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1 Carpe Cerevisi

• Seize the beer!

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2 Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero

• Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow. (Horace)

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3 Carpe diem

• Seize the day. (opportunity) (Horace)

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4 Corripe Cervisiam

• Seize the beer!

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5 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.
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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
capionis N F

taking/seizing

usus capio -- getting ownership by continued possession

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

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capio
7 Capta

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

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Capta
8 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.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > rapio
9 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.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > rapta
10 rapiō

rapiō puī (old fut perf. rapsit, C.), raptus, ere [RAP-], to seize and carry off, snatch, tear, pluck, drag, hurry away: sublimen intro hunc rape, T.: quo fessum rapitis? V.: Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, H.: sumasne pudenter An rapias, snatch, H.: ab aede rapuit funale, O.: de volnere telum, V.: commeatum in navīs rapiunt, L.: pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit, i. e. break off boughs of trees (in collecting wood), V.: in ius, drag before a court, H.: ob facinus ad supplicium, hale: alii ad necem rapiebantur: ad stuprum matres, L.: (infantes) ab ubere rapti, V.: nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divom rapiam, drag into open day, H.: Nasonis carmina rapti, i. e. torn from his home, O.— To hurry, impel, drive, cause to hasten: Quattuor hinc rapimur raedis, H.: per aequora navem, V.: ventis per aequora, O.: missos currūs, H.: arma rapiat iuventus, snatch, V.: arma, O.: bipennem dextrā, V.: rapiuntque ruuntque, hurry and bustle, V.—With pron reflex., to make haste, hasten, hurry, fly: ocius hinc te Ni rapis, H.: se ad caedem optimi cuiusque.— To carry off by force, seize, rob, ravish, plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by storm: spes rapiendi occaecat animos: semper rapiens, semper ebrius: raptas ad litora vertere praedas, V.: rapere omnes trahere, S.: vivere latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset: virgines, to abduct, S.: Arsit Atrides Virgine raptā, H.: Omne sacrum rapiente dextrā, H.: alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama, pillage and plunder, V.: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, L.— To carry off suddenly, snatch away, destroy: improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes, H.: rapto de fratre dolens, H.: Et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis, i. e. hurries on, V.— To take, catch, assume: flammam, catch quickly, V.: nigrum colorem, O.: Virga... Vim rapuit monstri, imbibed, O.— To lead on hurriedly: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populus, leads hastily on, V.: Nec rapit inmensos orbīs per humum, sweeps along, V.—Fig., to snatch away, carry along, hurry away: ipsae res verba rapiunt, carry along with them: (comoediam) in peiorem partem, i. e. misrepresent, T.: Si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve, V.: almum Quae rapit hora diem, snatches away, H.: simul tecum solacia rapta, V. — To drive, impel, carry away, precipitate, transport, ravish, captivate, overwhelm, draw irresistibly: ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā studioque rapi: semper eo tractus est, quo libido rapuit: amentiā rapi: Furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa? H.: animum In partīs rapit varias, turns hurriedly, V.: ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur.— To seize by violence, snatch, steal: Hippodameam raptis nanctu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. C.: Venerem incertam, H.: sed rapiat sitiens Venerem, but may eagerly seize upon, V.— To snatch, seize quickly, hasten, precipitate: rapienda occasio, Iu.: viam, hasten, O.: ut limis rapias, quid velit, etc., may hastily note, H.: raptae prope inter arma nuptiae, L.
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rapere, rapui, raptus V

drag off; snatch; destroy; seize, carry off; pillage; hurry

Latin-English dictionary > rapiō
11 ad-ripiō (arr-)

ad-ripiō (arr-) ipuī, eptus, ere [ad + rapio], to snatch, catch hurriedly, grasp, seize: telum: arcūs, O.: manum, H.—To seize, lay hold of: alqm medium, T.: quem adripuit, has buttonholed, H.: alqm comā, O.: adreptus de pecuniis repetundis, arrested for: abeuntes magistratu, L.—To take, appropriate, seize, embrace: facultatem laedendi: sibi imperium, usurp, Cs.: tempore adrepto, V.: impedimentum pro occasione, L.: (tellurem) velis, make haste to, V.: aliquid ad reprehendendum: gestūs aliunde: cognomen sibi ex imaginibus: maledictum ex trivio: tu mihi id, etc., seize (as a reproach) to me, etc. — To seize upon, learn with avidity: haec: (litterarum) studium, N.: celeriter res: litteras adripui.—To ridicule, attack, satirize: primores populi, H.: Nomentanum mecum, H.

Latin-English dictionary > ad-ripiō (arr-)
12 ūsūrpō

ūsūrpō āvī, ātus, āre [usus+RAP-], to seize for use, grasp for enjoyment, seize upon, take into use, make use of, use, employ, adopt, apply, practise, exercise, enjoy. hoc genus poenae saepe in improbos civīs esse usurpatum recordatur: ex tanto intervallo rem desuetam, L.: consolationes a sapientissimis viris usurpatae: ex usurpatā libertate in servitutem adserendi, i. e. after experience of liberty, L.: Curi cum caritate aliquā benevolā memoriam usurpare, cherish the memory of: ius, exercise, L.—In law, to seize, become seized, take possession, acquire, obtain: surculo defringendo, i. e. by breaking off a twig (as a symbol of ownership). — To seize wrongfully, usurp, trespass on: cuius ius tyranni quoque usurparunt, appropriated, L.: usurpandae alienae possessionis causā, L.—In language, to name, call, speak of, talk of, adopt, assume: Graecum verbum: admonet saepe usurpatae Dionysi vocis, quā, etc., L.: Laelius, is, qui Sapiens usurpatur: quae (via) antea silebatur, eadem nunc crebro usurpatur, is on everybody's tongue.
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usurpare, usurpavi, usurpatus V

seize upon, usurp; use

Latin-English dictionary > ūsūrpō
13 compraehendo

com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Prop.
A.
In gen.:
quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?
Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:
(vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,
Cels. 4, 1 fin.:
cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,
id. 7, 12, 1:
mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),
Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:
morsu guttura,
Luc. 4, 727:
nuces modio,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:
naves,
to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:
oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,
Cels. 7, 4, 3:
comprehendunt utrumque et orant,
Caes. B. G. 5, 31:
ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,
Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.
aures,
Tib. 2, 5, 92:
nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,
let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:
naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,
assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:
ignem,
to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;
and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,
Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:
opera flammā comprehensa,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:
avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,
Ov. M. 9, 234:
loca vallo,
Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:
comprehensa aedificia,
Liv. 26, 27, 3.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:
aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,
Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:
tam capitalem hostem,
Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:
hominem,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:
nefarios duces,
id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
Virginium,
Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:
praesidium Punicum,
id. 26, 14, 7:
hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:
in fugā,
id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:
comprehensus morbo,
Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:
comprehensi pestiferā lue,
id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:
aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —
* b.
Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—
2.
To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:
fures,
Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,
b.
Transf. to the crime:
nefandum adulterium,
to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:
res ejus indicio,
id. Clu. 16, 47.—
3.
Of plants, to take root; of a graft:
cum comprehendit (surculus),
Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,
in gen.,
Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—
4.
Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:
si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,
Cels. 5, 21 fin. —
5.
Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:
ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:
circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,
Curt. 6, 6, 24. —
6.
In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:
aliquid melle,
Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—
7.
Of the range of a missile:
quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,
Sil. 4, 102.—
8.
Of the reach of a surgical instrument:
si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,
Cels. 8, 3 init. —
II.
Trop.
A.
To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):
aliquid visu,
Sil. 3, 408;
and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,
Gell. 13, 30, 10.—
B.
To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:
omnes animo virtutes,
id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:
animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,
id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:
omnia animis et cogitatione,
id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:
aliquid mente,
id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:
aliquid memoriā,
id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:
qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,
id. ib. 1, 22, 50:
aliquid certis signis,
Col. 6, 24, 3:
aliquid experimentis assiduis,
Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:
esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,
Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:
virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,
id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—
C.
To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:
breviter paucis comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:
breviter comprehensa sententia,
Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:
comprehendam brevi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:
perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,
id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:
(Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,
id. Att. 12, 21, 1:
ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,
id. Brut. 8, 34:
in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,
Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:
emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,
Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:
ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,
Cic. Brut. 5, 19:
aliquid dictis,
Ov. M. 13, 160:
quae si comprendere coner,
id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —
2.
Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:
neque enim numero comprendere refert,
Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:
numerum quorum comprendere non est,
id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—
D.
To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;
mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,
to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:
adulescentem humanitate tuā,
id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:
quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,
id. Planc. 19. 47.—
E.
To shut in, include (late Lat.):
spiritum in effigiem,
Lact. 4, 8, 9:
elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,
id. 2, 6, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > compraehendo
14 compraendo

com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Prop.
A.
In gen.:
quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?
Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:
(vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,
Cels. 4, 1 fin.:
cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,
id. 7, 12, 1:
mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),
Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:
morsu guttura,
Luc. 4, 727:
nuces modio,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:
naves,
to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:
oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,
Cels. 7, 4, 3:
comprehendunt utrumque et orant,
Caes. B. G. 5, 31:
ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,
Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.
aures,
Tib. 2, 5, 92:
nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,
let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:
naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,
assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:
ignem,
to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;
and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,
Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:
opera flammā comprehensa,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:
avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,
Ov. M. 9, 234:
loca vallo,
Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:
comprehensa aedificia,
Liv. 26, 27, 3.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:
aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,
Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:
tam capitalem hostem,
Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:
hominem,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:
nefarios duces,
id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
Virginium,
Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:
praesidium Punicum,
id. 26, 14, 7:
hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:
in fugā,
id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:
comprehensus morbo,
Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:
comprehensi pestiferā lue,
id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:
aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —
* b.
Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—
2.
To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:
fures,
Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,
b.
Transf. to the crime:
nefandum adulterium,
to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:
res ejus indicio,
id. Clu. 16, 47.—
3.
Of plants, to take root; of a graft:
cum comprehendit (surculus),
Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,
in gen.,
Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—
4.
Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:
si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,
Cels. 5, 21 fin. —
5.
Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:
ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:
circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,
Curt. 6, 6, 24. —
6.
In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:
aliquid melle,
Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—
7.
Of the range of a missile:
quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,
Sil. 4, 102.—
8.
Of the reach of a surgical instrument:
si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,
Cels. 8, 3 init. —
II.
Trop.
A.
To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):
aliquid visu,
Sil. 3, 408;
and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,
Gell. 13, 30, 10.—
B.
To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:
omnes animo virtutes,
id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:
animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,
id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:
omnia animis et cogitatione,
id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:
aliquid mente,
id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:
aliquid memoriā,
id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:
qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,
id. ib. 1, 22, 50:
aliquid certis signis,
Col. 6, 24, 3:
aliquid experimentis assiduis,
Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:
esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,
Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:
virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,
id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—
C.
To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:
breviter paucis comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:
breviter comprehensa sententia,
Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:
comprehendam brevi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:
perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,
id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:
(Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,
id. Att. 12, 21, 1:
ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,
id. Brut. 8, 34:
in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,
Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:
emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,
Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:
ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,
Cic. Brut. 5, 19:
aliquid dictis,
Ov. M. 13, 160:
quae si comprendere coner,
id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —
2.
Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:
neque enim numero comprendere refert,
Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:
numerum quorum comprendere non est,
id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—
D.
To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;
mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,
to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:
adulescentem humanitate tuā,
id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:
quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,
id. Planc. 19. 47.—
E.
To shut in, include (late Lat.):
spiritum in effigiem,
Lact. 4, 8, 9:
elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,
id. 2, 6, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > compraendo
15 comprehendo

com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Prop.
A.
In gen.:
quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?
Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:
(vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,
Cels. 4, 1 fin.:
cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,
id. 7, 12, 1:
mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),
Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:
morsu guttura,
Luc. 4, 727:
nuces modio,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:
naves,
to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:
oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,
Cels. 7, 4, 3:
comprehendunt utrumque et orant,
Caes. B. G. 5, 31:
ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,
Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.
aures,
Tib. 2, 5, 92:
nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,
let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:
naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,
assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:
ignem,
to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;
and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,
Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:
opera flammā comprehensa,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:
avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,
Ov. M. 9, 234:
loca vallo,
Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:
comprehensa aedificia,
Liv. 26, 27, 3.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:
aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,
Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:
tam capitalem hostem,
Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:
hominem,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:
nefarios duces,
id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
Virginium,
Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:
praesidium Punicum,
id. 26, 14, 7:
hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:
in fugā,
id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:
comprehensus morbo,
Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:
comprehensi pestiferā lue,
id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:
aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —
* b.
Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—
2.
To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:
fures,
Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,
b.
Transf. to the crime:
nefandum adulterium,
to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:
res ejus indicio,
id. Clu. 16, 47.—
3.
Of plants, to take root; of a graft:
cum comprehendit (surculus),
Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,
in gen.,
Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—
4.
Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:
si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,
Cels. 5, 21 fin. —
5.
Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:
ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:
circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,
Curt. 6, 6, 24. —
6.
In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:
aliquid melle,
Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—
7.
Of the range of a missile:
quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,
Sil. 4, 102.—
8.
Of the reach of a surgical instrument:
si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,
Cels. 8, 3 init. —
II.
Trop.
A.
To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):
aliquid visu,
Sil. 3, 408;
and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,
Gell. 13, 30, 10.—
B.
To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:
omnes animo virtutes,
id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:
animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,
id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:
omnia animis et cogitatione,
id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:
aliquid mente,
id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:
aliquid memoriā,
id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:
qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,
id. ib. 1, 22, 50:
aliquid certis signis,
Col. 6, 24, 3:
aliquid experimentis assiduis,
Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:
esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,
Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:
virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,
id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—
C.
To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:
breviter paucis comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:
breviter comprehensa sententia,
Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:
comprehendam brevi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:
perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,
id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:
(Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,
id. Att. 12, 21, 1:
ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,
id. Brut. 8, 34:
in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,
Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:
emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,
Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:
ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,
Cic. Brut. 5, 19:
aliquid dictis,
Ov. M. 13, 160:
quae si comprendere coner,
id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —
2.
Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:
neque enim numero comprendere refert,
Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:
numerum quorum comprendere non est,
id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—
D.
To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;
mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,
to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:
adulescentem humanitate tuā,
id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:
quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,
id. Planc. 19. 47.—
E.
To shut in, include (late Lat.):
spiritum in effigiem,
Lact. 4, 8, 9:
elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,
id. 2, 6, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > comprehendo
16 conprehendo

com-prĕhendo ( conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Prop.
A.
In gen.:
quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?
Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92:
(vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur,
Cels. 4, 1 fin.:
cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit,
id. 7, 12, 1:
mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum),
Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46:
morsu guttura,
Luc. 4, 727:
nuces modio,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:
naves,
to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.:
oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt,
Cels. 7, 4, 3:
comprehendunt utrumque et orant,
Caes. B. G. 5, 31:
ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,
Verg. A. 2, 794; cf.
aures,
Tib. 2, 5, 92:
nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme,
let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.:
naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae,
assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39:
ignem,
to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43;
and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit,
Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.:
opera flammā comprehensa,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and:
avidis comprenditur ignibus agger,
Ov. M. 9, 234:
loca vallo,
Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.:
comprehensa aedificia,
Liv. 26, 27, 3.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend:
aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere,
Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20:
tam capitalem hostem,
Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3:
hominem,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14:
nefarios duces,
id. Cat. 3, 7, 16:
Virginium,
Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1:
praesidium Punicum,
id. 26, 14, 7:
hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25:
in fugā,
id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease:
comprehensus morbo,
Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.:
comprehensi pestiferā lue,
id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon:
aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin. —
* b.
Of things, to intercept' -epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—
2.
To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime:
fures,
Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,
b.
Transf. to the crime:
nefandum adulterium,
to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72:
res ejus indicio,
id. Clu. 16, 47.—
3.
Of plants, to take root; of a graft:
cum comprehendit (surculus),
Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so,
in gen.,
Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—
4.
Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere:
si mulier non comprehendit, etc.,
Cels. 5, 21 fin. —
5.
Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include:
ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3:
circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit,
Curt. 6, 6, 24. —
6.
In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine:
aliquid melle,
Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—
7.
Of the range of a missile:
quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo,
Sil. 4, 102.—
8.
Of the reach of a surgical instrument:
si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit,
Cels. 8, 3 init. —
II.
Trop.
A.
To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare):
aliquid visu,
Sil. 3, 408;
and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices,
Gell. 13, 30, 10.—
B.
To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants; v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6:
omnes animo virtutes,
id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64:
animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus,
id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.:
omnia animis et cogitatione,
id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136:
aliquid mente,
id. N. D. 3, 8, 21:
aliquid memoriā,
id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121:
qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere,
id. ib. 1, 22, 50:
aliquid certis signis,
Col. 6, 24, 3:
aliquid experimentis assiduis,
Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.:
esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset,
Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18:
virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse,
id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—
C.
To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.:
breviter paucis comprendere multa,
Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.:
breviter comprehensa sententia,
Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91:
comprehendam brevi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34:
perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint,
id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15:
(Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat,
id. Att. 12, 21, 1:
ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam,
id. Brut. 8, 34:
in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa,
Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1:
emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt,
Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.:
ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus,
Cic. Brut. 5, 19:
aliquid dictis,
Ov. M. 13, 160:
quae si comprendere coner,
id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —
2.
Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate:
neque enim numero comprendere refert,
Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.:
numerum quorum comprendere non est,
id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—
D.
To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare;
mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc.,
to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13:
adulescentem humanitate tuā,
id. Fam. 13, 15, 3:
quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit,
id. Planc. 19. 47.—
E.
To shut in, include (late Lat.):
spiritum in effigiem,
Lact. 4, 8, 9:
elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae,
id. 2, 6, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conprehendo
17 adripio

ar-rĭpĭo ( adr-, B. and K.; arr-, Lachm., Ritschl, Fleck., Merk., Rib., K. and H., Weissenb., Halm), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to seize, snatch, lay hold of, draw a person or thing to one's self (esp. with haste).
I.
In gen.
A.
Lit.:
ut eum eriperet, manum arripuit mordicus: Vix foras me abripui atque effugi,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 7; cf.
the first of the words following, formed by Plaut. after the manner of Aristophanes: Quodsemelarripides Numquampostreddonides,
Pers. 4, 6, 23 Ritschl:
gladium,
id. Capt. 4, 4, 7; Vulg. Gen. 22, 10:
pugionem,
ib. Num. 25, 7:
securim,
ib. Jud. 9, 48:
arma,
Liv. 35, 36:
cultrum,
id. 3, 48:
telum, vestimenta,
Nep. Alcib. 10, 5:
arcus Arripit,
Ov. M. 5, 64:
ensem,
id. ib. 13, 386:
saxum,
Curt. 6, 9:
pileum vel galerum,
Suet. Ner. 26:
scutum e strage,
Tac. A. 3, 23:
sagittam et scutum,
Vulg. Jer. 6, 23:
clipeum,
ib. Isa. 21, 5:
aliquem barbā,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 64:
manu,
Liv. 6, 8:
aliquam comā,
Ov. M. 6, 552:
caput capillo,
Suet. Galb. 20: manum alicujus, Auct. B. G. 8, 23; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4.—
B.
Trop., to take to one's self, procure, appropriate, seize:
Arripe opem auxiliumque ad hanc rem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 65:
vox et gestus subito sumi et aliunde adripi non potest,
Cic. Or. 1, 59, 252:
cognomen sibi ex Aeliorum imaginibus adripuit,
id. Sest. 32:
non debes adripere maledictum ex trivio aut ex scurrarum aliquo convicio,
id. Mur. 6:
libenter adripere facultatem laedendi,
id. Fl. 8, 19:
aliquid ad reprehendendum,
id. N. D. 2, 65, 162:
impedimentum pro occasione arripere,
Liv. 3, 35 al. —
II.
Transf.
A.
In gen., to seize, lay hold of, take possession of, secure:
Sublimem medium arriperem, et capite pronum in terram statuerem,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:
simul arripit ipsum Pendentem,
Verg. A. 9, 561:
medium arripit Servium,
Liv. 1, 48:
quando arripuerit te spiritus Domini malus,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 16, 16; so ib. Luc. 8, 29:
Existit sacer ignis et urit corpore serpens, Quamcumque arripuit partim,
Lucr. 6, 661:
quemcumque patrem familias adripuissetis ex aliquo circulo,
you might have taken, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159:
nisi forte eum (dolorem) dicis, qui simul atque adripuit, interficit,
id. Fin. 2, 28, 93:
vitulum,
Vulg. Deut. 9, 21:
leones,
ib. Dan. 6, 24:
navem,
ib. Act. 27, 15:
arrepto repente equo,
Liv. 6, 8:
cohortes arreptas in urbem inducit,
id. 34, 20.— Trop., of the mind, to seize upon with eagerness or haste, to learn quickly or with avidity:
pueri celeriter res innumerabiles adripiunt,
Cic. Sen. 21, 78:
quas (sc. Graecas litteras) quidem sic avide adripui, quasi diuturnam sitim explere cupiens,
id. ib. 8, 26; cf. id. Mur. 30:
Quarum studium etsi senior arripuerat,
Nep. Cato, 3, 2:
quaerit Socrates unde animum adripuerimus, si nullus fuerit in mundo,
Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 26:
quod animus adriperet aut exciperet extrinsecus ex divinitate,
id. Div. 2, 11, 26.—
B.
As a judicial t. t., to bring or summon before a tribunal, to complain of, accuse (cf. rapio;
esp. freq. of those who are complained of after leaving their office): eum te adripuisse, a quo non sis rogatus,
Cic. Planc. 22, 54:
ad quaestionem ipse adreptus est,
id. Clu. 33:
tribunus plebis consules abeuntes magistratu arripuit,
Liv. 2, 54:
arreptus a P. Numitorio Sp. Oppius,
id. 3, 58:
arreptus a viatore,
id. 6, 16:
quaestor ejus in praejudicium aliquot criminibus arreptus est,
Suet. Caes. 23:
inter Sejani conscios arreptus,
id. Vit. 2.—Hence,
C.
In Horace, to attack with ridicule or reproach, to ridicule, satirize: Primores populi arripuit populumque tributim, Sat. 2, 1, 69:
luxuriam et Nomentanum arripe mecum,
id. 2, 3, 224.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adripio
18 arripio

ar-rĭpĭo ( adr-, B. and K.; arr-, Lachm., Ritschl, Fleck., Merk., Rib., K. and H., Weissenb., Halm), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to seize, snatch, lay hold of, draw a person or thing to one's self (esp. with haste).
I.
In gen.
A.
Lit.:
ut eum eriperet, manum arripuit mordicus: Vix foras me abripui atque effugi,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 7; cf.
the first of the words following, formed by Plaut. after the manner of Aristophanes: Quodsemelarripides Numquampostreddonides,
Pers. 4, 6, 23 Ritschl:
gladium,
id. Capt. 4, 4, 7; Vulg. Gen. 22, 10:
pugionem,
ib. Num. 25, 7:
securim,
ib. Jud. 9, 48:
arma,
Liv. 35, 36:
cultrum,
id. 3, 48:
telum, vestimenta,
Nep. Alcib. 10, 5:
arcus Arripit,
Ov. M. 5, 64:
ensem,
id. ib. 13, 386:
saxum,
Curt. 6, 9:
pileum vel galerum,
Suet. Ner. 26:
scutum e strage,
Tac. A. 3, 23:
sagittam et scutum,
Vulg. Jer. 6, 23:
clipeum,
ib. Isa. 21, 5:
aliquem barbā,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 64:
manu,
Liv. 6, 8:
aliquam comā,
Ov. M. 6, 552:
caput capillo,
Suet. Galb. 20: manum alicujus, Auct. B. G. 8, 23; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4.—
B.
Trop., to take to one's self, procure, appropriate, seize:
Arripe opem auxiliumque ad hanc rem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 65:
vox et gestus subito sumi et aliunde adripi non potest,
Cic. Or. 1, 59, 252:
cognomen sibi ex Aeliorum imaginibus adripuit,
id. Sest. 32:
non debes adripere maledictum ex trivio aut ex scurrarum aliquo convicio,
id. Mur. 6:
libenter adripere facultatem laedendi,
id. Fl. 8, 19:
aliquid ad reprehendendum,
id. N. D. 2, 65, 162:
impedimentum pro occasione arripere,
Liv. 3, 35 al. —
II.
Transf.
A.
In gen., to seize, lay hold of, take possession of, secure:
Sublimem medium arriperem, et capite pronum in terram statuerem,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:
simul arripit ipsum Pendentem,
Verg. A. 9, 561:
medium arripit Servium,
Liv. 1, 48:
quando arripuerit te spiritus Domini malus,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 16, 16; so ib. Luc. 8, 29:
Existit sacer ignis et urit corpore serpens, Quamcumque arripuit partim,
Lucr. 6, 661:
quemcumque patrem familias adripuissetis ex aliquo circulo,
you might have taken, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159:
nisi forte eum (dolorem) dicis, qui simul atque adripuit, interficit,
id. Fin. 2, 28, 93:
vitulum,
Vulg. Deut. 9, 21:
leones,
ib. Dan. 6, 24:
navem,
ib. Act. 27, 15:
arrepto repente equo,
Liv. 6, 8:
cohortes arreptas in urbem inducit,
id. 34, 20.— Trop., of the mind, to seize upon with eagerness or haste, to learn quickly or with avidity:
pueri celeriter res innumerabiles adripiunt,
Cic. Sen. 21, 78:
quas (sc. Graecas litteras) quidem sic avide adripui, quasi diuturnam sitim explere cupiens,
id. ib. 8, 26; cf. id. Mur. 30:
Quarum studium etsi senior arripuerat,
Nep. Cato, 3, 2:
quaerit Socrates unde animum adripuerimus, si nullus fuerit in mundo,
Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 26:
quod animus adriperet aut exciperet extrinsecus ex divinitate,
id. Div. 2, 11, 26.—
B.
As a judicial t. t., to bring or summon before a tribunal, to complain of, accuse (cf. rapio;
esp. freq. of those who are complained of after leaving their office): eum te adripuisse, a quo non sis rogatus,
Cic. Planc. 22, 54:
ad quaestionem ipse adreptus est,
id. Clu. 33:
tribunus plebis consules abeuntes magistratu arripuit,
Liv. 2, 54:
arreptus a P. Numitorio Sp. Oppius,
id. 3, 58:
arreptus a viatore,
id. 6, 16:
quaestor ejus in praejudicium aliquot criminibus arreptus est,
Suet. Caes. 23:
inter Sejani conscios arreptus,
id. Vit. 2.—Hence,
C.
In Horace, to attack with ridicule or reproach, to ridicule, satirize: Primores populi arripuit populumque tributim, Sat. 2, 1, 69:
luxuriam et Nomentanum arripe mecum,
id. 2, 3, 224.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > arripio
19 conripio

cor-rĭpĭo ( conr-), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to seize or snatch up, to collect, to seize upon, take hold of (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
hominem conripi ac suspendi jussit in oleastro,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57; Caes. B. C. 3, 109; cf. Ov. M. 9, 217 al.:
arcumque manu celeresque sagittas,
Verg. A. 1, 188; cf.:
lora manu,
Ov. M. 2, 145:
fasces,
Sall. C. 18, 5:
arma,
Vell. 2, 110 et saep.: corpus, to rise up quickly, start up:
ex somno,
Lucr. 3, 164; Verg. A. 4, 572:
de terrā,
Lucr. 4, 1000:
e stratis,
Verg. A. 3, 176: se, to get or rise up hastily, to betake one's self somewhere, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 76; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 5; Verg. A. 6, 472.— Poet.: viam, gradum, spatium, etc., to set out quickly, to pursue hastily, to hasten, hasten through or over:
viam,
Verg. A. 1, 418; Ov. M. 2, 158; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6:
gradum,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 33:
spatia,
Verg. A. 5, 316:
campum,
id. G. 3, 104:
aequora,
Val. Fl. 1, 132 al.:
correptā luce diei,
collected, Lucr. 4, 81.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of robbery, etc., to carry off, rob, plunder, take possession of, usurp:
pecunias undique quasi in subsidium,
Tac. A. 13, 18; cf.:
bona vivorum ac mortuorum usquequaque,
Suet. Dom. 12:
pecunias,
Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Tac. A. 13, 31 fin.:
sacram effigiem,
Verg. A. 2, 167:
praefecturas,
Tac. A. 11, 8 al. —
2.
In Tac. freq. of accusations, to bring to trial, accuse, inform against:
Vitellius accusatione corripitur, deferente Junio Lupo senatore,
Tac. A. 12, 42; 2, 28; 3, 49; 6, 40 al.—
3.
Of fire, etc., or of diseases, to attack, seize, sweep, or carry away (freq. after the Aug. per.):
turbine caelesti subito correptus et igni,
Lucr. 6, 395; cf. Verg. A. 1, 45:
flamma Corripuit tabulas,
id. ib. 9, 537; so Ov. M. 2, 210 al.;
and transf. to the person: ipsas ignes corripuere casas,
id. F. 2, 524:
nec singula morbi Corpora corripiunt,
Verg. G. 3, 472; Cels. 6, 18, 9; Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172:
morbo bis inter res agendas correptus est,
Suet. Caes. 45:
pedum dolore,
Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4;
rarely of death: subitā morte,
Flor. 3, 17, 2:
(ales) caeco correpta veneno,
Lucr. 6, 823:
(segetes) modo sol nimius, nimius modo corripit imber,
Ov. M. 5, 483.— Absol.:
si (paralytici) correpti non sunt, diutius quidem vivunt, sed, etc.,
Cels. 3, 47, 4.—
4.
With the access. idea of lessening by compressing, to draw together, draw in, contract, shorten, abridge, diminish (rare; mostly post-Aug.): singulos a septenis spatiis ad quina corripuit. Suet. Dom. 4:
impensas,
id. Tib. 34;
of discourse: quae nimium corripientes omnia sequitur obscuritas,
Quint. 4, 2, 44;
of words in the number of syllables (trabs from trabes),
Varr. L. L. 7, § 33 Müll.;
or in the length of syllables,
Quint. 9, 4, 89; 10, 1, 29;
and so of syllables (opp. producere),
id. 1, 5, 18;
opp. porrigere,
id. 1, 6, 32, and later grammarians.—In time:
numina corripiant moras,
shorten, Ov. M. 9, 282:
ut difficiles puerperiorum tricas Juno mulceat corripiatque Lucina?
Arn. 3, 21.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To reproach, reprove, chide, blame (first freq. after the Aug. per.;
not in Cic.): hi omnes convicio L. Lentuli consulis correpti exagitabantur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 2: clamoribus maximis judices corripuerunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; so with abl., Suet. Aug. 53:
impransi correptus voce magistri,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 257:
hunc cetera turba suorum corripiunt dictis,
Ov. M. 3, 565 al.:
ut eum non inimice corripere, sed paene patrie monere videatur,
Quint. 11, 1, 68; Liv. 2, 28, 5; Suet. Calig. 45; Ov. M. 13, 69 al.:
corripientibus amicis,
Suet. Ner. 35.—As a figure of speech, Cels. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 104.—
B.
Of the passions, emotions, etc., to seize upon, attack (rare, [p. 474] and mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):
hunc plausus hiantem... plebisque patrumque Corripuit ( = animum commovit),
Verg. G. 2, 510:
correpta cupidine,
Ov. M. 9, 734; so id. ib. 9, 455:
duplici ardore (sc. amoris et vini),
Prop. 1, 3, 13:
misericordiā,
Suet. Calig. 12:
irā,
Gell. 1, 26, 8: militiā ( poet. for militiae studio), Verg. A. 11, 584:
imagine visae formae,
seized, fascinated, Ov. M. 4, 676.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conripio
20 corripio

cor-rĭpĭo ( conr-), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to seize or snatch up, to collect, to seize upon, take hold of (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
hominem conripi ac suspendi jussit in oleastro,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57; Caes. B. C. 3, 109; cf. Ov. M. 9, 217 al.:
arcumque manu celeresque sagittas,
Verg. A. 1, 188; cf.:
lora manu,
Ov. M. 2, 145:
fasces,
Sall. C. 18, 5:
arma,
Vell. 2, 110 et saep.: corpus, to rise up quickly, start up:
ex somno,
Lucr. 3, 164; Verg. A. 4, 572:
de terrā,
Lucr. 4, 1000:
e stratis,
Verg. A. 3, 176: se, to get or rise up hastily, to betake one's self somewhere, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 76; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 5; Verg. A. 6, 472.— Poet.: viam, gradum, spatium, etc., to set out quickly, to pursue hastily, to hasten, hasten through or over:
viam,
Verg. A. 1, 418; Ov. M. 2, 158; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6:
gradum,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 33:
spatia,
Verg. A. 5, 316:
campum,
id. G. 3, 104:
aequora,
Val. Fl. 1, 132 al.:
correptā luce diei,
collected, Lucr. 4, 81.—
B.
In partic.
1.
Of robbery, etc., to carry off, rob, plunder, take possession of, usurp:
pecunias undique quasi in subsidium,
Tac. A. 13, 18; cf.:
bona vivorum ac mortuorum usquequaque,
Suet. Dom. 12:
pecunias,
Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Tac. A. 13, 31 fin.:
sacram effigiem,
Verg. A. 2, 167:
praefecturas,
Tac. A. 11, 8 al. —
2.
In Tac. freq. of accusations, to bring to trial, accuse, inform against:
Vitellius accusatione corripitur, deferente Junio Lupo senatore,
Tac. A. 12, 42; 2, 28; 3, 49; 6, 40 al.—
3.
Of fire, etc., or of diseases, to attack, seize, sweep, or carry away (freq. after the Aug. per.):
turbine caelesti subito correptus et igni,
Lucr. 6, 395; cf. Verg. A. 1, 45:
flamma Corripuit tabulas,
id. ib. 9, 537; so Ov. M. 2, 210 al.;
and transf. to the person: ipsas ignes corripuere casas,
id. F. 2, 524:
nec singula morbi Corpora corripiunt,
Verg. G. 3, 472; Cels. 6, 18, 9; Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172:
morbo bis inter res agendas correptus est,
Suet. Caes. 45:
pedum dolore,
Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4;
rarely of death: subitā morte,
Flor. 3, 17, 2:
(ales) caeco correpta veneno,
Lucr. 6, 823:
(segetes) modo sol nimius, nimius modo corripit imber,
Ov. M. 5, 483.— Absol.:
si (paralytici) correpti non sunt, diutius quidem vivunt, sed, etc.,
Cels. 3, 47, 4.—
4.
With the access. idea of lessening by compressing, to draw together, draw in, contract, shorten, abridge, diminish (rare; mostly post-Aug.): singulos a septenis spatiis ad quina corripuit. Suet. Dom. 4:
impensas,
id. Tib. 34;
of discourse: quae nimium corripientes omnia sequitur obscuritas,
Quint. 4, 2, 44;
of words in the number of syllables (trabs from trabes),
Varr. L. L. 7, § 33 Müll.;
or in the length of syllables,
Quint. 9, 4, 89; 10, 1, 29;
and so of syllables (opp. producere),
id. 1, 5, 18;
opp. porrigere,
id. 1, 6, 32, and later grammarians.—In time:
numina corripiant moras,
shorten, Ov. M. 9, 282:
ut difficiles puerperiorum tricas Juno mulceat corripiatque Lucina?
Arn. 3, 21.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To reproach, reprove, chide, blame (first freq. after the Aug. per.;
not in Cic.): hi omnes convicio L. Lentuli consulis correpti exagitabantur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 2: clamoribus maximis judices corripuerunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; so with abl., Suet. Aug. 53:
impransi correptus voce magistri,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 257:
hunc cetera turba suorum corripiunt dictis,
Ov. M. 3, 565 al.:
ut eum non inimice corripere, sed paene patrie monere videatur,
Quint. 11, 1, 68; Liv. 2, 28, 5; Suet. Calig. 45; Ov. M. 13, 69 al.:
corripientibus amicis,
Suet. Ner. 35.—As a figure of speech, Cels. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 104.—
B.
Of the passions, emotions, etc., to seize upon, attack (rare, [p. 474] and mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):
hunc plausus hiantem... plebisque patrumque Corripuit ( = animum commovit),
Verg. G. 2, 510:
correpta cupidine,
Ov. M. 9, 734; so id. ib. 9, 455:
duplici ardore (sc. amoris et vini),
Prop. 1, 3, 13:
misericordiā,
Suet. Calig. 12:
irā,
Gell. 1, 26, 8: militiā ( poet. for militiae studio), Verg. A. 11, 584:
imagine visae formae,
seized, fascinated, Ov. M. 4, 676.

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