungen beeinflussen to stag the market;
    • Markt durch Zurückhaltung beeinflussen to wait out the market (sl.);
    • Markt beherrschen to hold (command, control, dominate) the market;
    • Markt der Zukunft beherrschen to dominate the market of the future;
    • dem gemeinsamen Markt beitreten to join the Common Market;
    • Markt beleben to stimulate the market;
    • Markt beliefern to supply a market;
    • Markt beruhigen to calm the market;
    • Markt beschicken to [send goods onto the] market, to place on the market;
    • Markt beurteilen to gauge the market;
    • auf den Markt bringen to put (place, launch) on (introduce into) the market, to offer for sale, to bring out, to market (US);
    • Aktienpaket auf den Markt bringen to market one=s block of shares;
    • Anleihe auf den Markt bringen to float (issue) a loan;
    • neue Artikel auf den Markt bringen to sell a new line in the market;
    • in großen Mengen auf den Markt bringen to mass-market;
    • wieder auf den Markt bringen to relaunch;
    • aus dem Markt drängen to oust from the market, to put out of business;
    • Markt drücken to depress the market, to bring down prices;
    • in einen Markt eindringen to attack a market;
    • sich am Markt einrichten to establish on the market;
    • Markt entlasten to relieve the market;
    • Markt erdrücken to overhang the market;
    • ganzen (gesamten) Markt erfassen to blanket the entire market;
    • Markt erobern to conquer (win) a market;
    • Markt spielend erobern to romp into a market;
    • Markt erschließen to tap (build up) a market;
    • neuen Markt erschließen to open up a new market;
    • Markt erweitern to extend a market;
    • im freien Markt erzielen to earn in the open market;
    • aufnahmefähigen Markt finden to meet with a ready (speedy) market;
    • Markt forcieren to force the market;
    • dem Markt Auftrieb geben to give a fillip to the market;
    • Interesse an einem Markt gewinnen to be attracted to a market;
    • aus dem Markt herausbekommen to come out [of the market], to be released;
    • um einen Markt kämpfen to skirmish over a market;
    • mit einem unausgeglichenen Markt kämpfen to face an imbalanced market;
    • auf dem offenen Markt kaufen to purchase in the open market;
    • Markt kennen to understand the market;
    • auf den Markt kommen to come out [into the market], to be released;
    • Markt kontrollieren to regulate the market;
    • Markt manipulieren to manipulate the market;
    • Markt monopolisieren to engross (monopolize) the market;
    • aus dem Markt nehmen to take off the market;
    • Markt sättigen to saturate the market;
    • auf dem Markt sein to be at the market;
    • auf dem Markt führend sein to be leading in its line of business;
    • am gemeinsamen Markt positioniert sein to be positioned on the common market;
    • auf dem Markt vertreten sein to be found on the market;
    • Markt spalten to disrupt a market;
    • Markt stützen to rescue the market;
    • auf einem Markt in Erscheinung treten to tap the market;
    • Markt überschwemmen to overstock (glut, congest, flood, swamp) the market;
    • Markt mit Aktien überschwemmen to unload stocks on[to] the market;
    • sein Aktienpaket auf dem Markt unterbringen to market one=s block of shares;
    • Dividendenwerte auf dem Markt unterbringen to market equity securities;
    • vom Markt verdrängen to oust from the market;
    • Konkurrenz aus dem Markt verdrängen to drive competitors out of the market, to put competitors out of business;
    • auf dem Markt verkaufen to market;
    • am offenen Markt verkaufen to sell in the open market;
    • auf dem Markt verkloppen to flog on the market;
    • Markt mit Waren versehen (versorgen) to supply the market;
    • Markt versteifen to glue up the market;
    • vom Markt vertreiben to force out of the market;
    • auf den Markt werfen to throw onto the market;
    • Waren auf den Markt werfen (Effekten) to unload;
    • Waren im Ausland billig auf den Markt werfen to dump goods on a foreign market;
    • Markt wiedergewinnen to regain (win back) the market;
    • aus dem Markt ziehen to take off the market;
    • verlorenen Markt zurückerobern to recover a market;
    • auf dem Markt zusammenströmen to gather in crowds on the market place;
    • der Markt ist praktisch tot there is nothing doing;
    • Marktabgaben market dues;
    • Markt abrede, Marktabsprache marketing arrangement (agreement);
    • Markt absatz sale;
    • Marktabschwächung weakening of the market;
    • Marktakteur market practitioner;
    • Marktanalyse analysis of the market, marketing analysis (research, inquiry, survey), commercial survey, market[ing] inquiry;
    • Marktanalyse vornehmen to analyse (Br.) (analyze, US) the market;
    • Marktanforderungen market requirements;
    • Markt angebot market supply;
    • Marktanlagen investment in securities;
    • Marktanpassungszeit (Börse) time lag;
    • Marktanspannung tightening of the market.
    überfüllen, Markt
    to glut (overstock) the market.
    überhäufen, Markt
    to overstock (glut) the market.
    übersättigen, Markt
    to glut (overstock) the market.

    Business german-english dictionary > Markt

  • 13 balon

    m (Gbalonu) 1. Lotn. (hot-air) balloon
    - lecieć balonem to balloon
    2. (do zabawy, dekoracji) balloon
    - nadmuchać balon to inflate a. blow up a balloon
    - sprzedawca balonów a balloon-seller
    3. (kopuła) dome
    - nad basenem był rozpięty biały balon a white dome covered the swimming pool
    4. Sport balloon (shot) 5. Techn. (szklane naczynie) balloon (flask); (do przechowywania żrących cieczy) carboy; (do robienia wina) demijohn; (metalowe naczynie do przechowywania gazów) bottle
    - balon z wodą sodową a soda siphon
    6. Techn. (opona samochodowa, rowerowa) balloon tyre GB a. tire US 7. Żegl. balloon jib
    - □ balon na uwięzi captive balloon, tethered balloon
    - balon wolny free balloon
    - balon zaporowy Wojsk. barrage balloon
    - balon-sonda Meteo. sounding balloon
    ■ robić z kogoś balona a. kogoś w balona pot. (nabierać) to make a monkey (out) of sb, to make a fool (out) of sb; (oszukiwać) to put one a. something over on sb pot., to pull the wool over sb’s eyes pot.
    - nie rób ze mnie balona stop trying to make a monkey out of me
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    - nu; -ny; loc sg - nie; m

    robić (zrobić perf) z kogoś balona — pot to take sb for a ride (pot)

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    mi
    1. balloon; balon wolny/na uwięzi lotn. free/captive balloon; balon na gorące powietrze lotn. hot-air balloon; wzbijać się balonem soar in a balloon; lot balonem balloon flight; balon zaporowy wojsk. barrage balloon.
    2. techn. ( naczynie) flask, balloon.
    3. mot. ( typ opony) balloon tire.
    4. żegl. balloon sail.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > balon

  • 14 TAKA

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    I)
    (tek; tók, tókum; tekinn), v.
    1) to take, catch, seize (tóku þeir laxinn ok otrinn ok báru með sér);
    G. tók inni vinstri hendi spjótit á lopti, G. caught the spear with his left hand;
    man hón taka fé okkart allt með ráni, she will take all our goods by force;
    taka e-n höndum, to seize one, take captive;
    tökum vápn vár, let us take to our weapons;
    2) fig., taka trú, to take the faith, become a Christian;
    taka skírn, to be baptized;
    taka hvíld, to take a rest;
    taka flótta, to take to flight;
    taka rœðu, umrœðu, to begin a parley;
    taka ráð, to take a counsel (= taka til ráðs);
    taka e-n orðum, to address one;
    taka sættir or sættum, to accept terms;
    taka þenna kost, to take this choice;
    taka stefnu, to fix a meeting;
    taka boði, to accept an offer;
    taka sótt, to be taken ill;
    taka úgleði, to get out of spirits;
    taka konung, to take, elect a king;
    taka konu, to take a wife;
    taka úkunna stigu, to take to unknown ways;
    taka e-n or e-m vel, to receive one well;
    taka e-t þvert, to take a thing crossly, deny flatly;
    taka upp höndum, to raise the hands;
    3) to reach, stretch forth, touch;
    fremri hyrnan tók viðbeinit, the upper horn caught the collar bone;
    því at ek tek eigi heim í kveld, for I shall not reach home to-night;
    hárit tók ofan á belti, the hair came down to her waist;
    4) to reach and take harbour (þeir tóku land á Melrakka-sléttu);
    5) to take, hold, of a vessel (ketill, er tók tvær tunnur);
    6) to be equivalent to, be worth (hringrinn tók tólf hundruð mórend);
    7) with infin., to begin (hann tók at yrkja, þegar er hann var ungr);
    nú taka öll húsin at lóga, now the whole house began to blaze;
    impers., þá tók at lægja veðrit, then the wind began to fall;
    8) to touch, regard, concern (þat allt, sem leikmenn tekr);
    9) to catch (up), come up with (hann var allra manna fóthvatastr, svá at engi hestr tók hann á rás);
    10) to start, rush (Eirikr tók út or stofunni, en konungr bað menn hlaupa eptir honum);
    taka á rás, taka frá, to take to running, run away (svá illt sem nú er frá at taka, þá mun þó síðarr verra);
    11) impers. it is taken;
    þá tók af veðrit (acc.) then the storm abated;
    kom á fótinn, svá at af tók, the stroke came on his leg, so that it was cut off;
    sýnina tekr frá e-m, one becomes blind;
    tók út skip Þangbrands, Th.’s ship drifted out;
    um várit er sumarhita tók, when the summer heat set in;
    12) with preps, and advs., taka e-n af lífi, lífdögum, taka e-n af, to take one’s life, put to death;
    taka e-n af nafni ok veldi, to deprive one of his title and power;
    taka e-t af e-m, to take a thing from one, deprive one of (er vér tókum seglit af honum, þá grét hann);
    taka af sér ópit, to cease weeping;
    taka e-t af e-m, to get frotn one (tekr hann af öllu fólki mikil lof);
    taka mikinn (mikil), lítinn (lítil) af e-u, to make (say) much, little of;
    hón tók lítil af öllu, she said little about it, took it coldly;
    øngan tek ek af um liðveizlu við þik, I will not pledge myself as to helping thee;
    taka e-t af, to choose, take;
    G. bauð þér góð boð, en þú vildir engi af taka, G. made thee good offers, but thou wouldst take none of them;
    fara sem fœtr mega af taka, at the top of one’s speed;
    hann sigldi suðr sem af tók, as fast as possible;
    to abolish, do away with (lagði á þat allan hug al taka af heiðni ok fornar venjur);
    taka e-t aptr, to take back, render void (taka aptr þat, er ek gef); to recall (taka aptr orð, heil sín);
    taka á e-u, to touch (hón tók á augum hans);
    taka vel, auðvelliga, lítt, illa á e-u, to take (a thing) well, in good part, ill, in ill part (fluttu þeir þetta fyrir jarli, en hann tók vel á);
    taka e-t á sik, to take upon oneself (kvaðst heldr vilja taka þat á sik at gefa honum annát augat);
    tóku þeir á sik svefn mikinn, they fell fast asleep;
    taka arf eptir e-n, to inherit one;
    taka e-t eptir, to get in return;
    með því at þú gerir svá, sem ek býð þér, skaltu nökkut eptir taka, thou shalt have some reward;
    taka e-t frá e-m, to take a thing away from one (þeir tóku spjótin frá þeim ok báru út á ána);
    taka e-n frá e-u, to deprive one of (taka e-n frá landi, ríki);
    taka e-t fyrir e-t, to take in return for (hann keypti sveinana ok tók fyrir þá vesl gott ok slagning); to take for, look upon as (lökum vér þat allt fyrir satt; því tek ek þat fyrir gaman);
    taka fyrir e-t, to refuse (tók E. eigi fyrir útanferð at sumri);
    taka hendi í e-t, to thrust one’s hand into;
    taka í hönd e-m, to shake hands with one;
    taka í móti, to offer resistance (þeir brendu víða bygðina, en bœndr tóku ekki í móti);
    taka niðr, to pull down, demolish (taka niðr til grundvallar allt þat verk); to graze a little, = taka til jarðar (þeir láta nú taka niðr hesta sína);
    taka ofan, to take down (Högni tekr ofan atgeirinn); to pull down (hann hafði látil taka ofan skála sinn);
    taka í sundr, to cut asunder;
    impers., slœmdi sverðinu til hans, svá at í sundr tók manninn, so that the man was cleft asunder;
    taka til e-s, to take to (tóku þá margir til at níða hann);
    taka til máls (orðs, orða), to begin to speak;
    nú er þar til máls at taka, at, now we must take up the story at this point, that;
    taka til varnar, to begin the defence;
    taka til e-s, to have recourse to, resort to (taka e-t til ráðs, bragðs); to concern (þetta mál, er til konungs tók);
    láta e-t til sín taka, to let it concern oneself, meddle with (Gísli lét fátt til sín taka);
    taka e-n til e-s, to choose, elect (Ólafr var til konungs tekinn um allt land);
    absol., taka til, to begin (hann hélt allt austr um Svínasund, þá tók til vald Svíakonungs);
    taka e-t til, to take to, do;
    ef hann tekr nökkut illt til, if he takes to any ill;
    taka um e-t, to take hold of, grasp (nú skaltu taka um fót honum);
    taka e-t undan, to take away;
    impers., undan kúnni tók nyt alla, the cow ceased to give milk;
    taka undan, to run away, escape (B. tók undan með rás);
    hann tók undir kverkina ok kyssti hana, he took her by the chin and kissed her;
    to undertake, take upon oneself;
    H. kvaðst ekki taka mundu undir vandræði þeira, H. said he would have nothing to do with their troubles;
    taka undir e-t með e-m, to back, help one in a thing (vil ek, at þér takit undir þetta mál með mér);
    þau tóku undir þetta léttiliga, they seconded it readily;
    hann tók seinliga undir, he was slow to answer;
    taka undir, to echo, resound (fjöllin tóku undir);
    taka e-t undir sik, to take on hand (Gizurr tók undir sik málit); to lay hold of (hann tekr undir sik eignir þær, er K. átti í Noregi);
    taka e-t upp, to pick up (S. tók upp hanzka sinn);
    taka upp fé fyrir e-m, to seize on, confiscate;
    taka upp borð, to set up the tables before a meal, but also to remove them after a meal;
    taka upp bygð sína, to remove one’s abode;
    hón tekr mart þat upp, er fjarri er mínum vilja, she takes much in hand that is far from my will;
    drykk ok vistir, svá sem skipit tók upp, as the ship could take;
    taka upp ný goðorð, to establish new priesthoods;
    taka upp verknað, to take up work;
    taka upp stœrð, to take to pride;
    taka upp sök, to take up a case;
    taka upp draum, to interpret a dream;
    taka e-t upp, to choose (seg nú skjótt, hvern kost þú vill upp taka);
    absol., taka upp, to extend, rise (rekkjustokkr tekr upp á millum rúma okkarra);
    taka út, to run out (E. tók út ór stofunni);
    taka við e-u, to receive (A. hafði tekit við föðurarf sínum);
    taka vel við e-m, to receive one well, give one a hearty welcome;
    taka við trú, to take the faith;
    þeir tóku vel við, they made a bold resistance;
    tók við hvárr af öðrum, one took up where the other left off;
    taka yfir e-t, to extend over (hann skal eignast af Englandi þat, sem uxahúð tekr yfir);
    impers. to come to an end, succeed (kveðst nú vænta, at nú mundi yfir taka);
    þeir munu allt til vinna at yfir taki við oss, to get the better of us;
    13) refl., takast;
    f.
    1) taking, capture, of a fortress, prisoner;
    2) taking, seizing, of property;
    * * *
    pres. tek, tekr; tökum, takit, taka; pret. tók, tókt (tókst), tók, pl. tóku; subj. tæki (tœki); imperat. tak, taktú; part. tekinn: with neg. suff. tek’k-at ek, I take not, Kristni S. (in a verse); tak-a-ttu, take thou not, Fas. i. (in a verse); tekr-at, Grág. (Kb.) i. 9: [Ulf. têkan, pret. taitok = απτεσθαι; Swed. take; Dan. tage, sounded tā, ‘du tar det ikke, vil du ta det;’ Engl. take is a word borrowed from the Dan., which gradually displaced the Old Engl. niman.]
    A. To take hold of, seize, grasp; taka sér alvæpni, Eg. 236; tóku menn sér þar byrðar ok báru út, Egill tók undir hönd sér mjöð-drekku, 237; nú taki hest minn, ok skal ek ríða eptir honum, 699; tóku þeir skíð sín ok stigu á, 545; hann tók inni vinstri hendi spjótið ok skaut, Nj. 42; lauk upp kistu ok tók upp góð kvennmanna-klæði, Ld. 30; hann tekr nú bogann, … tekr nú kaðal einn, Fas. ii. 543; taka upp net, K. Þ. K. 90; hross skal maðr taka ok teyma ok hepta, þótt heilagt sé, id.
    2. to seize; þeir tóku þar herfang mikit, Nj. 43; tóku skipit ok allt þat er á var, Fms. vii. 249; þeir tóku þar skútu, viii. 438; tóku skip hans, landtjald, klæði, ix. 275; taka fé okkat allt með ráni, Nj. 5; engi maðr skal fyrir öðrum taka, Gþl. 473; hann leiddi þik til arfs … munu taka óvinir þínir ef þú kemr eigi til, Nj. 4; þeir tóku bæinn, seized, Sturl. ii. 149; kona hafði tekit ( stolen) … ok vildi hann refsa henni, Fms. vii. 330.
    3. to catch; Skotar munu hafa tekit njósnir allar, Nj. 126; standi menn upp ok taki hann, 130; hann skyldi taka hundinn, 114; þeir tóku á sundi mann einn, Fms. vii. 225; gröf, at taka í dýr, Flóv. 33; taka höndum, to lay hold of, take captive, Nj. 114, 275; in a good sense, Fms. x. 314.
    4. taka e-n af lífi, to take one from life, Fms. x. 3, Eg. 70; taka e-n af lífdögum, id., Fms. vii. 204: ellipt., taka af (af-taka), to take one off, put to death, Js. 23; taka e-n af nafni ok veldi, to deprive of …, Eg. 268; tóku þeir af eignum jarla konungs, Fms. i. 6: taka af e-m, to take a thing from one, x. 421, Nj. 103, 131, Eg. 120, Ld. 288; taka frá e-m, to take from, off, Nj. 253, K. Þ. K. 48; taka ofan, to take down, pull down, Nj. 119, 168; taka ór, to set apart, 232; taka undir sik, to take under oneself, subject, Fms. x. 24: to take charge of, Nj. 110, Eg. 725: taka upp, to take up, pick up, assume, 23.
    5. to take, grasp; taka í hönd e-m, to shake hands, Nj. 129; taka á lopti, to interrupt, Fms. x. 314; taka í ketil, of the ordeal, Grág. i. 381, Gkv. 3. 7; taka í jörð, to graze, of an animal, Bs. i. 338; jó lætr til jarðar taka, Skm. 15; skulu þér láta taka niðr hesta yðra, to graze a little, Band. 14 new Ed.; tók einn þeirra niðr í sinn klæðsekk, Stj.
    II. metaph., taka upphaf, to begin, Hom. 49; taka vöxt ok þroska, to increase, Rb. 392; taka konungdóm, Eg. 646; taka ráð, 49; taka skírn, 770; taka trú, to take the faith, become a Christian, Nj. 273; taka hvíld, to take rest, 43, 115; taka á sik svefn, 252; taka ræðu, to begin a parley, Eg. 578; taka umræðu, id., Nj. 146; þau taka þá tal, Ld. 72, Fms. ii. 254; taka nærri sér, see nær l. 2; taka á sik göngu, Fbr. 101 new Ed.; taka á sik svefn, Nj.; taka eld, to light a fire, 199; taka e-n orðum, to address; taka í sætt, to receive into reconciliation, Eg. 168; taka sættir, to accept terms, id. (also taka sættum, id.); taka þenna kost, 280; taka samheldi, Fms. ix. 344; ok tóku þat fastliga, at friðr skyldi standa, declared firmly that, x. 40, v. l.; taka stefnu, to fix a meeting, xi. 400; tóku þeir stefnu í milli sín, 402; nú er svá tekið um allt landit, at …, fixed by law that …, Gþl. 275; þeir tóku fastmælum sín í milli, at …, Bret. 82; taki í lög, to take into fellowship, Fms. xi. 96; lög-taka, cp. lófa-tak, vápna-tak; Gunnarr bauð þér góð boð enn þú vildir engi af taka, thou wouldst accept none of them, Nj. 77; tók hann þann kost af, at leggja allt á konungs vald, Fms. iv. 224; ok þat tóku þeir af, ix. 367; Ólafr kvaðsk þat mundu af taka, Ld. 72; taka e-t til ráðs, or taka ráðs, bragðs, to resort to, Nj. 75, 124, 199: also, taka e-t til, to resort to, 26, Fms. xi, 253, passim (til-tæki); taka mót, to receive, Edda 15; taka e-t við, to receive in return, Fms. ii. 269; taka bætr fyrir e-t, xi. 253; með því þú görir sem ek býð þér, skaltú nökkuð eptir taka, take some reward for it, Ld. 44; þat er bæði at vér róum hart, enda mun nú mikit eptir taka, a great reward, Finnb. 232 (eptir-tekja); taka fæðu, to take food; taka corpus Domini, Mar.; taka samsæti, Fms. ii. 261; taka arf, Eg. 34; taka erfð, Gþl. 241; taka fé eptir föður sinn, Fms. xi. 47; taka laun, Nj. 68; taka veizlu, to take, receive a veizla (q. v.), Fms. xi. 239; konungr … hann tekr ( receives) af mörgum, skal hann því mikit gefa, 217; taka mikit lof, x. 367; taka helgun af Guði, Rb. 392; taka heilsu, to recover, Stj. 624; ek skal taka hæði-yrði af þér, Nj. 27; taka af honum rán ok manntjón, Ld. 64; taka úskil af íllum mönnum, Greg. 44; taka píslir ok dauða, 656 B. 30; drap hann þar menn nökkura, þótti mönnum hart at taka þat af útlendum manni, Bs. i. 19; þeir tóku mikinn andróða, Fms. viii. 438; taka andviðri, Eg. 87; þeir tóku norðan-veðr hörð, were overtaken by, Nj. 124; taka sótt, to be taken sick or ill (North E. to take ill), 29, Fms. xi. 97, Eg. 767; taka þyngd. id., Ísl. ii. 274; taka fótar-mein, Nj. 219; taka úgleði, to get out of spirits, Eg. 322; hann tók þá fáleika ok úgleði, Fms. vii. 103; hann tók langt kaf, 202; taka arftaki, to adopt, Grág. i. 232; taka konung, to take, elect a king, Fms. ix. 256; taka konu, to take a wife, x. 397; hann kvángaðisk ok tók bróður-dóttur þess manns er Finnr hét, 406; tók Magnús konungr Margrétu, 413; taka konu brott nauðga, to carry off a woman, Grág. i. 353; tók hann þá til háseta, he hired them, Eg. 404; taka far or fari, Landn. 307, Grág. ii. 406 (far, ii. 3); taka úkunna stigu, to take to unknown ways, Fms. viii. 30; taka ferð, to start, Stj.; taka til konungs, or the like, Eg. 367, 400, Fms. vii. 252; taka til siðar, Sks. 313; taka e-n vel, to receive well; ok taki ér, herra, vel þá Hjalta ok Gizur, Bs. i. 19; tók Skota-konungr hann vel, Fms. xi. 419; taka e-t þvert, to take a thing crossly, deny flatly, Nj. 26; taka fyrir e-t, to stop, interrupt, refuse, Fms. x. 251.
    III. to reach, stretch forth, touch; hann beit skarð, allt þat er tennr tóku, Eg. 605; eigi djúpara enn þeim tók undir hendr, Ld. 78; skurðrinn tók á framan-verðan bakkann, Krók.; hyrnan tók andlitið, Nj. 253; rödd tekr eyru, Skálda 175; döggskórinn tók niðr akrinn upp-standanda, Fas. i. 173; hafði flóð tekit þær, swept them away, Fms. xi. 393; spjót langskept svá at vel taki skipa meðal, Sks. 385; nef hans tók austr til landsenda … véli-fjarðar tóku norðr í Finnabú, Fms. viii. 10; tekr mörkin náliga allt it efra suðr, Eg. 58; þvíat ekki tek ek heim í kveld, Nj. 275; mun ek taka þangat í dag? Hbl.; bóndans bót tekr fyrir ( encompasses) konu, hans ok börn ok hjón, N. G. L. i. 341; taka niðri, to take the ground, of a ship or thing floating, Fas. iii. 257; svá at upp tekr um klaufir, Boll. 336; at eigi tæki hann (acc.) regnit, Stj. 594; skulu vér varask, at eigi taki oss þau dæmi, Hom. 70; svá mikit er uxa-húð tekr yfir, Fas. i. 288; nær því er þú sér at taka mun en ekki ór hófi, Sks. 21; hundr bundinn svá at taki eigi til manna, Grág. ii. 119; taka höndum upp, to lift up hands, Bs. i. 735, Edda 22; ek sé fram undir brekkuna, at upp taka spjóts-oddar fimtán, Finnb. 286; þetta smíði (Babel) tók upp ór veðrum, Edda 146 (pref.); hárit tók ofan á belti, Nj. 2; stöpul er til himins tæki, 645. 71; hér til tekr en fyrsta bók, reaches here, 655 vii. 4; taka mátti hendi til fals, Eg. 285; þeir tóku fram árum, took the oars, Fms. vii. 288; smeygði á sik ok tók út höndunum, 202; þeir tóku undun, to escape, viii. 438: to reach, land, take harbour, gaf honum vel byri ok tóku Borgarfjörð, Nj. 10; tóku þeir Friðar-ey, 268; þeir tóku land á Melrakka-sléttu, Ísl. ii. 246; byrjaði vel ok tóku Noreg, Ld. 72, 310; tóku þar land sem heitir Vatnsfjörðr, Landn. 30: ellipt., hann tók þar sem nú heitir Herjólfs-höfn, id.; þeir tóku fyrir sunnan land, 175.
    2. to take, hold, of a vessel; ketill or tók tvær tunnur, Fb. i. 524; lands þess er tæki ( of the value of) fjóra tigi hundraða, Sturl. i. 98, v. l.; hringrinn tók tólf hundruð mórend, Nj. 225: so in the phrase, það tekr því ekki, it is not worth the while; þann enn eina grip er hann átti svá at fé tæki, the sole object of value he had, Bs. i. 636.
    3. spec. usages; fara sem fætr mega af taka, Finnb. 288; konur æpa sem þær megu mest af taka, Al. 47, (aftak, aftaka-veðr, q. v.), Karl. 109, 196; fóru hvárir-tveggju sem af tók, went as fast as possible, Fms, iv. 304; hann sigldi suðr sem af tók, Eg. 93: in the phrase, taka mikinn, lítinn … af e-u, to make much, little of, take it to heart or lightly; mikit tekr þú af þessu, thou takest it much to heart, Lv. 10; öngan tek ek af um liðveizlu við þik, I will not pledge myself as to helping thee, Ld. 105; eigi töku vér mikit af at tortryggva þá bók, þótt mart sé undarligt í sagt, we will not strongly question the truth of the book, although many wonders are told therein, Sks. 78; Óspakr kvað hana mikit af taka, said he used very strong language, Ld. 216; mikinn tekr þú af, segir konungr, thou settest much by it, said the king, Fms. vi. 206: munda ek sýnu minna hafa af tekit ef ek væra údrukkinn, I would have kept a better tongue, xi. 112; Þórvarðr tók eigi af fyrir útanferð sína, did not quite refuse the going abroad, Sturl. iii. 244; hann kvaðsk eigi taka mega af því hvat mælt væri, he did not much mind what folks said, Nj. 210; hón tók lítið af öllu, said little about it, took it coolly, Eg. 322; tók hann minna af enn áðr við Íslendinga, he spoke not so strongly of them as he used to do, Glúm. 328; ok er sendi-menn kómu tók hann lítið af, Fms. x. 101; Flosi svaraði öllu vel, en tók þó lítið af, F. gave a civil but reserved answer, Nj. 180.
    IV. with prepp.; taka af hesti, to take (the saddle) off a horse, Nj. 4, 179; taka af sér ópit, to cease weeping, Ölk. 35; taka skriðinn af skipinu, Fms. ii. 305; taka e-t af, to abolish, vii. 1, x. 152, Ísl. ii. 258:—taka á e-u, to touch (á-tak), Nj. 118; þegar sem nær þeim er komit ok á þeim tekit, Stj. 76; sá er tekr fyrst á funa, Gm.; þat er ok, áðr þeir taki á dómum sinum ( ere they deliver sentence), at þeir skolu eið vinna áðr, Grág. i. 64; taka vel, auðvelliga, lítt, ekki vel, ílla … á e-u, to take a thing so and so, take it well, in good part, ill, in ill part, etc., Ld. 50, 248, Fms. xi. 124, Nj. 206, 265; Gunnarr talaði fátt um ok tók á öngu úlíkliga, 40; tak glaðan á ( cheerfully) við konunginn, Fms. xi. 112; þeir höfðu sagt hversu hann hafði á tekit þeim feðgum, Rd. 284; Leifr tekr á þessu eigi mjök, Fb. ii. 397; tók Börkr (á) því seinliga, Eb. 15 new Ed.:—taka eptir, to notice, observe, Sturl. i. 2 (eptir-tekt):—taka móti, to withstand, resist, Nj. 261, Fms. ix. 307, 513 (mót-tak):—taka með, to reserve, accept, iv. 340, xi. 427 (með-taka): taka við, hann tókþar ok við mörg önnur dæmi, bæði konunga æfi, he tacked to it many records, the lives of kings, etc., Ó. H. (pref.): this isolated phrase has led editors (but wrongly) to substitute hann ‘jók’ þar við:—taka aptr, to take back, render void, undo, Bs. i. 631, Nj. 191, Sks. 775; eigi má aptr taka unnit verk, a saying, Fms. ii. 11: to recall, unsay, mun ek þau orð eigi aptr taka, Ld. 42, Fms. ii. 253:—taka í, to pull off; taktu í hann, to pull his stocking off:—taka um, to take hold of, grasp, Eg. 410, Hkr. ii. 322:—taka upp, to pick up, assume; niðr at fella ok upp at taka, 625. 68, Eg. 23; taka upp borð, to put up the tables before a meal; tekr upp borð ok setr fyrir þá Butralda, Fbr. 37; vóru borð upp tekin um alla stofuna ok sett á vist, Eg. 551: but also to remove them after a meal (= taka borð ofan), 408, Hkr. ii. 192, Fms. i. 41, Orkn. 246 (see borð II); taka upp vist, to put food on the table, Vm. 168; taka upp bygð sína, to remove one’s abode, passim; taka upp, of a body, to take up, disinter, Hkr. ii. 388; taka upp, to seize on, confiscate, Nj. 73, 207, Ld. 38, Eg. 73; þeir tóku upp ( laid waste) þorp þat er heitir Tuma-þorp, Fms. i. 151; var þá tekin upp bygð Hrolleifs, Fs. 34; hón tekr þat mart upp er fjarri er mínum vilja, Nj. 6l; at þú gefir ró reiði ok takir þat upp er minnst vandræði standi af, 175; taka upp verknað, to take up work, Ld. 34; taka upp stærð, to take to pride, Fms. x. 108; halda upp-teknu efni, i. 263; taka upp sök, mál, to take up a case, Nj. 31, 71, 231: to interpret, eigi kann ek öðruvís at ráða þenna draum … glíkliga er upp tekit, Sturl. iii. 216; ok skal svá upp taka ‘síks glóð,’ þat er ‘gull,’ Edda 127; kvæði, ef þau eru rétt kveðin ok skynsamliga upp tekin, Hkr. (pref.); tók hann svá upp, at honum væri eigi úhætt, Fms. ix. 424; drykk ok vistir svá sem skipit tók upp, as the ship could take, iv. 92; er þat skip mikit, ok mun þat taka oss upp alla, Nj. 259; þat hjóna er meira lagði til félags skal meira upp taka, Gþl. 220; þótti þeim í hönd falla at taka upp land þetta hjá sér sjálfum, Ld. 210; skal sá sem at Kálfafelli býr taka upp vatn at sínum hlut, Vm. 168; taka upp giptu hjá Dana-konungi, Fms. xi. 426; taka upp goðorð, Nj. 151, 168, Grág. i. 24; taka upp þing. Ann. 1304 ( to restore); tókusk þá upp lög ok landsréttr, Fs. 27; taka upp vanda, Fms. vii. 280:—taka til, to take to; hefna svá at ekki fýsi annan slík firn til at taka, 655 xiii. A. 3; tóku margir þá til at níða hann, Bs. i; taka til ráða, ráðs, bragðs, Nj. 19, 75, 124; hann tók til ráða skjótt, 19; enn þó munu vér þat bragðs taka, 199; hvat skal nú til ráða taka, 124; ef hann tekr nökkut íllt til, 26; hverja úhæfu er hann tekr til, Fms. xi. 253; taka til máls, to take to talking, Nj. 16, 71; taka til orðs, or orða, 122, 230, 264; hann tók nú til at segja söguna, to take to telling a story; taka til varnar, to begin the defence, Grág. i. 60, Nj. 271; nú er þar til at taka, at …, 74; er blót tóku til, Landn. 111; þá tók til ríki Svía-konungs, Fms. iv. 118; um Slésvík þar sem Dana-ríki tók til, xi. 417: to concern, þat mun taka til yðar, Hom. 150; þetta mál er til konungs tók, Fms. xi. 105; láta til sín taka, to let it concern oneself, meddle with, Band. 23 new Ed.; Gísl lét fátt til sín taka, Fms. vii. 30; vil ek nú biðja þik at þú létir ekki til þín taka um tal várt, Nj. 184: to have recourse to, þú tekr eigi til þeirra liðsinnis ef ekki þarf, Fms. vii. 17, Grág. i. 41; taka til segls, Eg. 573, Fms. ix. 22; taka til sunds, 24; taka til e-s, to note, mark, with dislike:—taka undir, to take under a thing; hann tók undir kverkina, took her by the chin, Nj. 2; þá tók Egill undir höfða-hlut Skalla-grími, Eg. 398: to undertake, þat mál er þeir skyldi sjálfir undir taka, Hkr. i. 266; þá skal hann taka undir þá sömu þjónostu, Ó. H. 120: to back, second, hann kvaðsk ekki mundu taka undir vandræði þeirra, Nj. 182; undir þann kviðling tók Rúnolfr goði, ok sótti Hjalta um goðgá, Bs. i. 17: ek mun taka undir með þér ok styðja málit, Fms. xi. 53; hann tók ekki undir þat ráð, Fb. ii. 511; þau tóku undir þetta léttliga, seconded it readily, Ld. 150; hann tók seinliga undir, Nj. 217; hann hafði heyrt tal þeirra ok tók undir þegar, ok kvað ekki saka, Ld. 192: göra tilraun hversu þér tækit undir þetta, Fb. i. 129: to echo, blésu herblástr svá at fjöllin tóku undir, Fas. i. 505; taka undir söng, to accompany singing:—taka við, to receive; nú tóktú svá við sverði þessu, Fms. i. 15; siðan hljópu menn hans, enn hann túk við þeim, 105; jörð tekr við öldri, Hm.; til þess er akkerit tók við, grappled, took hold, Dan. holde igen, Fms. x. 135. v. l.; þar til er sjár tók við honum, Edda 153 (pref.); taka við ríki, Eg. 241, Fms. i. 7; taka við trú, Nj. 158, 159; taka við handsölum á e-u, 257; ef maðr görr við at taka við dæmdum úmaga, Grág. i. 258; taka vel við e-m, to receive well, Nj. 5; ekki torleiði tekr við yðr, no obstacle stops you, Al. 120; þeir tóku við vel ok vörðusk, made a bold resistance, Fms. i. 104; eggjuðu sumir at við skyldi taka, vii. 283; at þeir skyldi verja landit, en þeir vildu eigi við taka, xi. 386; ganga fram á mel nökkurn, ok segir Hrútr at þeir mundu þar við taka, Ld. 62; þar stóð steinn einn mikill, þar bað Kjartan þá við taka, 220; seg þú æfi-sögu þína, Ásmundr, en þá skal Egill við taka, tell thy life’s tale, Asmund, and then shall Egil take his turn, Fas. iii. 374; tók við hvárr af öðrum, one took up where the other left off:—taka yfir, hann vildi eigi til ráða nema hann ætlaði at yfir tæki, Fms. iv. 174; þeir munu allt til vinna, at yfir taki með oss, Nj. 198; at eyrendi þeirra skyldi eigi lyktuð né yfir tekin, Fms. iv. 224.
    V. to take to, begin:
    1. with infin., tóku menn at binda sár sín, Eg. 93; hann tók at yrkja þegar er hann var ungr, 685; hans afli tók at vaxa, Fms. viii. 47; á þeim veg er ek tæka ganga, Sks. 3; taka at birtask, 568; tekr at dimma, birta … rigna, it gets dim, takes to darken … rain; allt þat er hann tekr at henda, Nj. 5; þá tók at lægja veðrit, 124; tók þá at morna, 131; tók þá at nátta, Fms. ix. 54; kvölda tekr = Lat. vesperascit, Luke xxiv. 29.
    2. in other phrases, taka á rás, to take to running, to run, Nj. 253, Eg. 216, 220, Eb. 62 (hófu á rás, 67 new Ed.), Hrafn. 7: ellipt., tók bogmaðr ok hans menn á land upp undan, they took to the inland and escaped, Fms. ix. 275; tók hann þegar upp um brú, viii. 169; svá íllt sem nú er frá at taka (to escape, shun), þá mun þó síðarr verr, Fs. 55; taka flótta, to take to flight, Hm. 30; Eirekr tók út ór stofunni, took out of the room, ran out, Sturl. ii. 64; þeir tóku út eitt veðr allir, stood out to sea with the same wind, Fb. ii. 243.
    VI. with dat., to take to, receive (perh. ellipt. for taka við- e-u); jarl tók vel sendi-mönnum ok vináttu-málum konungs, Fms. i. 53; konungr tók honum vel ok blíðliga, vii. 197; tekit mundu vér hafa kveðju þinni þóttú hefðir oss fyrri fagnat, Ld. 34; Grímr tók því seinliga, Eg. 764; Sigurðr tók því máli vel, 38, Fms. x. 2; konungr tók þá vel orðum Þórólfs, Eg. 44; hann tók því þakksamliga, Fms. i. 21; taka vel þeirra eyrendum, x. 33; Barði tók þessu vel, Ld. 236; Hákon tók því seinliga, Fms. i. 74; eigi mun konungr taka því þótt slík lygi sé upp borin fyrir hann, Eg. 59; tók Brynjólfr þá sættum fyrir Björn, 168; Njáll átti hlut at, at þeir skyldi taka sættum, Nj. 120; taka handsölum á fé, 257; taka heimildum á e-u, Fms. x. 45; taka fari, Grág. ii. 399, Nj. 111, 258 (see far); taka bóli, to take a farm (on lease), Gþl. 328, 354; mun ek máli taka fyrir alla Íslenzka menn þá er á skipi eru, speak for them, Bs. i. 421.
    VII. impers. it is taken; hann brá upp hendinni ok tók hana af honum ok höfuðit af konunginum, Nj. 275; ok tók af nasarnar, Fms. x. 135, v. l.; þá tók af veðrit (acc.), the weather ‘took up’ (as is said in North of England), the storm abated. Fas. i. 157; svá at þar tæki af vega alla, all roads were stopped, Fms, iii. 122; af þeim tók málit ok görask úfærir, Fas. ii. 549; kom á höndina fyrir ofan úlflið svá at af tók, Nj. 84; kom á fótinn svá at af tók, 123; þá tók efa af mörgum manni, Fms. iii. 8; sýnina tekr frá e-m, to become blind, x. 339; undan kúnni tók nyt alla, Eb. 316; jafnskjótt tók ór verkinn allan, Fms. iv. 369; tók út skip Þangbrands ór Hitará, she drifted out, Bs. i. 15; í þat mund dags er út tók eykðina, when the time of ‘eykð’ was nearly passed, Fms. xi. 136; um várit er sumar-hita tók, when the summer heat set in, Fs. 67; réru svá skjótt at ekki tók (viz. þá) á vatni, Fms. vii. 344.
    2. as a naut. term, to clear, weather a point; veðr var litið ok tók þeim skamt frá landi, the weather was still, and they kept close in shore, Fms. vi. 190: hence the mod. naut. phrase, e-m tekr, to clear, weather; mér tók fyrir nesit, I cleared, weathered the ness; vindr þver, svo að þeim tekr ekki.
    3. þar er eigi of tekr torf eðr grjót, where neither is at hand, Grág. ii. 262; þau dæmi tekr til þessa máls, the proofs of this are, that when …, Hom. 127.
    B. Reflex., takask mikit á hendr, to take much in hand, Band. 3, Nj. 228, Fms. i. 159; tókumk ek þat á hendr, xi. 104; láta af takask, to let oneself be deprived of, Eg. 296; takask e-n á hendr.
    2. to be brought about, take effect, succeed; cp. þykkir mikit í hættu hversu þér teksk, Ld. 310; þat tóksk honum, he succeeded, Bárð. 167; tekst þá tveir vilja, it succeeds when two will, i. e. joint efforts prevail, a saying:—takask til, to happen; Ásgrími tóksk svá til (it so happened to A.), sem sjaldan var vant, at vörn var í máii hans, Nj. 92; ef svá vill til takask. Fas. i. 251; svá erviðliga sem þeim hafði til tekizk at herja á þá feðga, Fms. i. 184; mér hefir úgiptuliga tekizk, Ld. 252; þætti mér allmiklu máli skipta at þér tækisk stórmannliga, that thou wouldst behave generously, Hkr. ii. 32; hefir þetta svá tekizk sem ván var at, er hann var barn at aldri, 268.
    3. to take place, begin; tóksk orrosta, Nj. 8; teksk þar orrosta, 122; ráð takask, of a marriage; en ef þá takask eigi ráðin, if the wedding takes not place then, Grág. i. 311; lýkr svá at ráðin skyldi takask, 99; ráð þau skyldi takask at öðru sumri, Eg. 26, Fms. x. 40: to be realised, hvatamaðr at þessi ferð skyldi takask, Ld. 240; síðan er mægð hafdi tekizk með þeim, since they had intermarried, Eg. 37; takask með þeim góðar ástir, they came to love one another much, of newly-married people, passim; féráns dómr teksk, Grág. i. 95; takask nú af heimboðin, to cease, Ld. 208; ok er allt mál at ættvíg þessi takisk af, 258.
    II. recipr., takask orðum, to speak to one another, Fms. xi. 13; ok er þeir tókusk at orðum, spurði hann …, Eg. 375; bræðr-synir takask arf eptir, entreat one another, Gþl. 241; ef menn takask fyrir árar eða þiljur, take from one another, 424: takask á, to wrestle, Bárð. 168; takask fangbrögðum, Ld. 252, Ísl. ii. 446: takask í hendr, to shake hands, Grág. i. 384, Nj. 3, 65.
    III. part. tekinn; vóru þá tekin ( stopped) öll borgar-hlið ok vegar allir, at Norðmönnum kæmi engi njósn, Fms. vi. 411: Steinþórr var til þess tekinn, at …, S. was particularly named as …, Eb. 32, 150; hann var til þess tekinn, at honum var verra til hjóna en öðrum mönnum, Grett. 70 new Ed. (cp. mod. usage, taka til e-s, to wonder at): lá hann ok var mjök tekinn, very ill, Sturl. i. 89: Álfhildr var þungliga tekin, ok gékk henni nær dauða, Fms. iv. 274; hann var mjök tekinn ok þyngdr af líkþrá, ii. 229; þú ert Ílla at tekin fyrir vanheilsu sakir, vii. 244; ú-tekin jörð, an untaken, unclaimed estate, Sturl. iii. 57, Gþl. 313.
    2. at af teknum þeim, except, Fms. x. 232; at af teknum úvinum sínum, 266, (Latinism.)

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  • 15 хващам

    1. (вземам с ръка) take, catch, catch hold of (за by)
    (внезапно) seize, snatch
    (топка и пр.) catch
    хващам главата си с ръце put o.'s hands to o.'s head
    хващам някого за ръка take s.o. by the hand
    хващам някого под ръка take s.o.'s arm
    хващам някого за гушата fly at s.o.'s throat
    хващам някого за яката collar s.o.
    хващам здраво get/take a good grip of/on; have a strong grip
    не хващай чашата, че е гореща don't touch the cup, it's too hot
    3. (ловя, залавям-лов, престъпник, болест) catch, get
    (престъпник и) lay hold of, lay hands on
    хващам на местопрестъплението catch/surprise in the act, catch red-handed, catch with the goods
    хващам в лъжа уч. sl. nail
    хващам в мрежата си прен. net
    без да ме хванат without getting caught
    хващам в грешка find out; detect in error, catch out in error
    6. (ловя, задържам) catch
    хващам корен take/strike root
    ключът не хваща the lock won't catch
    хващам ръжда, хващам кора crust over
    хващам каймак cream over
    7. (за прожектор и пр.) pick cut
    8. (някого за работа и пр.) rope in
    (наемам) hire, engage, employ the services of
    хванаха ме да държа реч I've been let in for a speech
    9. (побирам-за съд и пр.) hold, contain
    10. (започвам) begin, start, commence; set in
    тази година зимата хвана рано winter set in/began early this year
    той хвана да вика he started shouting, he set up a yell
    хващам работа begin work
    get a job
    не хваща работа he never sticks to a job
    11. (залавям се с) turn o.'s hand to
    каквото хване, добре го свършва whatever he turns his hand to he does well
    12. (прихващам, продавам на някаква цена) charge
    скъпо ми хващате брашното you are charging too much for the flour
    13. (за кибрит и пр.-възпламенява се) take fire
    (за оръжие) fire, go off
    не хващам miss fire
    15. (подействувам, правя впечатление) get, grip
    хващам вяра believe
    хващам гората escape to the forest; become a haidouk
    хващам пътя, хващам дългия set off; take to the road
    хващам кривия път go to the bad
    хващам място fill the bill; come in useful
    думите му хванаха място his words went home, his words worked
    не мога да му хвана края I can't make nead or tail of it
    хващам окото catch the eye
    (за жена) be an eyeful
    не ми хвана окото it didn't appeal to me, I didn't like/fancy it
    хващат ме нервите get nervous, get the jitters
    хващат ме дяволите get furious/mad, fly into a rage
    хваща ме ток get an electric shock
    хванало ме е слънцето I've got a touch of the sun
    хваща ме срам become/be ashamed
    не ме хваща сън I can't sleep, I can 't get a wink of sleep
    хваща ме виното the wine gets/goes (in)to my head
    16. take hold (за of) get hold of, take/get a grasp of
    хващаме се за ръце join hands
    17. (за растение) strike/take root
    хващам се за главата clutch o.'s head. прен. be
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    хва̀щам,
    гл.
    1. ( вземам с ръка) take, catch, catch hold of (за by); ( здраво) grip; ( сграбчвам) grasp; ( внезапно) seize, snatch; (грубо) grab; ( топка и пр.) catch; опитвам се да хвана catch at; \хващам главата си с ръце put o.’s hands to o.’s head; \хващам някого за гушата fly at s.o.’s throat; \хващам някого за яката collar s.o.; \хващам здраво grip/take a good grip of/on; have a strong grip; \хващам някого под ръка take s.o.’s arm;
    2. ( докосвам) touch;
    3. ( ловя, залавям ­ лов, престъпник, болест) catch, get; ( престъпник и пр.) lay hold of, lay hands on; \хващам в грешка find out; detect in error, catch out in error; \хващам в лъжа уч. sl. nail; \хващам в мрежата си прен. net; \хващам венерическа болест sl. cop a dose; \хващам на местопрестъплението catch/surprise in the act, catch red-handed, catch with the goods; ( престъпник) sl. nobble; \хващам някого неподготвен catch s.o. nodding/napping/bending/tripping/off their guard/at a bad time;
    4. ( пусната бримка) take/pick up;
    6. ( ловя, задържам) catch; (за ваксина) take; преждата не хваща боя the yarn won’t dye; \хващам каймак cream over; \хващам кора crust over; \хващам корен take/strike root; \хващам ръжда rust;
    7. (за прожектор и пр.) pick out;
    8. ( някого за работа и пр.) rope in; ( наемам) hire, engage, employ the services of;
    9. ( побирам ­ за съд и пр.) hold, contain;
    10. ( започвам) begin, start, commence; set in; не хваща работа he never sticks to a job;
    11. ( залавям се с) turn o.’s hand to; каквото хване, добре го свършва whatever he turns his hand to he does well;
    13. ( подействам, правя впечатление) get, grip; • думите му хванаха място his words went home, his words worked; не ме хваща сън I can’t sleep, I can’t get a wink of sleep; не ми хваща окото it didn’t appeal to me, I didn’t like/fancy it; не мога да му хвана края I can’t make head or tail of it; хванало ме е слънцето I’ve got a touch of the sun; хваща ме виното the wine gets/goes (in)to my head; хваща ме срам become/be ashamed; хваща ме ток get an electric shock; хваща ме хрема catch a cold (in the head); \хващам вяра believe; \хващам гората escape to the forest; become an outlaw; \хващам кривия път go to the bad; \хващам място fill the bill; come in useful; \хващам окото catch the eye; (за жена) be an eyeful; \хващам пътя set off; take to the road; hit the road; хващат ме дяволите get furious/mad, fly into a rage; хващат ме нервите get nervous, get the jitters;
    \хващам се 1. take hold (за of), get hold of, take/get a grasp of; опитвам да се хвана за grasp/catch at; хвани се за мене hold on to me; хващаме се за ръце join hands;
    2. (за растение) strike/take root; (за риба) bite;
    3. ( вярвам) разг. fall for it, be taken in; • няма да се хвана на лъжите ти I am not to be taken in by your lies; хванеш ли се на хорото, трябва да играеш in for a penny, in for a pound; if you dance you must pay the fiddler; you can’t back out; \хващам се в капана fall/walk into a trap/into the net; \хващам се в собствения си капан fall into o.’s own trap; the biter bit; \хващам се за главата clutch o.’s head, прен. be flabbergasted, (не знам какво да правя) be at o.’s wits end; \хващам се за дребни неща be over-particular; \хващам се за работа set to work; \хващам се за сламка clutch at a straw; \хващам се на бас make a bet; \хващам се на въдицата swallow the bait, rise to the bait; \хващам се на работа take a job; \хващам се на хорото join the dance; \хващам се с лоши другари keep bad company.
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    catch: хващам a cold - хващам настинка, хващам a mouse in a trap - хващам мишка в капан, I caught him stealing. - Хванах го да краде.; take: He took her by the hand. - Той я хвана за ръка., He was хващамn captive. - Toй беше хванат за заложник.; grasp (сграбчвам); grip (здраво); grab (сграбчвам); capture (улавям); get (залавям): хващам an electric shock - хваща ме ток; grapple ; gripe (при лов); net (в мрежа); strike (път); (за превозно средство): catch: хващам the bus - хващам автобуса; get (и радиостанция); hire (наемам за работа); (започвам): begin ; start ; set off - хващам пътя; take hold (се); get a grasp of (се)
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    1. (вземам с ръка) take, catch, catch hold of (за by) 2. (внезапно) seize, snatch 3. (грубо) grab 4. (докосвам) touch 5. (за ваксина) take 6. (за жена) be an eyeful 7. (за оръжие) fire, go off 8. (за прожектор и np.) pick cut 9. (за риба) bite 10. (започвам) begin, start, commence;set in 11. (здраво) grip 12. (ловя, задържам) catch 13. (ловя, залавям-лов, престъпник, болест) catch, get 14. (наемам) hire, engage, employ the services of 15. (някого за работа и np.) rope in 16. (побирам- за съд и np.) hold, contain 17. (превозно средство) take, catch;get 18. (престъпник и) lay hold of, lay hands on 19. (престъпник) sl. nobble 20. (пусната бримка) take/pick up 21. (радиостанция) get 22. (сграбчвам) grasp 23. (топка и np.) catch 24. (успявам да хвана) make 25. 1 (за кибрит и np.-възпламенява се) take fire 26. 1 (за растение) strike/take root 27. 1 (залавям се с) turn o.'s hand to 28. 1 (измамвам) catch 29. 1 (подействувам, правя впечатление) get, grip 30. 1 (прихващам 31. 1 take hold (за of) get hold of, take/get a grasp of 32. get а job 33. ХВАЩАМ ce 34. ХВАЩАМ в грешка find out;detect in error, catch out in error 35. ХВАЩАМ в лъжа уч. sl. nail 36. ХВАЩАМ в мрежата си прен. net 37. ХВАЩАМ вяра believe 38. ХВАЩАМ главата си с ръце put o.'s hands to o.'s head 39. ХВАЩАМ гората escape to the forest;become a haidouk 40. ХВАЩАМ здраво get/take a good grip of/on;have a strong grip 41. ХВАЩАМ каймак cream over 42. ХВАЩАМ корен take/strike root 43. ХВАЩАМ кривия път go to the bad 44. ХВАЩАМ място fill the bill;come in useful 45. ХВАЩАМ на местопрестъплението catch/surprise in the act, catch red-handed, catch with the goods 46. ХВАЩАМ някого за гушата fly at s.o.'s throat 47. ХВАЩАМ някого за ръка take s.o. by the hand 48. ХВАЩАМ някого за яката collar s.o. 49. ХВАЩАМ някого под ръка take s.o.'s arm 50. ХВАЩАМ окото catch the eye 51. ХВАЩАМ пътя, ХВАЩАМ дългия set off;take to the road 52. ХВАЩАМ работа begin work 53. ХВАЩАМ ръжда, ХВАЩАМ кора crust over 54. ХВАЩАМ се за главата clutch o.'s head. прен. be 55. ХВАЩАМЕ се за ръце join hands 56. без да ме хванат without getting caught 57. думите му хванаха място his words went home, his words worked 58. каквото хване, добре го свършва whatever he turns his hand to he does well 59. ключът не хваща the lock won't catch 60. мене не можеш да хванеш you won't catch me 61. не ХВАЩАМmiss fire 62. не ме хваща сън I can't sleep, I can 't get a wink of sleep 63. не ми хвана окото it didn't appeal to me, I didn't like/fancy it 64. не мога да му хвана края I can't make nead or tail of it 65. не хваща работа he never sticks to a job 66. не хващай чашата, че е гореща don't touch the cup, it's too hot 67. опитвам се да хвана catch at 68. оттам да се хвана за grasp/catch at 69. преждата не хваща боя the yarn won't dye 70. продавам на някаква цена) charge 71. само да те хвана (като вършиш нещо) let me catch you at it 72. скъпо ми хващате брашното you are charging too much for the flour 73. тази година зимата хвана рано winter set in/began early this year 74. този инструмент не хваща that tool has no nip 75. той хвана да вика he started shouting, he set up a yell 76. хвана ме скука I got bored 77. хванало ме е слънцето I've got a touch of the sun 78. хванаха ме да държа реч I've been let in for a speech 79. хванахте ли лимонадите? (към келнер) did you include the lemonades? 80. хвани се за мене hold on to me 81. хваща ме виното the wine gets/goes (in)to my head 82. хваща ме срам become/be ashamed 83. хваща ме ток get an electric shock 84. хваща ме хрома catch a cold (in the head) 85. хващат ме в грешка be caught nodding 86. хващат ме дяволите get furious/mad, fly into a rage 87. хващат ме нервите get nervous, get the jitters

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  • 16 pubblico

    (pl -ci) 1. adj public
    Pubblico Ministero public prosecutor
    2. m public
    ( spettatori) audience
    in pubblico in public
    * * *
    pubblico agg.
    1 public; ( statale) state (attr.); ( civile) civil: opinione, salute, vita pubblica, public opinion, health, life; servizi pubblici, public services; lavori pubblici, public works; istruzione pubblica, state education; scuola pubblica, state (o maintained) school; biblioteca pubblica, public library; giardini pubblici, public gardens; forza pubblica, police force (o civil police); nemico pubblico, public enemy; pubblico funzionario, civil servant; pubblico ufficiale, public officer (o civil servant); pubblico notaio, notary public; pubblico banditore, (public) auctioneer; pubblico registro, registry; spese pubbliche, public expenses: a spese pubbliche, at public expense; bilancio pubblico, national budget; debito pubblico, national (o public) debt; amministrazione pubblica, public authority (o civil service); questione d'interesse pubblico, public matter, ( d'importanza nazionale) matter of national importance; pubbliche relazioni, public relations; lavorare per il bene pubblico, to work for the common good // atto pubblico, deed under seal; diritto pubblico, public law
    2 ( noto a tutti, fatto davanti a tutti) public: le conferenze sono pubbliche, the lectures are public; fare una pubblica confessione, protesta, to make a public confession, protest; tenere una pubblica riunione, to hold (o to have) an open (o public) meeting; bisogna fare qualcosa prima che la notizia diventi di pubblico dominio, something must be done before the news becomes public // rendere pubblico, to make public (o to broadcast) // personaggio pubblico, public personality
    ◆ s.m.
    1 public: il pubblico dei lettori, the reading public; i gusti del pubblico, the tastes of the public; l'opinione del pubblico, public opinion; un giardino aperto al pubblico, a garden open to the public; il pubblico non è ammesso, the public is (o are) not admitted; il pubblico è pregato di..., the public is (o are) requested to... // in pubblico, in public: mettere in pubblico, to make public (o to broadcast o to reveal o to disclose)
    2 (di teatro, concerto, conferenza ecc.) audience: il pubblico ha applaudito gli attori, the audience applauded the actors; parlare a un pubblico numeroso, to speak to a large audience; al concerto c'è stata una grande affluenza di pubblico, the concert was very well attended // indagine sul pubblico, audience research // pubblico prigioniero, ( di messaggi pubblicitari) captive audience
    3 ( sfera pubblica) public life: separare il pubblico dal privato, to separate public life from private life.
    * * *
    ['pubbliko] pubblico -a, -ci, -che
    1. agg
    (gen) public, (statale: scuola) state attr

    un pubblico esercizio — a catering (o hotel o entertainment) business

    ministero della Pubblica Istruzione — Department for Education Brit, Department of Health, Education and Welfare Am

    2. sm
    (gen) public, (spettatori) Cine, Teatro audience, public, (di partita) spectators pl
    * * *
    I 1.
    pl. -ci, - che ['pubbliko, tʃi, ke] aggettivo
    1) (statale) [ scuola] public, state attrib.; [ azienda] state-owned; [ ospedale] state-run; [ debito] national, public
    2) (della collettività) [opinione, pericolo, nemico] public
    2.
    sostantivo maschile
    II
    pl. -ci ['pubbliko, tʃi] sostantivo maschile
    1) (gente) public

    portare qcs. a conoscenza del pubblico — to make sth. public audience, spectators pl.; (ascoltatori) audience, listeners pl.

    4) in pubblico [parlare, esibirsi] in public
    * * *
    pubblico1
    pl. -ci, - che /'pubbliko, t∫i, ke/
     1 (statale) [ scuola] public, state attrib.; [ azienda] state-owned; [ ospedale] state-run; [ debito] national, public; servizio pubblico public service o utility
     2 (della collettività) [ opinione, pericolo, nemico] public
     3 (accessibile a tutti) [ luogo] public; diventare di dominio pubblico to fall in the public domain; rendere pubblico to release
      il pubblico e il privato the public and the private sectors
    - a amministrazione civil service; - che relazioni public relations.
    ————————
    pubblico2
    pl. -ci /'pubbliko, t∫i/
    sostantivo m.
     1 (gente) public; aperto al pubblico open to the public; portare qcs. a conoscenza del pubblico to make sth. public audience, spectators pl.; (ascoltatori) audience, listeners pl.; uno spettacolo che piace al grande pubblico a very popular show
     3 (seguito) avere un proprio pubblico to have a following; deludere il proprio pubblico to disappoint one's public
     4 in pubblico [parlare, esibirsi] in public.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > pubblico

  • 17 Beute

    f; -, kein Pl.
    1. booty; (Diebesbeute) auch loot, haul; (Kriegsbeute) spoils Pl. of war; jemandem zur Beute fallen fall into the hands of s.o., fig. fall victim to s.o.; reiche oder fette Beute machen make a big haul
    2. von Tieren: prey, quarry; auf Beute ausgehen go out hunting, go on a foray; Beute schlagen capture ( oder catch) prey
    3. fig. (Opfer) prey (+ Gen to), victim (of); reiche oder fette Beute auch fig. rich pickings; ( eine) leichte Beute a sitting duck ( oder target), easy prey
    4. Jagd: bag
    * * *
    die Beute
    prize; prey; booty; quarry; accession; acquisition; capture; loot; swag; asset
    * * *
    Beu|te I ['bɔytə]
    f -,
    no pl
    1) (=Kriegsbeute auch fig hum) spoils pl, booty, loot no indef art; (= Diebesbeute) haul, loot (inf); (von Raubtieren etc) prey; (getötete) kill; (= Jagdbeute) bag; (beim Fischen) catch

    reiche or fette Béúte machen — to capture a lot of booty/make a good haul/a good kill/get a good bag/a good catch

    ohne Béúte (Hunt, fig) — empty-handed

    2) (liter = Opfer) prey

    eine leichte Béúte — easy prey

    jdm/einer Sache zur Béúte fallen (liter) — to fall (a) prey to sb/sth

    II
    f -, -n
    (= Bienenkasten) (bee)hive
    * * *
    die
    1) (something caught: A kangaroo was his most recent capture.) captive
    2) (something which is stolen: The thieves got away with a lot of loot.) loot
    3) (the things stolen: They ran off with their plunder.) plunder
    4) (a bird or animal, birds or animals, that is/are hunted by other birds or animals for food: The lion tore at its prey.) prey
    5) (someone or something that is hunted, chased or eagerly looked for.) quarry
    * * *
    Beu·te
    <->
    [ˈbɔytə]
    1. (Jagdbeute) prey
    ohne \Beute without a bag
    2. (erbeutete Dinge) haul, swag sl
    eine reiche/lohnende \Beute a big/worthwhile haul
    [fette/dicke/reiche] \Beute machen to make a [big] haul
    3. (geh: Opfer) prey fig, victim fig
    eine leichte \Beute [an] easy prey
    * * *
    die; Beute, Beuten
    1) (Gestohlenes) haul; loot no indef. art.; (KriegsBeute) booty; spoils pl.
    2) (eines Tiers) prey; (eines Jägers) bag

    [seine] Beute schlagen — catch its prey

    3) (geh.): (Opfer) prey (+ Gen. to)

    eine Beute der Flammen werden — be consumed by the flames

    * * *
    Beute f; -, kein pl
    1. booty; (Diebesbeute) auch loot, haul; (Kriegsbeute) spoils pl of war;
    jemandem zur Beute fallen fall into the hands of sb, fig fall victim to sb;
    fette Beute machen make a big haul
    2. von Tieren: prey, quarry;
    auf Beute ausgehen go out hunting, go on a foray;
    Beute schlagen capture ( oder catch) prey
    3. fig (Opfer) prey (+gen to), victim (of);
    fette Beute auch fig rich pickings;
    (eine) leichte Beute a sitting duck ( oder target), easy prey
    4. Jagd: bag
    * * *
    die; Beute, Beuten
    1) (Gestohlenes) haul; loot no indef. art.; (KriegsBeute) booty; spoils pl.

    [seine] Beute schlagen — catch its prey

    3) (geh.): (Opfer) prey (+ Gen. to)
    * * *
    -n f.
    booties n.
    booty n.
    prey n.
    quarry n.
    swag n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Beute

  • 18 festhalten

    (unreg., trennb., hat -ge-)
    I v/t
    1. hold onto; (stützen) hold; (packen) hold tight, grasp firmly; jemanden am Arm festhalten hold onto ( oder grasp) s.o.’s arm, grasp s.o. by the arm; etw. mit den Zähnen festhalten hold ( oder grip) s.th. with one’s teeth
    2. (Verdächtigen) hold, detain
    3. (jemanden) (zurückhalten) stop; (aufhalten) detain, hold up; (einreden auf) buttonhole
    4. (Brief etc.) withhold, hold back
    5. fig. (jemandes Blick) catch
    6. fig. in Wort, Ton: record; bes. Szene, Stimmung: capture; etw. mit der Kamera festhalten capture s.th. on film; etw. schriftlich festhalten put s.th. down in writing; das wollen wir mal festhalten let’s get that straight ( oder make that clear), let there be no doubt about that; ( nur) um das mal festzuhalten... just for the record...
    II v/i fig.: festhalten an (+ Dat) stick to, cling to; das Festhalten an Traditionen continued adherence ( stärker: clinging) to traditions
    III v/refl: sich festhalten (an + Dat) hold on(to); sich ( krampfhaft) festhalten an (+ Dat) clutch (at); auch fig. cling to; halt dich fest! hold on, hold tight; umg. fig. brace yourself (while I tell you this)
    * * *
    das Festhalten
    holding; adherence; tenacity; conventionalism
    * * *
    fẹst|hal|ten sep
    1. vt
    1) (= nicht loslassen) to keep a firm hold on, to keep hold of, to hold on to

    jdn am Arm/Rockzipfel festhalten — to hold on to sb's arm/the hem of sb's coat

    2) (= bemerken) to stress, to emphasize
    3) (= inhaftieren) to hold, to detain
    4) (= speichern) to record; Atmosphäre etc to capture
    2. vi

    festhalten — to hold or stick (inf) to sth

    3. vr
    to hold on ( an +dat to)
    * * *
    1) ((often with to) to hold: Hang on to that rope.) hang on
    3) (to keep (a person) in some place or in one's power: The police are holding a man for questioning in connection with the murder; He was held captive.) hold
    4) ((with to) to force (a person) to do something he has promised to do: I intend to hold him to his promises.) hold
    5) ((often with to) to keep (a grip on) (something): She held on to me to stop herself slipping; I couldn't hold on any longer, so I let go of the rope.) hold on
    * * *
    fest|hal·ten
    I. vt
    1. (fest ergreifen)
    ▪ jdn [an etw dat] \festhalten to grab [or seize] sb [by sth]
    er hielt sie am Ärmel fest he grabbed her by the sleeve
    ▪ jdn \festhalten to detain [or hold] sb
    ▪ \festhalten, dass... to record the fact that...
    ▪ etw \festhalten to record [or make a note of] sth
    diesen Punkt sollten wir unbedingt \festhalten we should certainly make a note of this point
    II. vi
    ▪ an etw dat \festhalten to adhere [or stick] to sth
    hartnäckig an etw dat \festhalten to stubbornly cling to sth
    III. vr
    ▪ sich akk [an jdm/etw] \festhalten to hold on [to sb/sth]
    * * *
    1.
    unregelmäßiges transitives Verb
    1) (halten, packen) hold on to
    2) (nicht weiterleiten) withhold < letter, parcel, etc.>
    3) (verhaftet haben) hold, detain < suspect>
    4) (aufzeichnen, fixieren) record; capture
    5) (konstatieren) record
    2.

    sich an jemandem/etwas festhalten — hold on to somebody/something

    halt dich fest! — hold tight!; (fig. ugs.) brace yourself!

    3.
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

    an jemandem/etwas festhalten — stand by somebody/something

    * * *
    festhalten (irr, trennb, hat -ge-)
    A. v/t
    1. hold onto; (stützen) hold; (packen) hold tight, grasp firmly;
    jemanden am Arm festhalten hold onto ( oder grasp) sb’s arm, grasp sb by the arm;
    etwas mit den Zähnen festhalten hold ( oder grip) sth with one’s teeth
    2. (Verdächtigen) hold, detain
    3. (jemanden) (zurückhalten) stop; (aufhalten) detain, hold up; (einreden auf) buttonhole
    4. (Brief etc) withhold, hold back
    5. fig (jemandes Blick) catch
    6. fig in Wort, Ton: record; besonders Szene, Stimmung: capture;
    etwas mit der Kamera festhalten capture sth on film;
    etwas schriftlich festhalten put sth down in writing;
    das wollen wir mal festhalten let’s get that straight ( oder make that clear), let there be no doubt about that;
    (nur) um das mal festzuhalten … just for the record …
    B. v/i fig:
    festhalten an (+dat) stick to, cling to;
    das Festhalten an Traditionen continued adherence ( stärker: clinging) to traditions
    C. v/r:
    an +dat) hold on(to);
    sich (krampfhaft) festhalten an (+dat) clutch (at); auch fig cling to;
    halt dich fest! hold on, hold tight; umg fig brace yourself (while I tell you this)
    * * *
    1.
    unregelmäßiges transitives Verb
    1) (halten, packen) hold on to
    2) (nicht weiterleiten) withhold <letter, parcel, etc.>
    3) (verhaftet haben) hold, detain < suspect>
    4) (aufzeichnen, fixieren) record; capture
    5) (konstatieren) record
    2.
    unregelmäßiges reflexives Verb (sich anklammern)

    sich an jemandem/etwas festhalten — hold on to somebody/something

    halt dich fest! — hold tight!; (fig. ugs.) brace yourself!

    3.
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

    an jemandem/etwas festhalten — stand by somebody/something

    * * *
    n.
    adherence n.
    conventionalism n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > festhalten

  • 19 escuchar

    v.
    1 to listen to (sonido).
    Lisa escucha música rock Lisa listens to rock music.
    Lisa escucha atentamente Lisa listens attentively.
    2 to listen to, to heed (consejo, aviso).
    nunca escucha mis consejos he never listens to my advice
    tú nunca me escuchas you never listen to me
    escúchame, eso que quieres es imposible listen, what you want is impossible
    3 to hear.
    Escuché cantar I heard singing.
    * * *
    1 to listen to (oír) to hear
    2 (atender) to listen to, pay attention to
    1 to speak in an affected way
    * * *
    verb
    2) hear
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [con atención] [+ música, palabras] to listen to; [+ consejo] to listen to, pay attention to, heed
    2) esp LAm (=oír) to hear

    se escucha muy mal — (Telec) it's a very bad line o (EEUU) connection

    2.
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( prestar atención) < música> to listen to
    b) (esp AmL) ( oír) to hear
    2.
    escuchar vi to listen
    3.
    escucharse v pron (refl)
    * * *
    = hear, listen (to), hark(en) to, play, give + an ear to, lend + an ear, hearken to.
    Ex. When the correctly scanned number appears on the screen, the keyboard clicks so that the user can both see the number on the screen and hear that is has been read correctly.
    Ex. Only through listening to words in print being spoken does anyone discover their color, their life, their movement and drama.
    Ex. As he drove to the library, he harkened to those busy inner voices filling his mind with ominous portents.
    Ex. In another style of lesson, the book is approached through film clips, dramatizations on TV, or played on records or tapes made commercially.
    Ex. Once a willing ear is given to the suggestions and complaints, then morale will increase, as will production.
    Ex. Secondly, the teacher should just ' lend an ear' and not actively take part in the discussion.
    Ex. Let us hearken to the melody which will stir the world of humanity, so that the people may be transformed with joy.
    ----
    * al escuchar = at the sound of.
    * capacidad de escuchar = listening skills.
    * equipo para escuchar visitas grabadas = audio tour unit.
    * escuchar a escondidas = eavesdropping.
    * escuchar con una actitud abierta = lend + a sympathetic ear to.
    * escuchar la opinión de Alguien = hear + opinion.
    * escuchar la radio = listen to + the radio.
    * escuchar la voz de la conciencia = listen to + the voice within.
    * escuchar la voz de la experiencia = listen to + the voice of experience.
    * escuchar la voz de la razón = listen to + the voice of reason.
    * escuchar la voz interior = listen to + the voice within.
    * escuchar mal = mishearing.
    * escuchar secretamente = eavesdropping.
    * hacer que se + Pronombre + escuche = make + Posesivo + voice heard.
    * hacerse escuchar = make + Posesivo + voice heard.
    * mantenerse a la escucha = stay + tuned.
    * oído que escuche = receptive ear.
    * permanecer a la escucha = stay + tuned.
    * puesto de escucha = listening post.
    * que se puede escuchar = playable.
    * saber escuchar = listening skills, listening capacity.
    * todavía + poderse + escuchar los ecos de = echo + still resound from.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( prestar atención) < música> to listen to
    b) (esp AmL) ( oír) to hear
    2.
    escuchar vi to listen
    3.
    escucharse v pron (refl)
    * * *
    = hear, listen (to), hark(en) to, play, give + an ear to, lend + an ear, hearken to.

    Ex: When the correctly scanned number appears on the screen, the keyboard clicks so that the user can both see the number on the screen and hear that is has been read correctly.

    Ex: Only through listening to words in print being spoken does anyone discover their color, their life, their movement and drama.
    Ex: As he drove to the library, he harkened to those busy inner voices filling his mind with ominous portents.
    Ex: In another style of lesson, the book is approached through film clips, dramatizations on TV, or played on records or tapes made commercially.
    Ex: Once a willing ear is given to the suggestions and complaints, then morale will increase, as will production.
    Ex: Secondly, the teacher should just ' lend an ear' and not actively take part in the discussion.
    Ex: Let us hearken to the melody which will stir the world of humanity, so that the people may be transformed with joy.
    * al escuchar = at the sound of.
    * capacidad de escuchar = listening skills.
    * equipo para escuchar visitas grabadas = audio tour unit.
    * escuchar a escondidas = eavesdropping.
    * escuchar con una actitud abierta = lend + a sympathetic ear to.
    * escuchar la opinión de Alguien = hear + opinion.
    * escuchar la radio = listen to + the radio.
    * escuchar la voz de la conciencia = listen to + the voice within.
    * escuchar la voz de la experiencia = listen to + the voice of experience.
    * escuchar la voz de la razón = listen to + the voice of reason.
    * escuchar la voz interior = listen to + the voice within.
    * escuchar mal = mishearing.
    * escuchar secretamente = eavesdropping.
    * hacer que se + Pronombre + escuche = make + Posesivo + voice heard.
    * hacerse escuchar = make + Posesivo + voice heard.
    * mantenerse a la escucha = stay + tuned.
    * oído que escuche = receptive ear.
    * permanecer a la escucha = stay + tuned.
    * puesto de escucha = listening post.
    * que se puede escuchar = playable.
    * saber escuchar = listening skills, listening capacity.
    * todavía + poderse + escuchar los ecos de = echo + still resound from.

    * * *
    escuchar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (prestar atención) ‹música› to listen to; ‹consejo/advertencia› to listen to
    no me escuchaba she wasn't listening to me
    es inútil, no te va a escuchar it's useless; she won't listen to you o take any notice of you o pay any attention to you
    2 ( esp AmL) (oír) to hear
    habla más fuerte que no te escucho speak up, I can hardly hear you
    ■ escuchar
    vi
    to listen
    escuchaba detrás de la puerta he was listening at the door
    ( refl):
    le encanta escucharse she loves the sound of her own voice
    * * *

     

    escuchar ( conjugate escuchar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( prestar atención) ‹música/persona› to listen to

    b) (esp AmL) ( oír) to hear

    verbo intransitivo
    to listen
    escuchar
    I verbo transitivo to listen to: ¿me estás escuchando?, are you listening to me? ➣ Ver nota en listen; (un consejo, una propuesta) to take: escuchó su consejo, he took her advice
    II verbo intransitivo to listen: no debes escuchar detrás de las puertas, you mustn't listen behind doors
    ' escuchar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    antena
    - atender
    - confesar
    - cotillear
    - lograr
    - atentamente
    - bien
    - oír
    - radio
    - saber
    English:
    detest
    - eavesdrop
    - effectively
    - hear
    - intently
    - listen
    - monitor
    - captive
    - hearing
    - listener
    - might
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [oír con atención] [sonido, radio, persona] to listen to
    2. [hacer caso a] [consejo, aviso] to listen to, to heed;
    [persona] to listen to;
    nunca escucha mis consejos he never listens to my advice;
    tú nunca me escuchas you never listen to me;
    escúchame, eso que tú quieres es imposible listen, what you want is impossible
    ♦ vi
    to listen
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 listen to
    2 L.Am. ( oír) hear
    II v/i listen
    * * *
    1) : to listen to
    2) : to hear
    : to listen
    * * *
    escuchar vb (con atención) to listen to

    Spanish-English dictionary > escuchar

  • 20 público

    adj.
    public, open, overt, communal.
    m.
    public, paying spectators, assistance, audience.
    * * *
    1 public
    1 (de un espectáculo) audience; (de televisión) audience, viewers plural
    \
    en público in public
    hacer público,-a (comunicado) to announce (publicly)
    ser del dominio público to be common knowledge
    ser un peligro público to be a public nuisance
    el gran público the general public
    opinión pública public opinion
    ————————
    1 (de un espectáculo) audience; (de televisión) audience, viewers plural
    * * *
    1. (f. - pública)
    adj.
    2. noun m.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=de los ciudadanos, del Estado) [transporte, teléfono, organismo, gasto] public

    • colegio público — state school

    • dinero público — public money, government funds pl

    • es un peligro público en la carretera — he is a danger to the public, he's a public menace on the roads *

    • la vía pública — the street, the public highway frm

    administración 1), deuda 2), opinión, sector
    2) (=no íntimo) [acto, escándalo] public

    • hacer algo público — to make sth public

    • su incompetencia fue pública y notoria — his incompetence was blatantly obvious o was plain for all to see

    relación 4)
    2. SM
    1) (=audiencia) (Mús, Teat) audience; (Dep, Taur) spectators pl, crowd; (TV) [en el plató] audience; [en casa] viewers pl, audience

    apta para todos los públicos — certificate U, G movie (EEUU)

    el estadio estaba lleno de público — the stadium was full of spectators, there was a big crowd in the stadium

    • en público — [actuar, hablar] in public; [actuación, presentación, aparición] public

    • el gran público — [gen] the general public

    público objetivo — (Com) target customers pl ; (TV) target audience

    2) (=seguidores)
    a) [de periódico, escritor] readers pl, readership
    b) [de cantante] fans pl
    3) [de oficina, banco, museo]

    horario de atención al público — [en bancos] hours of business; [en tiendas] opening hours

    * * *
    I
    adjetivo public
    II
    masculino ( en teatro) audience, public; (Dep) spectators (pl); ( de publicación) readership

    asistió poco público al partido — few people attended the game, there were few spectators at the game

    horario de atención al público — ( en oficinas públicas) opening hours; ( en bancos) hours of business

    la exposición está abierta al público — the exhibit (AmE) o (BrE) exhibition is open to the public

    película apta para todos los públicos or (CS) para todo público — `G' movie (AmE), `U' film (BrE)

    salir al público — (Andes) periódico/revista to come out, appear; noticia/información to be published

    * * *
    I
    adjetivo public
    II
    masculino ( en teatro) audience, public; (Dep) spectators (pl); ( de publicación) readership

    asistió poco público al partido — few people attended the game, there were few spectators at the game

    horario de atención al público — ( en oficinas públicas) opening hours; ( en bancos) hours of business

    la exposición está abierta al público — the exhibit (AmE) o (BrE) exhibition is open to the public

    película apta para todos los públicos or (CS) para todo público — `G' movie (AmE), `U' film (BrE)

    salir al público — (Andes) periódico/revista to come out, appear; noticia/información to be published

    * * *
    público1
    1 = audience, public.
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: Various publishers have reputations for specific styles, subject areas or works for specific audiences.

    Ex: There is no single public of library users; there are several publics.
    * abierto al público = open for public viewing.
    * accesible por el público en general = publicly accessible.
    * contacto con el público = public contact.
    * dedicado al público = public-oriented.
    * del público asistente = from the floor.
    * derecho sobre el préstamo al público (PLR) = public lending right (PLR).
    * dirigido al público = public-oriented.
    * disponible al público en general = publicly available.
    * dosiers de información para el público = self-help pack of information.
    * éxito de público = blockbuster.
    * horario de apertura al público = banking hours.
    * horario de atención al público = opening hours, hours of operation, banking hours.
    * mantenerse alejado de la mirada del público = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.
    * mostrador de atención al público = service desk, public service desk, service counter.
    * nivel del público = audience level.
    * no estar expuesto al público = be out of the public eye.
    * precio de venta al público = cover price, list price, listed price.
    * precio de venta al público (P.V.P.) = retail price.
    * público adulto = adult audience.
    * público al que va dirigido = intended audience, subject audience, target audience, targeted audience.
    * público en general = broader audience, broad audience, broad public, broader public.
    * público en general, el = general public, the.
    * público específico = niche audience.
    * público fiel = devoted audience.
    * público joven = young audience.
    * público obligado a escuchar = captive audience.
    * servir a un público de = serve + a population of.
    * tiempo durante el cual el ordenador no está disponible al público = down time.
    * venta directa al público = sale + over the counter.

    público2
    2 = public, publicly held.

    Ex: Data-capture units are light pens, and such units can be made available at various locations in the library for public consultation.

    Ex: The article 'Time to climb off the fence' discusses the policy concerning publicly held data both in the USA and Europe.
    * administración pública = public administration.
    * a juicio público = in the public eye.
    * a la opinión pública = in the public eye.
    * alteración del orden público = disorderly conduct, public order offence, breach of the peace.
    * alterar el orden público = breach + the peace, disturb + the peace.
    * alto cargo público = senior public official.
    * alumbrado público = street lighting.
    * ámbito público, el = public sector, the.
    * ante la opinión pública = in the public eye.
    * Archivo Británico de Documentos Públicos = British Public Record Office.
    * archivo de documentos públicos = record office.
    * asamblea pública = public meeting.
    * aseo público = public restroom.
    * asuntos públicos = public affairs.
    * auditor público = public auditor.
    * autoridad pública = senior public official.
    * azotamiento público = public whipping.
    * beneficio público = public interest.
    * biblioteca pública = public library, public library service.
    * bono de transporte público = travel card.
    * campaña de relaciones públicas = public relations campaign.
    * castigo público = public whipping.
    * concurso público = bidding, tender, tender procedure, tendering, tendering procedure, tendering process.
    * concurso público de licitación = competitive tendering.
    * con mucho público = well attended [well-attended].
    * convocatoria pública = tender, tender procedure, tendering, bid, tendering procedure, tendering process.
    * cultura pública = public culture.
    * debate público = public debate.
    * de carácter público = state-owned, government-owned, state-run, government-run, publicly owned [publicly-owned], publicly supported, publicly held.
    * derecho público = public law.
    * desorden público = public disorder.
    * de titularidad pública = government-owned, state-owned, state-run, government-run, publicly owned [publicly-owned], publicly supported.
    * dinero público = public tax money.
    * dinero público, el = public's dollars, the.
    * dirigente público = senior public official.
    * discurso público = public speech.
    * edificio público = municipal building, public building.
    * empresa de servicios públicos = utility company, public utility.
    * empresa pública = public firm.
    * encargado de relaciones públicas = public liaison.
    * enemigo público = public enemy.
    * enemigo público número uno = public enemy number one.
    * en público = publicly, in public.
    * escándalo público = public scandal.
    * esfera pública, la = public sphere, the.
    * espacio público = public area, commons.
    * espacio público común = commons.
    * fijar una nota en un sitio públ = post.
    * financiado con dinero público = publicly financed.
    * fuerzas del orden público = police force.
    * fundación de beneficiencia pública = public trust.
    * gasto público = government spending, government expenditure.
    * hablar en público = public speaking, speak in + public.
    * hacer público = make + public, proclaim, publicise [publicize, -USA], go + public, issue + statement.
    * hacerse público = go + live, go + public, come out in + the open.
    * huelga del transporte público = public transport strike.
    * imagen pública = public image.
    * indignación pública = public outrage.
    * influir en la opinión pública = influence + public opinion.
    * ingresos públicos provenientes del petróleo = oil revenues.
    * institución pública = public institution.
    * interés público = public interest.
    * jardín público = public garden.
    * lo público = publicness.
    * mantener el orden público = maintain + public order.
    * mercado público = public market.
    * módulo de catálogo de acceso público en línea = online public access catalogue module.
    * monumento público conmemorativo = public memorial.
    * notario público = notary.
    * NYPL (Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York) = NYPL (New York Public Library).
    * obras públicas = public works.
    * opinión pública, la = public mind, the.
    * ordenadores de uso público = PAWS (Public access workstations).
    * orden público = public order.
    * organismo de beneficiencia pública = public trust.
    * organismo público = public body.
    * organizar un acto público = organise + function.
    * parque público = public park.
    * pegar una nota en un sitio público = post.
    * peligro público = public danger.
    * personaje público = public figure.
    * poner una nota en un sitio público = post.
    * protesta pública = public protest.
    * relaciones públicas = public relations (PR), public liaison.
    * reunión pública = public meeting.
    * reyerta pública = affray.
    * sacar a concurso público = tender for, tender out.
    * sacar a convocatoria pública = tender for, tender out, bid.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios en público = air + dirty linen in public.
    * sector público, el = public sector, the.
    * seguridad pública = public safety.
    * servicio público = amenity, utility service.
    * sistema de transporte público = public transport system.
    * sistema de videotexto público = public viewdata system.
    * transporte local público = local public transport.
    * transporte público = public transportation.
    * transporte urbano público = local public transport.
    * turbar el orden público = disturb + the peace, breach + the peace.
    * uso público en la propia biblioteca = in-library use.
    * vereda pública = public footpath.
    * vida pública = public life.
    * zona pública = public area.

    * * *
    público1 -ca
    1 ‹transporte/teléfono/bienestar› public; ‹acto/lugar/establecimiento› public
    conduciendo es un peligro público he's a public menace o a danger to the public when he's behind the wheel
    2 (del Estado) ‹gasto/sector/organismo› public administración, deuda, etc
    3 (conocido por todos) ‹escándalo› public
    cuando hicieron pública la fecha when they announced the date, when they made the date public
    4 ‹vida› public
    (en un teatro) audience, public; ( Dep) spectators (pl)
    asistió muy poco público al partido very few people attended the game, there were very few spectators at the game
    se concentró gran cantidad de público frente al palacio a great crowd gathered in front of the palace
    [ S ] horario de atención al público (en oficinas públicas) opening hours; (en bancos) hours of business
    la exposición está abierta al público the exhibit ( AmE) o ( BrE) exhibition is open to the public
    películas aptas para todos los públicos or (CS) para todo público `G' movies ( AmE), `U' films ( BrE)
    la obra está pensada para un público joven the play is aimed at a young audience
    el público televidente or telespectador the (television) viewing public
    su público le ha permanecido fiel a través de los años her fans have remained loyal to her over the years
    el público en general the general public
    un programa para un público que quiere mantenerse informado a program for people who want to keep informed
    una revista para un público muy especializado a magazine aimed at a very specialized readership
    un libro de ordenadores escrito para el gran público a book on computers written for the layperson o non-specialist
    se pone muy nervioso cuando habla en público he gets very nervous when he has to speak in public
    no le gusta tocar el piano en público she doesn't like playing the piano in front of an audience
    salir al público ( Andes) «periódico/revista» to come out, appear, be published;
    «noticia/información» to be published
    * * *

     

    Del verbo publicar: ( conjugate publicar)

    publico es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    publicó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    publicar    
    público
    publicar ( conjugate publicar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹artículo/noticia› to publish


    público 1
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    public;
    hacer público algo to announce sth;
    es un peligro público he's a danger to the public
    público 2 sustantivo masculino ( en teatro) audience, public;

    (Dep) spectators (pl);
    ( on signs) horario de atención al público ( en oficinas públicas) opening hours;
    ( en bancos) hours of business;
    ◊ película apta para todo(s) (los) público(s) `G' movie (AmE), `U' film (BrE);

    el público en general the general public;
    en público ‹ hablar› in public;

    ‹cantar/bailar› in front of an audience;
    ◊ salir al público (Andes) [periódico/revista] to come out, appear;


    [noticia/información] to be published
    publicar verbo transitivo
    1 (libro, etc) to publish: publicó su primera novela, she published her first novel
    2 (divulgar) to publicize
    público,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 public
    hacer público algo, to announce sthg
    2 (de control estatal) public
    una biblioteca pública, a public library
    un colegio público, a state school
    una empresa pública, a state-owned company
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 public: el museo cierra al público los lunes, the museum closes to the public on Mondays
    una película para todos los públicos, a film suitable for the general public
    2 Cine Teat audience
    3 (en deporte) crowd, spectators pl
    4 (de publicaciones) readership
    ♦ Locuciones: en público, in public
    ser de dominio público, to be common knowledge
    ' público' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abarrotar
    - acto
    - afluencia
    - alteración
    - alumbrada
    - alumbrado
    - antro
    - atizar
    - audiencia
    - auditorio
    - cachondeo
    - colegio
    - concurrencia
    - conocer
    - consejo
    - conserje
    - desalojo
    - desarrollarse
    - desorden
    - dominio
    - electrizar
    - encantar
    - enmudecer
    - erario
    - expectante
    - farol
    - funcionaria
    - funcionario
    - galería
    - íntima
    - íntimo
    - mezclarse
    - opositor
    - opositora
    - parque
    - peligro
    - portera
    - portero
    - privada
    - privado
    - publicar
    - pública
    - PVP
    - reparo
    - revisor
    - revisora
    - sala
    - sector
    - sentenciar
    - sombra
    English:
    address
    - Amtrak
    - appear
    - appearance
    - applaud
    - appreciative
    - arouse
    - audience
    - boo
    - breach
    - break
    - cannon
    - clinic
    - coinbox
    - come on
    - crowd
    - curtail
    - declare
    - decree
    - disorder
    - disorderly
    - disturb
    - domain
    - general public
    - grip
    - hiss
    - hoot
    - lavatory
    - mainstream
    - menace
    - open
    - out
    - pay phone
    - phone-in
    - pitch
    - promenade concert
    - public
    - public convenience
    - public funds
    - publicize
    - purse
    - release
    - request
    - responsive
    - restricted
    - retail
    - retail price
    - roar
    - speaker
    - state
    * * *
    público, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [colegio, transporte, teléfono, servicio] public;
    en público in public;
    no le gusta hablar en público she doesn't like speaking in public;
    hacer algo público to make sth public;
    personaje público public figure;
    un acto público en honor al escritor fallecido a public ceremony in honour of the late writer;
    ese andamio es un peligro público that scaffolding is a danger to the public;
    eso es de dominio público that's public knowledge
    2. [del Estado] public;
    el sector público the public sector;
    un funcionario público a public sector worker
    3. [conocido] public;
    ser público to be common knowledge
    ♦ nm
    1. [en espectáculo] audience;
    [en encuentro deportivo] crowd;
    una película dirigida al público infantil a movie aimed at young audiences;
    para todos los públicos, CSur [m5] para todo público (suitable) for all ages;
    [película] Br ≈ U, US ≈ G;
    muy poco público asistió al encuentro very few people attended the game;
    tiene un público fiel she has a loyal following
    2. [comunidad] public;
    el gran público the (general) public;
    abierto al público open to the public
    * * *
    I adj public; escuela public, Br
    state;
    hacer público make public, announce;
    hacerse público become public o known
    II m public; TEA audience; DEP spectators pl, crowd;
    el gran público the general public;
    en público in public
    * * *
    público, -ca adj
    : public
    1) : public
    2) : audience, spectators pl
    * * *
    público1 adj
    1. (en general) public
    2. (del Estado) state
    1. (en general) public
    2. (en un cine, teatro, etc) audience
    3. (en un estadio, etc) crowd / spectators

    Spanish-English dictionary > público

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