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  • 1 adprehendo

    ap-prĕhendo ( adp-, Fleck., Baiter, Halm; app-, Kayser) ( poet. sometimes apprendo: adprendas, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9;

    apprensus,

    Tac. A. 4, 8; Stat. S. 3, 4, 43;

    apprendere,

    Sil. 13, 653), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold upon, to seize, take hold of (class., esp. in prose; syn.: prehendo, comprehendo, cupio, arripio, corripio).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Alterum alterā adprehendit eos manu,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 64, where Fleck. reads prehendit: Pone (me) apprendit pallio, * Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 23:

    adprehendens pallium suum,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 30:

    atomi aliae alias adprehendentes continuantur,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:

    adprehendit cornu altaris,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 28:

    vites sic claviculis adminicula tamquam manibus adprehendunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

    morsu,

    Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84:

    quantum adprehenderint tres digiti,

    Quint. 1, 2, 26.—So of seizing hold of the hand, or embracing the person:

    manum osculandi causā,

    Suet. Tib. 72 (prehendere manum is found in Cic. Quint. 31, and id. de Or. 1, 56, 240):

    manum adprehendere,

    Vulg. Gen. 19, 16; id. Isa. 41, 13; ib. Marc. 1, 31; ib. Act. 3, 7:

    quibus adprensis,

    Tac. A. 4, 8 al.:

    adprehensum deosculatur,

    Vulg. Prov. 7, 13.—Also in entreaty:

    conscientiā exter ritus adprehendit Caecilium, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 8.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of discourse:

    quidquid ego apprehenderam statim accusator extorquebat e manibus,

    whatever I had brought forward, alleged, Cic. Clu. 19, 52:

    nisi caute adprehenditur,

    is laid hold of, employed, Quint. 10, 2, 3.—
    2.
    To grasp with the mind, to understand, comprehend:

    passio apprehensa,

    Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 70; Tert. adv. Val. 11.—
    3.
    For complector, to embrace, include:

    casum testamento,

    Dig. 28, 2, 10:

    personam filii (sc. in stipulatione),

    ib. 45, 1, 56.—
    II.
    Esp., to seize, to take, or lay hold of, to apprehend:

    a militibus adprehensus,

    Gell. 5, 14, 26:

    furem adprehendere,

    Dig. 13, 7, 11:

    fugitivum,

    ib. 11, 4, 1.—Hence,
    A. * In milit.
    lang., to take possession of:

    adprehendere Hispanias,

    Cic. Att. 10, 8 init. (cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 112: Pharon prehendit); and in gen. to lay hold of, to get, secure, obtain (eccl. Lat.):

    adprehende vitam aeternam,

    Vulg. 1 Tim. 6, 12;

    6, 19: justitiam,

    righteousness, ib. Rom. 9, 30.—
    B.
    As med. t., of disease, to seize:

    Ubi libido veniet nauseae eumque adprehendit, decumbat etc.,

    Cato, R. R. 156, 4.—So in gen. of fear, pain, trouble (eccl. Lat.):

    tremor adprehendit eam,

    Vulg. Jer. 49, 24:

    dolor,

    ib. 2 Macc. 9, 5:

    angustia,

    ib. Jer. 50, 43:

    stupor,

    ib. Luc. 5, 26:

    tentatio,

    ib. 1 Cor. 10, 13.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adprehendo

  • 2 apprehendo

    ap-prĕhendo ( adp-, Fleck., Baiter, Halm; app-, Kayser) ( poet. sometimes apprendo: adprendas, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9;

    apprensus,

    Tac. A. 4, 8; Stat. S. 3, 4, 43;

    apprendere,

    Sil. 13, 653), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold upon, to seize, take hold of (class., esp. in prose; syn.: prehendo, comprehendo, cupio, arripio, corripio).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Alterum alterā adprehendit eos manu,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 64, where Fleck. reads prehendit: Pone (me) apprendit pallio, * Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 23:

    adprehendens pallium suum,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 30:

    atomi aliae alias adprehendentes continuantur,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:

    adprehendit cornu altaris,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 28:

    vites sic claviculis adminicula tamquam manibus adprehendunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

    morsu,

    Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84:

    quantum adprehenderint tres digiti,

    Quint. 1, 2, 26.—So of seizing hold of the hand, or embracing the person:

    manum osculandi causā,

    Suet. Tib. 72 (prehendere manum is found in Cic. Quint. 31, and id. de Or. 1, 56, 240):

    manum adprehendere,

    Vulg. Gen. 19, 16; id. Isa. 41, 13; ib. Marc. 1, 31; ib. Act. 3, 7:

    quibus adprensis,

    Tac. A. 4, 8 al.:

    adprehensum deosculatur,

    Vulg. Prov. 7, 13.—Also in entreaty:

    conscientiā exter ritus adprehendit Caecilium, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 8.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of discourse:

    quidquid ego apprehenderam statim accusator extorquebat e manibus,

    whatever I had brought forward, alleged, Cic. Clu. 19, 52:

    nisi caute adprehenditur,

    is laid hold of, employed, Quint. 10, 2, 3.—
    2.
    To grasp with the mind, to understand, comprehend:

    passio apprehensa,

    Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 70; Tert. adv. Val. 11.—
    3.
    For complector, to embrace, include:

    casum testamento,

    Dig. 28, 2, 10:

    personam filii (sc. in stipulatione),

    ib. 45, 1, 56.—
    II.
    Esp., to seize, to take, or lay hold of, to apprehend:

    a militibus adprehensus,

    Gell. 5, 14, 26:

    furem adprehendere,

    Dig. 13, 7, 11:

    fugitivum,

    ib. 11, 4, 1.—Hence,
    A. * In milit.
    lang., to take possession of:

    adprehendere Hispanias,

    Cic. Att. 10, 8 init. (cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 112: Pharon prehendit); and in gen. to lay hold of, to get, secure, obtain (eccl. Lat.):

    adprehende vitam aeternam,

    Vulg. 1 Tim. 6, 12;

    6, 19: justitiam,

    righteousness, ib. Rom. 9, 30.—
    B.
    As med. t., of disease, to seize:

    Ubi libido veniet nauseae eumque adprehendit, decumbat etc.,

    Cato, R. R. 156, 4.—So in gen. of fear, pain, trouble (eccl. Lat.):

    tremor adprehendit eam,

    Vulg. Jer. 49, 24:

    dolor,

    ib. 2 Macc. 9, 5:

    angustia,

    ib. Jer. 50, 43:

    stupor,

    ib. Luc. 5, 26:

    tentatio,

    ib. 1 Cor. 10, 13.

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  • 3 capiō

        capiō cēpī (capsis, old for cēperis, C.), captus, ere    [CAP-], to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp: flabellum, T.: sacra manu, V.: pocula, H.: baculum, O.: pignera, L.: manibus tympanum, Ct.: lora, Pr.: arma capere alii, seized their arms, S.: ensem, O.: tela, O.: omnia arma contra illam pestem, i. e. contend in every way: Manlium arma cepisse, had begun hostilities, S.: capere arma parabat, was on the point of attacking, O.—Of food, to take, partake of: Cibum cum eā, T.: lauti cibum capiunt, Ta. — To take captive, seize, make prisoner: belli duces captos tenetis: unus e filiis captus est, Cs.: capta tria milia peditum, L.: alquos Byzantii, N.: captos ostendere civibus hostes, H.: Num capti (Phryges) potuere capi? could they not, when taken, be taken (once for all)? V.: casus est enim in capiendo (sc. praedones).—To catch, hunt down, take: pro se quisque quod ceperat adferebat: cervum, Ph.: illa pro lepusculis capiebantur, patellae, etc.—To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate: ut te redimas captum (i. e. amore), T.: quibus (rebus) illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest: te pecuniā captum: quem suā cepit humanitate, N.: hunc capit argenti splendor, H.: dulcedine vocis, O.: (bos) herbā captus viridi, V.: oculis captis.— To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch: Aut quā viā te captent eādem ipsos capi? T.: eodem captus errore, involved in: suis miserum me cepit ocellis, Pr.: carmine formosae capiuntur, Tb.: me dolis, S.: capi alcuius dolo, N.: alqm amicitiae mendacis imagine, O.—To defeat, convict, cast, overcome (in a suit or dispute): ne tui consultores capiantur: in capiendo adversario versutus (orator).—To harm, lame, mutilate, maim, disable, impair, weaken: oculis et auribus captus, blind and deaf: membris omnibus captus: altero oculo capitur, loses an eye, L.: capti auribus metu, L.: lumine, O.: numquam erit tam captus equester ordo: captā re p. — P. pass., of the mind, deprived of sense, silly, insane, crazed, lunatic, mad: mente esse captum: virgines captae furore, L.: capti et stupentes animi, L. — To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept: iudicem populum R., L.: Me arbitrum, T.: inimicos homines, make enemies, T.: sacerdotem sortito: Flaccus flamen captus a Licinio erat, L. — Of places, to occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into: loca capere, to take up a position, Cs.: castris locum capere: locum extra urbem editum capere, N.: locum editiorem, S.: capto monte, Cs.: Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa, L.: montes fugā, for refuge, L.: tumulum, V.: terras captas despectare videntur (cycni), to be settling down on places selected, V. — To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize: pauca (oppida), S.: Troiā captā, L.: quod (agri) de Campanis ceperant: castra hostium, N.: oppida manu, V.; cf. oppressā captāque re p.: patriam suam, L.—To reach, attain, arrive at, betake oneself to: insulam, Cs.: oti illum portum.—Of property or money, to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get: agros de hostibus: ager ex hostibus captus, L.: praedas, N.: ex hostibus pecuniam, L.: cape cedo, give and take, T.: de re p. nihil praeter gloriam, N.: ex calamitate populi R. nomen capere, Cs.: regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit, succeeded to, O.— With pecuniam, to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe, take blackmail: contra leges pecuniam cepisse?: pecuniae per vim atque iniuriam captae: aperte pecunias ob rem iudicandam: alqm pecuniae captae arcessere, S.—To take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept: morte testamentove alcuius alqd capere: a civibus Romanis hereditates: si capiendi Ius nullum uxori, Iu.—To collect, receive, obtain: ex eis praediis talenta argenti, T.: stipendium iure belli, Cs.: ex quo (castro) talenta, N.— Fig., to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap: Fructum, T.: fructūs auctoritatis: fructum vestri in me amoris: alquid ex eā re commodi? T.: utilitates ex amicitiā.—To take, assume, acquire, put on: gestūs voltūsque novos, T.: figuras, O.—To take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess: petitoris personam: patris vim: patrium animum.— To undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take up: provinciam duram, T.: consulatum: honores, N.: rerum moderamen, O.: rem p., S.: magistratum, L.—With dat. of person, to obtain for, secure for: patres praeturam Camillo ceperunt, L.—To begin, enter upon, undertake: bellum: labores, T.: augurium ex arce, L.: aliud initium belli, i. e. war on a new plan, Cs.: conatūs ad erumpendum, L.: nec vestra capit discordia finem, V.: ad impetum capiundum spatium, to take a start, L.: somnum, fall asleep.—Poet.: Unde nova ingressūs experientia cepit? i. e. was devised, V.—To seize, embrace, take (an opportunity): si quam causam ceperit, T.: tempus ad te adeundi.—To form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach: sensum verae gloriae: ex lucri magnitudine coniecturam furti: consilium unā tecum, T.: consilium hominis fortunas evertere: consilium equitatum demittere, Cs.: consilium ut exirem: legionis opprimendae consilium, Cs.—To take, derive, draw, obtain: de te exemplum, T.: exemplum ex aliquā re. — To take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience: miseriam omnem, T.: angorem pro amico: ex huius incommodis molestiam: infamiam sine voluptate: invidiam apud patres ex largitione, L.: timorem, V.: voluptatem animi.— With a feeling as subj, to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui, etc.: ut caperet odium illam mei, T.: nos oblivio ceperat: Romulum cupido cepit urbis condendae, L.: animum cura cepit, L.: meae si te ceperunt taeda laudis, V.: dementia cepit amantem, V.—Of injury or loss, to suffer, take, be subjected to: calamitatem: incommodi nihil.—Esp., in the formula by which the senate, in great emergencies, gave absolute power to magistrates: videant ne quid res p. detrimenti capiat: senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc., S.—To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for: capit alveus amnes O.: terra feras cepit, O.: quid turbae est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio, T.: unā domo iam capi non possunt: Nec iam se capit unda, V.: Non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus, H.: tot domūs locupletissimas istius domus una capiet? will swallow up.—To contain, hold, suffice for, be strong enough for, bear: eam amentiam: nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas, O.: iram Non capit ipsa suam, O.: Nec te Troia capit, is too small for your glory, V.—To take, receive, hold, comprehend, grasp, embrace: gratia, quantam maximam animi nostri capere possunt: ille unus veram speciem senatūs cepit, L.
    * * *
    I
    capere, additional forms V TRANS
    take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
    II
    capere, cepi, captus V TRANS
    take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate
    III
    taking/seizing

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  • 4 rapio

    răpĭo, pŭi, ptum, 3 (old perf. subj. rapsit, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; part. perf. fem. ex raptabus, Gell. ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), v. a. [root harp; Gr. harpê, a bird of prey, harpagê, harpazô; Lat. rapidus, rapax, rapina, etc.; cf. Sanscr. lup-, lumpāmi, rumpo; Gr. lupê], to seize and carry off, to snatch, tear, drag, draw, or hurry away, = violenter sive celeriter capio (freq. and class.; in Cæs. not at all, and in Cic. mostly in the trop. signif.; cf.: ago, fero, traho, capio, sumo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 15; 30; 31:

    quo rapitis me? quo fertis me?

    id. Men. 5, 7, 10; cf. Verg. A. 6, 845; Ov. M. 9, 121:

    quo me cunque rapit tempestas?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 15; cf. id. C. 3, 25, 1:

    sumasne pudenter an rapias,

    snatch, id. Ep. 1, 17, 45; cf. id. S. 1, 5, 76:

    hostes vivos rapere soleo ex acie: ex hoc nomen mihi est (sc. Harpax),

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 60:

    te ex lustris uxor,

    id. As. 5, 2, 84:

    volucri spe et cogitatione rapi a domo,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    ab aede rapuit funale,

    Ov. M. 12, 247:

    torrem ab aris,

    id. ib. 12, 271:

    deque sinu matris ridentem... Learchum... rapit,

    id. ib. 4, 516 (for which, simply sinu, id. ib. 13, 450):

    hastam, de vulnere,

    id. ib. 5, 137:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 486:

    repagula de posti,

    Ov. M. 5, 120:

    (frondes) altā rapit arbore ventus,

    id. ib. 3, 730:

    vi atque ingratis... rapiam te domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40:

    aliquem sublimem domum,

    id. As. 5, 2, 18; cf.:

    sublimem,

    id. Mil. 5, 1; id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Ter. And. 5, 2, 20:

    commeatum in naves rapiunt,

    Liv. 41, 3:

    aliquem in jus,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 21; so,

    in jus,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 56; Hor. S. 1, 9, 77; 2, 3, 72; cf.:

    in jus ad regem,

    Liv. 1, 26:

    in carcerem,

    Suet. Tib. 11; 61:

    aliquem ad cornuficem,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 156; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 37:

    ad praetorem,

    id. Aul. 4, 10, 30:

    ad supplicium ob facinus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 238:

    ad mortem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 138; id. Cat. 1, 10, 27:

    ad tortorem,

    id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    ad poenam,

    Suet. Claud. 10; 37; id. Vit. 14:

    ad consulem,

    Liv. 10, 20:

    matres, virgines, pueros ad stuprum,

    id. 26, 13:

    teneram virginem ad virum,

    Cat. 61, 3 (cf.:

    rapi simulatur virgo ex gremio matris, aut, si ea non est, ex proximā necessitudine, cum ad virum traditur, quod videlicet ea res feliciter Romulo cessit,

    Fest. p. 289 Müll.):

    illum (sc. lembum) in praeceps prono rapit alveus amni,

    Verg. G. 1, 203:

    nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divum rapiam,

    drag into open day, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13. — Poet.:

    Nasonis carmina rapti,

    i. e. torn from his home, borne far away, Ov. P. 4, 16, 1; cf. id. H. 13, 9; Stat. S. 3, 5, 6. —
    B.
    With the idea of swiftness predominating:

    Turnus rapit Totam aciem in Teucros,

    Verg. A. 10, 308:

    rapit agmina ductor,

    Luc. 1, 228:

    agmina cursu,

    Sil. 7, 116:

    legiones,

    Plin. Pan. 14:

    curru rapi,

    Sil. 1, 134:

    quattuor hinc rapimur raedis,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 86:

    Notus rapit biremes,

    Sil. 17, 276:

    carinas venti rapuere,

    Luc. 3, 46:

    rapit per aequora navem,

    hurries it away, Verg. A. 10, 660; cf.:

    ventis per aequora,

    Ov. M. 14, 470:

    missos currus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 114:

    pedes quo te rapiunt,

    id. C. 3, 11, 49:

    arma rapiat juventus,

    snatch up, Verg. A. 7, 340; so,

    arma,

    Ov. M. 2, 603:

    arma manu,

    Verg. A. 8, 220:

    bipennem dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 651:

    cingula,

    id. ib. 9, 364.—
    2.
    With reflex. pron., to hasten, hurry, tear one ' s self, etc.:

    ocius hinc te Ni rapis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 5, 29:

    se ad caedem optimi cujusque,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry off by force; to seize, rob, ravish; to plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by force, etc. (very freq.; cf.

    praedor),

    Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 11:

    erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

    tamquam pilam rapiunt inter se rei publicae statum tyranm ab regibus,

    id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    virgines rapi jussit... quae raptae erant, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 12; 2, 8, 14; so,

    virgines,

    to carry off, abduct, Sall. C. 51, 9; Liv. 1, 9; Quint. 7, 7, 3; 9, 2, 70; Hor. C. 2, 4, 8; Ov. M. 12, 225; id. A. A. 1, 680:

    raptus a dis Ganymedes,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

    ab Idā,

    Hor. C. 3, 20, 16:

    omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 52:

    alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

    pillage and plunder, Verg. A. 2, 374 (the Homeric agousi kai pherousi; for which, in prose, ferre et agere; v. ago); cf.:

    rapturus moenia Romae,

    Luc. 3, 99:

    Theumeson,

    to seize by force, Stat. Th. 4, 370:

    Armeniam,

    to plunder, lay waste, Tac. A. 13, 6:

    Karthaginem,

    Sil. 15, 401:

    urbem,

    Stat. Th. 7, 599:

    raptas ad litora vertere praedas,

    Verg. A. 1, 528.— Absol.:

    rapio propalam,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 10:

    ut Spartae, rapere ubi pueri et clepere discunt,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 5, 11 (Non. 20, 14):

    agunt, rapiunt, tenent,

    id. Rep. 3, 33, 45 Mos.; cf.

    along with trahere,

    Sall. C. 11, 4; id. J. 41, 5;

    with congerere, auferre,

    Mart. 8, 44, 9.— With the idea of rapidity predominating: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, to conquer rapidly (= raptim capere), Liv. 6, 23, 5 Drak.; so,

    castra,

    Flor. 3, 20, 4; 4, 12, 34:

    Bithyniam,

    id. 3, 5, 6:

    Hispaniam,

    id. 2, 17, 6:

    arces,

    Luc. 6, 14.— Part. perf. subst.
    (α).
    rapta, ae, f., the ravished one, the seduced:

    gratus raptae raptor fuit,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 680; id. H. 5, 97; 13, 55; 16, 339; id. F. 4, 607.—
    (β).
    raptum, i, n., the plunder, that which is stolen:

    rapto vivere,

    to live by robbery, Liv. 7, 25 fin.; 22, 39; 28, 24: Quint. 3, 7, 24; Sen. Ep. 70 fin.; Curt. 3, 10 fin.; Just. 41, 4, 7; Verg. A. 7, 749; Ov. M. 11, 291; id. Tr. 5, 10, 16;

    for which: ex rapto vivere,

    id. M. 1, 144; so,

    rapto gaudere,

    Liv. 29, 6, 3 Drak.:

    rapto potiri,

    Verg. A. 4, 217:

    rapto uti,

    Vell. 2, 73, 3:

    sine rapto vivere,

    id. 2, 32 fin. —
    2.
    To cut off, mutilate ( poet.):

    caput,

    Sil. 15, 807:

    ora gladio,

    id. 7, 704:

    rapuit non dente ferarum,

    Luc. 10, 517.—
    3.
    To carry off suddenly or prematurely by death, to snatch away ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 20; so id. ib. 2, 17, 5; 4, 2, 21; id. Ep. 1, 14, 7; Verg. A. 6, 428; Ov. P. 4, 11, 5; Stat. S. 2, 1, 208; 5, 3, 16; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 46; Suet. Calig. 7; Just. 2, 2, 13 (but Liv. 3, 50, 8: fato erepta, v. Drak.)— Absol.:

    et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis,

    i. e. hurries on, Verg. G. 3, 68:

    RAPTA EST = obiit,

    Inscr. Orell. 4475.
    II.
    Transf. ( poet.), of any action or motion which resembles seizing, snatching, etc.:

    flammanm,

    to catch quickly, Verg. A. 1, 176; Ov. M. 3, 374; cf.:

    incendia,

    id. ib. 15, 350: nigrum colorem, to take or assume quickly, id. ib. 7, 289; cf.:

    vim monstri,

    id. ib. 4, 744;

    and v. III.: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populos,

    leads hastily on, Verg. A. 7, 725; cf. id. ib. 10, 178: rapiuntque ruuntque; Litora deseruere, take hold, seize in haste (the cables, etc.), id. ib. 4, 581; cf.:

    scalas, Auct. B. Alex. 20, 4.—Of the gliding movement of a serpent nec rapit immensos orbes per humum,

    sweeps along, Verg. G. 2, 153:

    pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit,

    i. e. range quickly through, Verg. A. 6, 8 Heyne; cf.:

    acrior et campum sonipes rapit,

    Stat. Th. 5, 3.
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to snatch, force, or hurry away:

    fertur quasi torrens oratio, quamvis multa cujusquemodi rapiat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

    ipsae res verba rapiunt,

    carry along with them, id. ib. 3, 5, 19: aspice me quanto rapiat Fortuna periclo, carries away (the figure taken from a storm at sea), Prop. 1, 15, 3:

    aliquem in deteriorem viam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 54; cf.:

    (comoediam) in pejorem partem,

    i. e. to put a bad construction upon, to misconstrue, misrepresent, Ter. Ad. prol. 3: consilium meum in contrariam partem, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 2:

    aliquem in invidiam,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

    opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 43:

    si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve,

    Verg. A. 9, 211; Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    cum aliqua his ampla et honesta res objecta est, totos ad se convertit et rapit,

    seizes upon, appropriates, id. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf.:

    commoda ad se,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 22:

    victoriae gloriam in se,

    Liv. 33, 11 fin.:

    almum Quae rapit hora diem,

    snatches away, Hor. C. 4, 7, 8; cf.:

    simul tecum solatia rapta,

    Verg. E. 9, 18:

    impetus rapit huc, rapit illuc,

    Stat. Th. 12, 794.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry along or away with passion, to transport, ravish, captivate; and with a designation of the limit, to carry or hurry away, to attract strongly to any thing (usually in a bad sense):

    impetu raptus,

    Quint. 7, 2, 44:

    judicem rapere,

    id. 6, 2, 3; cf. id. 10, 1, 110; 12, 10, 61:

    praedae ac rapinarum cupiditas caeca te rapiebat,

    Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

    amentiā rapi,

    id. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

    furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa?

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13; cf.:

    in medias res auditorem,

    id. A. P. 149:

    utraque forma rapit,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 44:

    quem (sc. leonem) cruenta Per medias rapit ira caedes,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 12:

    rapit omnes ira,

    Sil. 14, 299: hormê, quae hominem huc et illuc rapit, Cic. Off. 1, 28 fin.; cf. Verg. A. 4, 286; 8, 21:

    ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38:

    animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapiebat,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    ea (cupiditas) ad oppugnandam Capuam rapit,

    Liv. 7, 30 et saep.—In a good sense:

    qui ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā omni studioque rapiantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111:

    rapi ad opes augendas generis humani,

    id. Rep. 1, 2, 3. — Poet., with inf. (for ad aliquid):

    (mundus) rapit aetherios per carmina pandere census,

    Manil. 1, 12.—
    2.
    To seize by violence, to snatch, steal ( poet.): Hippodameam raptis nactu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 398 Vahl.):

    oscula,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 28; Tib. 1, 4, 53; 55; [p. 1524] 1, 8, 58; cf.:

    Venerem incertam,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 109; cf.:

    sed rapiat sitiens Venerem,

    but may eagerly seize upon, Verg. G. 3, 137:

    illicitas voluptates,

    Tac. H. 3, 41:

    spem adoptionis acrius in dies,

    id. ib. 1, 13 fin.:

    quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit expediam,

    id. A. 4, 1; cf. id. H. 2, 6.—
    3.
    With the idea of rapidity or haste predominating, to snatch, seize, or lay hold of quickly, to hasten, precipitate ( poet.; in prose only since the Aug. per.): vive, Ulixes, dum licet: Oculis postremum lumen radiatum rape: non dixit cape, non pete; haberet enim moram sperantis diutius sese victurum;

    sed rape,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162 (from an old poet.):

    rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 3; so,

    occasionem,

    Juv. 15, 39:

    viam,

    to hasten, Ov. H. 19, 74 Loers; cf.

    iter,

    Sil. 12, 471:

    gressus,

    Luc. 3, 116:

    cursus,

    id. 5, 403:

    letum,

    id. 4, 345:

    bellum,

    to wage suddenly, id. 5, 403:

    nefas,

    to hasten, precipitate, id. 10, 428:

    ut limis rapias, quid prima secundo Cera velit versu,

    may hastily note, Hor. S. 2, 5, 53 al. —In prose:

    raptae prope inter arma nuptiae,

    Liv. 30, 14, 2 Drak.:

    repente impetu facto transitum rapuit,

    Front. Strat. 1, 4, 8:

    inter rapienda momenta periculorum communium,

    Amm. 18, 7, 7 et saep.—
    4.
    In late Lat., to strive for in purchasing:

    exemplaria litterarum certatim,

    Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

    librum totā certatim urbe,

    Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.

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  • 5 rapta

    răpĭo, pŭi, ptum, 3 (old perf. subj. rapsit, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; part. perf. fem. ex raptabus, Gell. ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), v. a. [root harp; Gr. harpê, a bird of prey, harpagê, harpazô; Lat. rapidus, rapax, rapina, etc.; cf. Sanscr. lup-, lumpāmi, rumpo; Gr. lupê], to seize and carry off, to snatch, tear, drag, draw, or hurry away, = violenter sive celeriter capio (freq. and class.; in Cæs. not at all, and in Cic. mostly in the trop. signif.; cf.: ago, fero, traho, capio, sumo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 15; 30; 31:

    quo rapitis me? quo fertis me?

    id. Men. 5, 7, 10; cf. Verg. A. 6, 845; Ov. M. 9, 121:

    quo me cunque rapit tempestas?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 15; cf. id. C. 3, 25, 1:

    sumasne pudenter an rapias,

    snatch, id. Ep. 1, 17, 45; cf. id. S. 1, 5, 76:

    hostes vivos rapere soleo ex acie: ex hoc nomen mihi est (sc. Harpax),

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 60:

    te ex lustris uxor,

    id. As. 5, 2, 84:

    volucri spe et cogitatione rapi a domo,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    ab aede rapuit funale,

    Ov. M. 12, 247:

    torrem ab aris,

    id. ib. 12, 271:

    deque sinu matris ridentem... Learchum... rapit,

    id. ib. 4, 516 (for which, simply sinu, id. ib. 13, 450):

    hastam, de vulnere,

    id. ib. 5, 137:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 486:

    repagula de posti,

    Ov. M. 5, 120:

    (frondes) altā rapit arbore ventus,

    id. ib. 3, 730:

    vi atque ingratis... rapiam te domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40:

    aliquem sublimem domum,

    id. As. 5, 2, 18; cf.:

    sublimem,

    id. Mil. 5, 1; id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Ter. And. 5, 2, 20:

    commeatum in naves rapiunt,

    Liv. 41, 3:

    aliquem in jus,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 21; so,

    in jus,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 56; Hor. S. 1, 9, 77; 2, 3, 72; cf.:

    in jus ad regem,

    Liv. 1, 26:

    in carcerem,

    Suet. Tib. 11; 61:

    aliquem ad cornuficem,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 156; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 37:

    ad praetorem,

    id. Aul. 4, 10, 30:

    ad supplicium ob facinus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 238:

    ad mortem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 138; id. Cat. 1, 10, 27:

    ad tortorem,

    id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    ad poenam,

    Suet. Claud. 10; 37; id. Vit. 14:

    ad consulem,

    Liv. 10, 20:

    matres, virgines, pueros ad stuprum,

    id. 26, 13:

    teneram virginem ad virum,

    Cat. 61, 3 (cf.:

    rapi simulatur virgo ex gremio matris, aut, si ea non est, ex proximā necessitudine, cum ad virum traditur, quod videlicet ea res feliciter Romulo cessit,

    Fest. p. 289 Müll.):

    illum (sc. lembum) in praeceps prono rapit alveus amni,

    Verg. G. 1, 203:

    nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divum rapiam,

    drag into open day, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13. — Poet.:

    Nasonis carmina rapti,

    i. e. torn from his home, borne far away, Ov. P. 4, 16, 1; cf. id. H. 13, 9; Stat. S. 3, 5, 6. —
    B.
    With the idea of swiftness predominating:

    Turnus rapit Totam aciem in Teucros,

    Verg. A. 10, 308:

    rapit agmina ductor,

    Luc. 1, 228:

    agmina cursu,

    Sil. 7, 116:

    legiones,

    Plin. Pan. 14:

    curru rapi,

    Sil. 1, 134:

    quattuor hinc rapimur raedis,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 86:

    Notus rapit biremes,

    Sil. 17, 276:

    carinas venti rapuere,

    Luc. 3, 46:

    rapit per aequora navem,

    hurries it away, Verg. A. 10, 660; cf.:

    ventis per aequora,

    Ov. M. 14, 470:

    missos currus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 114:

    pedes quo te rapiunt,

    id. C. 3, 11, 49:

    arma rapiat juventus,

    snatch up, Verg. A. 7, 340; so,

    arma,

    Ov. M. 2, 603:

    arma manu,

    Verg. A. 8, 220:

    bipennem dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 651:

    cingula,

    id. ib. 9, 364.—
    2.
    With reflex. pron., to hasten, hurry, tear one ' s self, etc.:

    ocius hinc te Ni rapis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 5, 29:

    se ad caedem optimi cujusque,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry off by force; to seize, rob, ravish; to plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by force, etc. (very freq.; cf.

    praedor),

    Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 11:

    erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

    tamquam pilam rapiunt inter se rei publicae statum tyranm ab regibus,

    id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    virgines rapi jussit... quae raptae erant, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 12; 2, 8, 14; so,

    virgines,

    to carry off, abduct, Sall. C. 51, 9; Liv. 1, 9; Quint. 7, 7, 3; 9, 2, 70; Hor. C. 2, 4, 8; Ov. M. 12, 225; id. A. A. 1, 680:

    raptus a dis Ganymedes,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

    ab Idā,

    Hor. C. 3, 20, 16:

    omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 52:

    alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

    pillage and plunder, Verg. A. 2, 374 (the Homeric agousi kai pherousi; for which, in prose, ferre et agere; v. ago); cf.:

    rapturus moenia Romae,

    Luc. 3, 99:

    Theumeson,

    to seize by force, Stat. Th. 4, 370:

    Armeniam,

    to plunder, lay waste, Tac. A. 13, 6:

    Karthaginem,

    Sil. 15, 401:

    urbem,

    Stat. Th. 7, 599:

    raptas ad litora vertere praedas,

    Verg. A. 1, 528.— Absol.:

    rapio propalam,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 10:

    ut Spartae, rapere ubi pueri et clepere discunt,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 5, 11 (Non. 20, 14):

    agunt, rapiunt, tenent,

    id. Rep. 3, 33, 45 Mos.; cf.

    along with trahere,

    Sall. C. 11, 4; id. J. 41, 5;

    with congerere, auferre,

    Mart. 8, 44, 9.— With the idea of rapidity predominating: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, to conquer rapidly (= raptim capere), Liv. 6, 23, 5 Drak.; so,

    castra,

    Flor. 3, 20, 4; 4, 12, 34:

    Bithyniam,

    id. 3, 5, 6:

    Hispaniam,

    id. 2, 17, 6:

    arces,

    Luc. 6, 14.— Part. perf. subst.
    (α).
    rapta, ae, f., the ravished one, the seduced:

    gratus raptae raptor fuit,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 680; id. H. 5, 97; 13, 55; 16, 339; id. F. 4, 607.—
    (β).
    raptum, i, n., the plunder, that which is stolen:

    rapto vivere,

    to live by robbery, Liv. 7, 25 fin.; 22, 39; 28, 24: Quint. 3, 7, 24; Sen. Ep. 70 fin.; Curt. 3, 10 fin.; Just. 41, 4, 7; Verg. A. 7, 749; Ov. M. 11, 291; id. Tr. 5, 10, 16;

    for which: ex rapto vivere,

    id. M. 1, 144; so,

    rapto gaudere,

    Liv. 29, 6, 3 Drak.:

    rapto potiri,

    Verg. A. 4, 217:

    rapto uti,

    Vell. 2, 73, 3:

    sine rapto vivere,

    id. 2, 32 fin. —
    2.
    To cut off, mutilate ( poet.):

    caput,

    Sil. 15, 807:

    ora gladio,

    id. 7, 704:

    rapuit non dente ferarum,

    Luc. 10, 517.—
    3.
    To carry off suddenly or prematurely by death, to snatch away ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 20; so id. ib. 2, 17, 5; 4, 2, 21; id. Ep. 1, 14, 7; Verg. A. 6, 428; Ov. P. 4, 11, 5; Stat. S. 2, 1, 208; 5, 3, 16; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 46; Suet. Calig. 7; Just. 2, 2, 13 (but Liv. 3, 50, 8: fato erepta, v. Drak.)— Absol.:

    et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis,

    i. e. hurries on, Verg. G. 3, 68:

    RAPTA EST = obiit,

    Inscr. Orell. 4475.
    II.
    Transf. ( poet.), of any action or motion which resembles seizing, snatching, etc.:

    flammanm,

    to catch quickly, Verg. A. 1, 176; Ov. M. 3, 374; cf.:

    incendia,

    id. ib. 15, 350: nigrum colorem, to take or assume quickly, id. ib. 7, 289; cf.:

    vim monstri,

    id. ib. 4, 744;

    and v. III.: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populos,

    leads hastily on, Verg. A. 7, 725; cf. id. ib. 10, 178: rapiuntque ruuntque; Litora deseruere, take hold, seize in haste (the cables, etc.), id. ib. 4, 581; cf.:

    scalas, Auct. B. Alex. 20, 4.—Of the gliding movement of a serpent nec rapit immensos orbes per humum,

    sweeps along, Verg. G. 2, 153:

    pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit,

    i. e. range quickly through, Verg. A. 6, 8 Heyne; cf.:

    acrior et campum sonipes rapit,

    Stat. Th. 5, 3.
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to snatch, force, or hurry away:

    fertur quasi torrens oratio, quamvis multa cujusquemodi rapiat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

    ipsae res verba rapiunt,

    carry along with them, id. ib. 3, 5, 19: aspice me quanto rapiat Fortuna periclo, carries away (the figure taken from a storm at sea), Prop. 1, 15, 3:

    aliquem in deteriorem viam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 54; cf.:

    (comoediam) in pejorem partem,

    i. e. to put a bad construction upon, to misconstrue, misrepresent, Ter. Ad. prol. 3: consilium meum in contrariam partem, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 2:

    aliquem in invidiam,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

    opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 43:

    si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve,

    Verg. A. 9, 211; Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    cum aliqua his ampla et honesta res objecta est, totos ad se convertit et rapit,

    seizes upon, appropriates, id. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf.:

    commoda ad se,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 22:

    victoriae gloriam in se,

    Liv. 33, 11 fin.:

    almum Quae rapit hora diem,

    snatches away, Hor. C. 4, 7, 8; cf.:

    simul tecum solatia rapta,

    Verg. E. 9, 18:

    impetus rapit huc, rapit illuc,

    Stat. Th. 12, 794.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry along or away with passion, to transport, ravish, captivate; and with a designation of the limit, to carry or hurry away, to attract strongly to any thing (usually in a bad sense):

    impetu raptus,

    Quint. 7, 2, 44:

    judicem rapere,

    id. 6, 2, 3; cf. id. 10, 1, 110; 12, 10, 61:

    praedae ac rapinarum cupiditas caeca te rapiebat,

    Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

    amentiā rapi,

    id. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

    furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa?

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13; cf.:

    in medias res auditorem,

    id. A. P. 149:

    utraque forma rapit,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 44:

    quem (sc. leonem) cruenta Per medias rapit ira caedes,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 12:

    rapit omnes ira,

    Sil. 14, 299: hormê, quae hominem huc et illuc rapit, Cic. Off. 1, 28 fin.; cf. Verg. A. 4, 286; 8, 21:

    ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38:

    animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapiebat,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    ea (cupiditas) ad oppugnandam Capuam rapit,

    Liv. 7, 30 et saep.—In a good sense:

    qui ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā omni studioque rapiantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111:

    rapi ad opes augendas generis humani,

    id. Rep. 1, 2, 3. — Poet., with inf. (for ad aliquid):

    (mundus) rapit aetherios per carmina pandere census,

    Manil. 1, 12.—
    2.
    To seize by violence, to snatch, steal ( poet.): Hippodameam raptis nactu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 398 Vahl.):

    oscula,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 28; Tib. 1, 4, 53; 55; [p. 1524] 1, 8, 58; cf.:

    Venerem incertam,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 109; cf.:

    sed rapiat sitiens Venerem,

    but may eagerly seize upon, Verg. G. 3, 137:

    illicitas voluptates,

    Tac. H. 3, 41:

    spem adoptionis acrius in dies,

    id. ib. 1, 13 fin.:

    quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit expediam,

    id. A. 4, 1; cf. id. H. 2, 6.—
    3.
    With the idea of rapidity or haste predominating, to snatch, seize, or lay hold of quickly, to hasten, precipitate ( poet.; in prose only since the Aug. per.): vive, Ulixes, dum licet: Oculis postremum lumen radiatum rape: non dixit cape, non pete; haberet enim moram sperantis diutius sese victurum;

    sed rape,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162 (from an old poet.):

    rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 3; so,

    occasionem,

    Juv. 15, 39:

    viam,

    to hasten, Ov. H. 19, 74 Loers; cf.

    iter,

    Sil. 12, 471:

    gressus,

    Luc. 3, 116:

    cursus,

    id. 5, 403:

    letum,

    id. 4, 345:

    bellum,

    to wage suddenly, id. 5, 403:

    nefas,

    to hasten, precipitate, id. 10, 428:

    ut limis rapias, quid prima secundo Cera velit versu,

    may hastily note, Hor. S. 2, 5, 53 al. —In prose:

    raptae prope inter arma nuptiae,

    Liv. 30, 14, 2 Drak.:

    repente impetu facto transitum rapuit,

    Front. Strat. 1, 4, 8:

    inter rapienda momenta periculorum communium,

    Amm. 18, 7, 7 et saep.—
    4.
    In late Lat., to strive for in purchasing:

    exemplaria litterarum certatim,

    Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

    librum totā certatim urbe,

    Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.

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  • 6 comprehēnsiō (conp-)

        comprehēnsiō (conp-) ōnis, f    [comprehendo], a seizing, laying hold of: sessio, comprehensio: sontium, arrest.—Fig., a comprehension, perception: rerum. — A combining: consequentium rerum cum primis. — In rhet., a periodic form of speech, period

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  • 7 adprehensio

    seizing upon, laying hold of; apprehension, understanding

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  • 8 apprehensio

    seizing upon, laying hold of; (philosophical) apprehension, understanding

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  • 9 prensio

    seizing; taking hold (of)

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  • 10 adprehensio

    apprĕhensĭo ( adp-), ōnis, f. [id.] (late Lat.).
    I.
    Lit., a seizing upon, laying hold of:

    arae,

    Macr. S. 3, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., apprehension, understanding, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 8; 2, 28; id. Tard. 5, 4 al.

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  • 11 apprehensio

    apprĕhensĭo ( adp-), ōnis, f. [id.] (late Lat.).
    I.
    Lit., a seizing upon, laying hold of:

    arae,

    Macr. S. 3, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., apprehension, understanding, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 8; 2, 28; id. Tard. 5, 4 al.

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  • 12 comprehensio

    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen. (very rare):

    ingressus, cursus, sessio, comprehensio,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 94; cf. id. Ac. 2, 47, 145.—
    B.
    Esp., a hostile seizure, arresting, catching, apprehending:

    sontium,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In philos. lang., of a mental comprehending, perceiving; and in concr., a comprehension, perception, idea, transl. of the Gr. katalêpsis: mens amplectitur maxime cognitionem et istam katalêpsin, quam, ut dixi, verbum e verbo exprimentes comprehensionem dicemus, cum ipsam per se amat, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 41 et saep.—In plur.:

    cogitationes comprehensionesque rerum,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 15, 49.—
    2.
    The power to unite and grasp as a whole things which belong together:

    quanta... consequentium rerum cum primis conjunctio et comprehensio esset in nobis,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 147 Schoem. ad loc.—
    B.
    In rhet.
    1.
    Expression, style, Cic. Or. 58, 198.—
    2.
    Esp., a period:

    ut comprehensio numerose et apte cadat,

    Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. Brut. 44, 162; 8, 34; 37, 140 Orell. N. cr.; Quint. 9, 4, 124; 9, 115, 121 et saep.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > comprehensio

  • 13 conprehensio

    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen. (very rare):

    ingressus, cursus, sessio, comprehensio,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 94; cf. id. Ac. 2, 47, 145.—
    B.
    Esp., a hostile seizure, arresting, catching, apprehending:

    sontium,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In philos. lang., of a mental comprehending, perceiving; and in concr., a comprehension, perception, idea, transl. of the Gr. katalêpsis: mens amplectitur maxime cognitionem et istam katalêpsin, quam, ut dixi, verbum e verbo exprimentes comprehensionem dicemus, cum ipsam per se amat, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 41 et saep.—In plur.:

    cogitationes comprehensionesque rerum,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 15, 49.—
    2.
    The power to unite and grasp as a whole things which belong together:

    quanta... consequentium rerum cum primis conjunctio et comprehensio esset in nobis,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 147 Schoem. ad loc.—
    B.
    In rhet.
    1.
    Expression, style, Cic. Or. 58, 198.—
    2.
    Esp., a period:

    ut comprehensio numerose et apte cadat,

    Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. Brut. 44, 162; 8, 34; 37, 140 Orell. N. cr.; Quint. 9, 4, 124; 9, 115, 121 et saep.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conprehensio

  • 14 conreptio

    correptĭo ( conr-), ōnis, f. [id.] (not ante-Aug., and rare).
    I.
    A laying hold of, seizing:

    manus,

    Gell. 20, 10, 8:

    (morbi),

    Scrib. Comp. 171.—
    B.
    Trop., reproof, reproach, Tert. Pudic. 14.—
    II.
    A shortening, decreasing:

    dierum (opp. crescentia),

    Vitr. 9, 9:

    syllabae (opp. productio),

    Quint. 7, 9, 13; cf.

    vocum,

    id. 9, 3, 69.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conreptio

  • 15 correptio

    correptĭo ( conr-), ōnis, f. [id.] (not ante-Aug., and rare).
    I.
    A laying hold of, seizing:

    manus,

    Gell. 20, 10, 8:

    (morbi),

    Scrib. Comp. 171.—
    B.
    Trop., reproof, reproach, Tert. Pudic. 14.—
    II.
    A shortening, decreasing:

    dierum (opp. crescentia),

    Vitr. 9, 9:

    syllabae (opp. productio),

    Quint. 7, 9, 13; cf.

    vocum,

    id. 9, 3, 69.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > correptio

  • 16 prensio

    prensĭo, ōnis, f. [prendo], a seizing, grasping, taking hold of: quoniam moribus majorum tribuni plebis prensionem haberent, had the right or office of seizure, Att. Cap. ap. Gell. 12, 12, 4; 6.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > prensio

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