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  • 21 apprehendo

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

    apprensus,

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

    apprendere,

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

    Alterum alterā adprehendit eos manu,

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

    adprehendens pallium suum,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 30:

    atomi aliae alias adprehendentes continuantur,

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

    adprehendit cornu altaris,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 28:

    vites sic claviculis adminicula tamquam manibus adprehendunt,

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

    morsu,

    Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84:

    quantum adprehenderint tres digiti,

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

    manum osculandi causā,

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

    manum adprehendere,

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

    quibus adprensis,

    Tac. A. 4, 8 al.:

    adprehensum deosculatur,

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

    conscientiā exter ritus adprehendit Caecilium, etc.,

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

    quidquid ego apprehenderam statim accusator extorquebat e manibus,

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

    nisi caute adprehenditur,

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

    passio apprehensa,

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

    casum testamento,

    Dig. 28, 2, 10:

    personam filii (sc. in stipulatione),

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

    a militibus adprehensus,

    Gell. 5, 14, 26:

    furem adprehendere,

    Dig. 13, 7, 11:

    fugitivum,

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

    adprehendere Hispanias,

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

    adprehende vitam aeternam,

    Vulg. 1 Tim. 6, 12;

    6, 19: justitiam,

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

    Ubi libido veniet nauseae eumque adprehendit, decumbat etc.,

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

    tremor adprehendit eam,

    Vulg. Jer. 49, 24:

    dolor,

    ib. 2 Macc. 9, 5:

    angustia,

    ib. Jer. 50, 43:

    stupor,

    ib. Luc. 5, 26:

    tentatio,

    ib. 1 Cor. 10, 13.

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  • 22 percipio

    per-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (old form of the pluperf. percepset for percepisset, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 26, 98; v. Trag. Rel. p. 207 Rib.), v. a. [capio], to take wholly, to seize entirely (cf. occupo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    To take possession of, to seize, occupy:

    mihi horror misero membra percipit dictis tuis,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 66:

    priusquam percipit (eum) insania,

    id. Men. 5, 5, 22; id. Stich. 2, 2, 17:

    neque urbis odium me umquam percipit,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 2:

    vitae percipit humanos odium,

    Lucr. 3, 80; 5, 605.—
    B.
    To take to one's self, to assume:

    varii sensus animantibus insunt, quorum quisque suam proprie rem percipit in se,

    Lucr. 6, 985:

    rigorem,

    Ov. M. 4, 745:

    colorem,

    Plin. 21, 5, 13, § 26:

    sucum thymi,

    Col. 11, 3, 40.—
    C.
    To get, obtain, receive:

    serere, percipere, condere fructus,

    to gather, collect, Cic. Sen. 7, 24:

    praemia,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32:

    fructum ex oleā,

    Plin. 15, 1, 1, § 3:

    civitatem ab aliquo,

    Just. 43, 5, 13:

    hereditatem,

    Suet. Tib. 15; Petr. 141.—
    II.
    Trop. (so most freq. in class. lang.; syn.: sentio, intellego, comprehendo).
    A.
    To perceive, observe:

    ne, quod hic agimus, erus percipiat fieri,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 2:

    quod neque oculis, neque auribus, neque ullo sensu percipi potest,

    Cic. Or. 2, 8:

    crebraeque nunc querelae, nunc minae percipiebantur,

    were heard, Caes. B. C. 3, 84; Liv. 2, 3, 5:

    quae dicam,

    i. e. hear, Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 27:

    et aures, cum sonum percipere debeant,

    id. N. D. 2, 56, 141; so,

    percipe auribus,

    hear, give ear, Vulg. Psa. 16, 1 et saep.—
    B.
    To feel:

    neque majorem voluptatem ex infinito tempore aetatis percipi posse, quam ex hoc percipiatur,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 19, 63:

    voluptatem,

    id. ib. 1, 11, 37:

    luctus,

    id. Fam. 14, 11:

    dolores,

    id. ib. 14, 11:

    gaudia,

    Ov. P. 2, 1, 60.—
    C.
    To learn, [p. 1335] know, conceive, comprehend, understand, perceive, etc.:

    res percepta et cognita,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44:

    percipere et comprehendere,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 26:

    cognosci et percipi posse,

    id. Fin. 1, 19, 64:

    aliquid animo,

    id. de Or. 1, 28, 127:

    artificium aliquod,

    id. ib. 1, 28, 127:

    virtutem et humanitatem,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10:

    philosophiam,

    id. de Or. 1, 51, 219:

    praecepta artis,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 60:

    omnium civium nomina perceperat,

    knew, id. Sen. 7, 21:

    nomen Graecum, sed perceptum usu a nostris,

    known, id. N. D. 2, 36, 91.—Hence, perceptus, a, um, P. a., perceived, observed. —Hence, subst.: percep-ta, ōrum, n., doctrines, principles, rules of an art or science: percepta appello, quae dicuntur Graecis theôrêmata, Cic. Fat. 6, 11. — Sing.:

    pro percepto liquere,

    as proved, certain, Gell. 14, 1, 11.

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  • 23 praeverto

    prae-verto or - vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and (only in present tense) praevertor or - vortor ( inf. pass. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.
    I.
    To prefer:

    ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae republicā,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

    si vacas animo, neque habes aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes,

    Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—
    II. A.
    Lit. ( poet.):

    cursu pedum ventos,

    Verg. A. 7, 807:

    equo ventos,

    id. ib. 12, 345:

    volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum,

    id. ib. 1, 317:

    vestigia cervae,

    Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To be beforehand with, to anticipate; with acc., to prevent, make useless: nostra omnis lis est: pulcre praevortar viros, will anticipate, be beforehand with them (cf. praevenio), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75:

    aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum forte oblata opportunitas praevertit,

    has rendered useless, Liv. 8, 16:

    praevertunt, inquit, me fata,

    prevent me, Ov. M. 2, 657:

    celeri praevertit tristia leto,

    Luc. 8, 29:

    quae absolvi, quoniam mors praeverterat, nequiverunt,

    Gell. 17, 10, 6.—
    2.
    To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy, prepossess:

    vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos,

    to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.:

    neque praevorto poculum,

    take before my turn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—
    3.
    To surpass in worth, outweigh, exceed, to be preferable, of more importance:

    erilis praevertit metus,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: quoniam pietatem amori tuo video praevortere, outweigh, [p. 1438] exceed, id. Ps. 1, 3, 59:

    nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praevertisse quicquam,

    Liv. 2, 24.—
    4.
    To turn one's attention first or principally to, to do first or in preference to any thing else, to despatch first; used esp. in the dep.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    rei mandatae omnes sapientes primum praevorti decet,

    to apply themselves principally to it, to despatch it first, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40:

    ei rei primum praevorti volo,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 100:

    stultitia est, cui bene esse licet, cum praevorti litibus,

    to occupy one's self with contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20:

    cave, pigritiae praevorteris,

    do not give yourself up to indolence, id. Merc. 1, 2, 3:

    etsi ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen huic rei praevertendum existimavit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—
    (β).
    With acc., to do or attend to in preference:

    hoc praevortar principio,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8:

    si quid dictum est per jocum, non aequom est, id te serio praevortier,

    to take it in earnest, id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13:

    aliud in praesentia praevertendum sibi esse dixit,

    that must be attended to first, id. 35, 33.— Pass.:

    praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus,

    Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —
    (γ).
    With ad, to apply one's self particularly to any thing:

    si quando ad interna praeverterent,

    Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.:

    nunc praevertemur ad nostrum orbem,

    Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123:

    nunc praevertemur ad differentias aeris,

    id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

    ad ea praeverti,

    Col. 3, 7:

    hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur,

    Gell. 3, 7, 6.—
    (δ).
    With an adverb of place:

    illuc praevertamur,

    let us first of all look at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—
    (ε).
    With a rel.-clause; proximum erat narrare glandiferas quoque, ni praeverti cogeret admiratio, quaenam esset vita sine arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    in rem quod sit, praevortaris, potius quam, etc.,

    do, perform, attend to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.

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  • 24 praevertor

    prae-verto or - vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and (only in present tense) praevertor or - vortor ( inf. pass. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.
    I.
    To prefer:

    ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae republicā,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

    si vacas animo, neque habes aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes,

    Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—
    II. A.
    Lit. ( poet.):

    cursu pedum ventos,

    Verg. A. 7, 807:

    equo ventos,

    id. ib. 12, 345:

    volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum,

    id. ib. 1, 317:

    vestigia cervae,

    Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To be beforehand with, to anticipate; with acc., to prevent, make useless: nostra omnis lis est: pulcre praevortar viros, will anticipate, be beforehand with them (cf. praevenio), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75:

    aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum forte oblata opportunitas praevertit,

    has rendered useless, Liv. 8, 16:

    praevertunt, inquit, me fata,

    prevent me, Ov. M. 2, 657:

    celeri praevertit tristia leto,

    Luc. 8, 29:

    quae absolvi, quoniam mors praeverterat, nequiverunt,

    Gell. 17, 10, 6.—
    2.
    To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy, prepossess:

    vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos,

    to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.:

    neque praevorto poculum,

    take before my turn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—
    3.
    To surpass in worth, outweigh, exceed, to be preferable, of more importance:

    erilis praevertit metus,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: quoniam pietatem amori tuo video praevortere, outweigh, [p. 1438] exceed, id. Ps. 1, 3, 59:

    nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praevertisse quicquam,

    Liv. 2, 24.—
    4.
    To turn one's attention first or principally to, to do first or in preference to any thing else, to despatch first; used esp. in the dep.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    rei mandatae omnes sapientes primum praevorti decet,

    to apply themselves principally to it, to despatch it first, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40:

    ei rei primum praevorti volo,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 100:

    stultitia est, cui bene esse licet, cum praevorti litibus,

    to occupy one's self with contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20:

    cave, pigritiae praevorteris,

    do not give yourself up to indolence, id. Merc. 1, 2, 3:

    etsi ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen huic rei praevertendum existimavit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—
    (β).
    With acc., to do or attend to in preference:

    hoc praevortar principio,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8:

    si quid dictum est per jocum, non aequom est, id te serio praevortier,

    to take it in earnest, id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13:

    aliud in praesentia praevertendum sibi esse dixit,

    that must be attended to first, id. 35, 33.— Pass.:

    praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus,

    Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —
    (γ).
    With ad, to apply one's self particularly to any thing:

    si quando ad interna praeverterent,

    Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.:

    nunc praevertemur ad nostrum orbem,

    Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123:

    nunc praevertemur ad differentias aeris,

    id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

    ad ea praeverti,

    Col. 3, 7:

    hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur,

    Gell. 3, 7, 6.—
    (δ).
    With an adverb of place:

    illuc praevertamur,

    let us first of all look at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—
    (ε).
    With a rel.-clause; proximum erat narrare glandiferas quoque, ni praeverti cogeret admiratio, quaenam esset vita sine arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    in rem quod sit, praevortaris, potius quam, etc.,

    do, perform, attend to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.

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  • 25 vortor

    prae-verto or - vorto, ti, 3, v. a., and (only in present tense) praevertor or - vortor ( inf. pass. paragog. praevortier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39), 3, v. dep.
    I.
    To prefer:

    ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae republicā,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 29:

    si vacas animo, neque habes aliquid, quod huic sermoni praevertendum putes,

    Cic. Div. 1, 6, 10; Gell. 4, 3, 2.—
    II. A.
    Lit. ( poet.):

    cursu pedum ventos,

    Verg. A. 7, 807:

    equo ventos,

    id. ib. 12, 345:

    volucremque fugā praevertitur Eurum,

    id. ib. 1, 317:

    vestigia cervae,

    Cat. 64, 341; Stat. Th. 5, 691.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To be beforehand with, to anticipate; with acc., to prevent, make useless: nostra omnis lis est: pulcre praevortar viros, will anticipate, be beforehand with them (cf. praevenio), Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 75:

    aggerem et vineas egit, turresque admovit: quorum usum forte oblata opportunitas praevertit,

    has rendered useless, Liv. 8, 16:

    praevertunt, inquit, me fata,

    prevent me, Ov. M. 2, 657:

    celeri praevertit tristia leto,

    Luc. 8, 29:

    quae absolvi, quoniam mors praeverterat, nequiverunt,

    Gell. 17, 10, 6.—
    2.
    To take possession of beforehand, to preoccupy, prepossess:

    vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos,

    to prepossess, Verg. A. 1, 722; cf.:

    neque praevorto poculum,

    take before my turn, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 59.—
    3.
    To surpass in worth, outweigh, exceed, to be preferable, of more importance:

    erilis praevertit metus,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 16: quoniam pietatem amori tuo video praevortere, outweigh, [p. 1438] exceed, id. Ps. 1, 3, 59:

    nec posse, cum hostes prope ad portas essent, bello praevertisse quicquam,

    Liv. 2, 24.—
    4.
    To turn one's attention first or principally to, to do first or in preference to any thing else, to despatch first; used esp. in the dep.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    rei mandatae omnes sapientes primum praevorti decet,

    to apply themselves principally to it, to despatch it first, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 40:

    ei rei primum praevorti volo,

    id. Capt. 2, 3, 100:

    stultitia est, cui bene esse licet, cum praevorti litibus,

    to occupy one's self with contentions, id. Pers. 5, 2, 20:

    cave, pigritiae praevorteris,

    do not give yourself up to indolence, id. Merc. 1, 2, 3:

    etsi ab hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen huic rei praevertendum existimavit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 33.—
    (β).
    With acc., to do or attend to in preference:

    hoc praevortar principio,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 8:

    si quid dictum est per jocum, non aequom est, id te serio praevortier,

    to take it in earnest, id. Am. 3, 2, 39; Liv. 8, 13:

    aliud in praesentia praevertendum sibi esse dixit,

    that must be attended to first, id. 35, 33.— Pass.:

    praevorti hoc certum est rebus aliis omnibus,

    Plaut. Cist. 5, 1, 8. —
    (γ).
    With ad, to apply one's self particularly to any thing:

    si quando ad interna praeverterent,

    Tac. A. 4, 32; so, praevertor, dep.:

    nunc praevertemur ad nostrum orbem,

    Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 123:

    nunc praevertemur ad differentias aeris,

    id. 34, 8, 20, § 94:

    ad ea praeverti,

    Col. 3, 7:

    hostes ad occursandum pugnandumque in eos praevertentur,

    Gell. 3, 7, 6.—
    (δ).
    With an adverb of place:

    illuc praevertamur,

    let us first of all look at this, Hor. S. 1, 3, 38.—
    (ε).
    With a rel.-clause; proximum erat narrare glandiferas quoque, ni praeverti cogeret admiratio, quaenam esset vita sine arbore ullā, Plin. H. N. 16, praef. § 1.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    in rem quod sit, praevortaris, potius quam, etc.,

    do, perform, attend to, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 8.

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  • 26 potior

        potior (potitur, T., V., O.; poterētur, Ct.; poterēmur, O.; poterentur, L., O.), ītus, īrī (potī, Enn. ap. C.), dep.    [potis], to become master of, take possession of, get, obtain, acquire, receive: libidines ad potiundum incitantur: si eius oppidi potitus foret, S.: vexilli, L.: rerum, N.: summam imperii, usurp supreme authority, N.: in spe urbis hostium potiundae, L.: natura iis potiens: gens urbe nostrā potitura: imperio totius Galliae, Cs.: sceptro, O. — To be master of, have, hold, possess, occupy: qui tenent, qui potiuntur: civitas Atheniensium, dum ea rerum potita est, was supreme: patria commoda, T.: (voluptates), quibus senectus, si non abunde potitur, etc.: oppido, L.: potiuntur Troes harenā, i. e. reach, V.: monte, have climbed, O.
    * * *
    potiri, potitus sum V DEP
    get possession of, acquire, become master of (with gen. or abl.)

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  • 27 potior

    1.
    pŏtĭor, ītus, 4 ( inf. pres. potirier, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 66.—Acc. to the third conj., potĭtur, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 274 Müll. or Ann. v. 78 Vahl.; Verg. A. 3, 56:

    capto potĭmur mundo,

    Manil. 4, 882; Ov. M. 13, 130; Cat. 64, 402.—Potītur. only in Prisc. 881, and Ov. H. 14, 113. So, poti for potiri, Pac. ap. Non. 475, 29; Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 5, acc. to Trag. Rel. p. 56 Rib., and Enn. Trag. v. 260 Vahl.— Act. collat. form pŏtĭo, īre; v. 2. potio), v. dep. n. [potis].
    I.
    Lit., to become master of, to take possession of, to get, obtain, acquire, receive; constr. with gen., acc., abl., and absol. (class.; syn.: occupo, invado).
    (α).
    With gen.:

    illius regni potiri,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5:

    urbis potiri,

    Sall. C. 47, 2:

    vexilli,

    Liv. 25, 14:

    nemini in opinionem veniebat Antonium rerum potiturum,

    Nep. Att. 9, 6:

    voti,

    Sil. 15, 331.—
    (β).
    With acc. (mostly ante- and post-class.; not in Cic.): regnum, Pac. ap. Non. 481, 32:

    sceptrum,

    Att. ib. 30; cf.:

    Homerus sceptra potitus,

    Lucr. 3, 1038:

    oppidum, Auct. B. Hisp. 13: summum imperii,

    to get possession of the supreme dominion, Nep. Eum. 3, 4; cf.:

    regni Persarum potiundi,

    id. Ages. 4, 2:

    spes urbis potiundae,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 7, 2; 3, 6, 2:

    in spe urbis hostium potiundae,

    Liv. 8, 2, 5; Curt. 8, 11, 19.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    ille hodie si illā sit potitus muliere,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 9:

    natura iis potiens,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 41:

    si ad decem milia annorum gentem aliquam urbe nostra potituram putem,

    id. ib. 1, 37, 90 B. and K.:

    imperio totius Galliae,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 2:

    victoriā,

    id. ib. 3, 24:

    impedimentis castrisque,

    id. ib. 1, 21:

    sceptro,

    Ov. H. 14, 113: pane, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 881 P.: thalamo, Naev. ib.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    libidines ad potiundum incitantur,

    Cic. Sen. 12, 39:

    potiendi spe inflammati,

    id. Fin. 1, 18, 60.—
    II.
    Transf., to be master of, to have, hold, possess, occupy; with gen., acc., abl., and absol. (class.; syn.: fruor, utor).
    (α).
    With gen.:

    Cleanthes solem dominari et rerum potiri putat,

    has the chief power in the universe, Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 126:

    civitas Atheniensium, dum ea rerum potita est,

    id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70:

    potiente rerum patre,

    Tac. H. 3, 74.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    laborem hunc potiri,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 5:

    patria potitur commoda,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 17:

    gaudia,

    id. ib. 22.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    frui iis (voluptatibus), quibus senectus, etiam si non abunde potitur, non omnino caret,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 48:

    oppido,

    Liv. 6, 33:

    monte,

    have climbed, Ov. M. 5, 254.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    qui tenent, qui potiuntur,

    Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3.
    pŏtītus, a, um, Part., in a pass. signif., v. 2. potio.
    2.
    pŏtĭor, ĭus, comp. of potis.

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  • 28 circum-stō

        circum-stō stetī, —, āre    (in perf. like circumsisto), to stand around, take place around: spe praedae adducti circumsteterunt, Cs.: circumstant properi aurigae, V.: circumstantes silvae, O.—To surround, encompass, encircle: aliquem, V.: (puppim) circumstetit aequor, O.: senatum: sellam, L. —To surround, beset, besiege: tribunal: tribunum, L.: regis tecta, V.—Fig., to stand around, threaten, be at hand: ancepsque terror circumstabat, L.: scio meorum Circumstare odia, V.—To surround, encompass, occupy, take possession of: cum nos undique fata circumstent: anceps proelium R. circumsteterat, L.: me circumstetit horror, V.

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  • 29 īnsideō

        īnsideō sēdī, —, ēre    [1 in+sedeo], to sit upon, settle on: equo, L.: ubi Gens iugis insedit Etruscis, V.—Fig., to take place, settle, be fixed, adhere: cum in locis semen insedit: ut in animo crimen insideret: nunc insidet in optimo quoque virtus. —To take possession of, occupy: locum, L.: ea loca, inhabit, Ta.
    * * *
    insidere, insidi, insessus V
    sit (at or on); lie in ambush (in); be troublesome (to)

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  • 30 in-vādō

        in-vādō vāsī, vāsus, ere,    to go into, enter: ignis, quocumque invasit: urbem, L.: viam, enter upon, V.: tria millia stadiorum, to accomplish, Ta. —To enter violently, move against, rush upon, fall upon, assail, assault, attack, invade: in transversa latera invaserant cohortes, L.: in collum (mulieris) invasit, fell upon her neck: in Caecinam cum ferro: Romanos, S.: aciem, L.: Pompei copias, N.: portūs, V.: in lecto cubantem, N.: madidā cum veste gravatum, V.: sperans, hostīs invadi posse, S.: undique simul invaditur, S.—Fig., to fall upon, seize, take possession of, usurp: in multas pecunias: in eius viri fortunas: in arcem illius causae: regnum animo, S.—To make an attack on, seize, lay hold of, attack, befall: contagio invasit, civitas immutata, S.: tantus repente terror invasit, ut, Cs.: cupido Marium, S.: Me tremor invasit, O.: in philosophiam: in corpus meum vis morbi, L.: furor invaserat improbis.—To take hold of, undertake, attempt: Martem clipeis, V.— To assail with words, accost: continuo invadit, V.: alqm minaciter, Ta.: consules, cur, etc., Ta.

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  • 31 obsideō

        obsideō ēdī, essus, ēre    [ob+sedeo], to sit, stay, remain, abide: domi, T.—To beset, haunt, frequent: umbilicum terrarum.—In war, to hem in, beset, besiege, invest, blockade: quod (oppidum) neque capi neque obsideri poterat, S.: omnīs aditūs: Uticam, Cs.: consilia ad obsidendam (urbem) versa, L.: obsessa Ilion, H.: Dextrum Scylla latus Obsidet, V.: aedīs, Iu.: omnibus rebus obsessi, hampered in every way, Cs.—Supin. acc.: proficiscitur obsessum turrim, S.—Poet.: obsessae fauces, choked, V.: obsessum frigore corpus, O.—To occupy, fill, possess: corporibus omnis obsidetur locus, is filled: milite campos, V.: Trachas obsessa palude, i. e. surrounded, O.: meum tempus, take up: cum obsideri aurīs a fratre cerneret, besieged, L.—To watch closely, look out for: iacere ad obsidendum stuprum.
    * * *
    obsidere, obsedi, obsessus V
    blockade, besiege, invest, beset; take possession of

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  • 32 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.
    * * *
    usurpare, usurpavi, usurpatus V
    seize upon, usurp; use

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  • 33 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.

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  • 34 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.

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  • 35 circumstantes

    circum-sto, stĕti, 1, v. n. and a. (the perf. and pluperf. having the same form with those of circumsisto, and a similar meaning, it is sometimes doubtful to which verb a form belongs), to stand around in a circle, to take a station round; and, with the acc., to stand around a person or thing, to surround, encircle, encompass.
    I.
    Prop. (very freq. and class.).
    (α).
    Absol.: circumstant cum ardentibus taedis, Enn ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 51 Vahl.):

    circumstant lacrimis rorantes ora genasque,

    Lucr. 3, 469:

    Morini spe praedae adducti circumsteterunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 37:

    circumstant properi aurigae,

    Verg. A. 12, 85:

    ad circumstantes tendens sua bracchia silvas, Ov M. 3, 441: circumstantis exercitūs gratia,

    Curt. 9, 3, 15:

    amici,

    id. 3, 5, 9.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    aliquem,

    Verg. G. 4, 216; Ov. M. 11, 505; Curt. 5, 12, 9:

    equites Romani qui circumstant senatum,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 21:

    sellam,

    Liv. 8, 32, 14; Suet. Aug. 35:

    solem,

    Ov. M. 2, 394:

    sacra,

    id. ib. 2, 717:

    lectum,

    Curt. 10, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Hence, circumstantes, ĭum, m. subst., the by-standers, Quint. 4, 2, 22; 4, 2, 127; Tac. A. 1, 21; 1, 22; Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 93; Curt. 6, 10, 36.—
    B.
    In partic., to surround in a hostile manner, to beset, besiege:

    circumstare tribunal praetoris urbani, obsidere cum gladiis curiam, etc.,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32:

    quem tres Curiatii circumsteterant,

    Liv. 1, 25, 6:

    si ambo consules infesti circumstarent tribunum,

    id. 3, 9, 6:

    urbem Romanam,

    id. 27, 40, 6:

    regis tecta,

    Verg. A. 7, 585; cf. the foll.—
    II.
    Trop., to surround, encompass, occupy, take possession of (freq. in post-Aug prose); absol. or with acc.:

    cum dies et noctes omnia nos undique fata circumstent,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20:

    circumstant te summae auctoritates,

    id. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

    cum tanti undique terrores circumstarent,

    Liv. 6, 2, 4; cf. id. 30, 3, 3:

    anceps proelium Romanos circumsteterat, incertos in quem hostem eruptionem facerent,

    id. 25, 34, 10:

    ancepsque terror circumstabat,

    id. 21, 28, 3; 34, 27, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 30:

    haec me cura, haec difficultas sola circumstat,

    Plin. Pan. 3, 4:

    at me tum primum saevus circumstetit horror,

    Verg. A. 2, 559:

    scio acerba meorum Circumstare odia ( = meos, qui me oderunt),

    id. ib. 10, 905:

    circumsteterat Civilem et alius metus,

    Tac. H. 4, 79:

    circumsteterat palatium publica exspectatio,

    id. ib. 1, 17:

    paupertas et angustiae rerum nascentes eos circumsteterunt,

    id. Or. 8.— Subst.: circumstantĭa, ium, n., details, circumstances, in an argument:

    illa (argumenta) per se fortia non oportet circumstantibus obscurare,

    Quint. 5, 12, 4.

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  • 36 circumsto

    circum-sto, stĕti, 1, v. n. and a. (the perf. and pluperf. having the same form with those of circumsisto, and a similar meaning, it is sometimes doubtful to which verb a form belongs), to stand around in a circle, to take a station round; and, with the acc., to stand around a person or thing, to surround, encircle, encompass.
    I.
    Prop. (very freq. and class.).
    (α).
    Absol.: circumstant cum ardentibus taedis, Enn ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 51 Vahl.):

    circumstant lacrimis rorantes ora genasque,

    Lucr. 3, 469:

    Morini spe praedae adducti circumsteterunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 37:

    circumstant properi aurigae,

    Verg. A. 12, 85:

    ad circumstantes tendens sua bracchia silvas, Ov M. 3, 441: circumstantis exercitūs gratia,

    Curt. 9, 3, 15:

    amici,

    id. 3, 5, 9.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    aliquem,

    Verg. G. 4, 216; Ov. M. 11, 505; Curt. 5, 12, 9:

    equites Romani qui circumstant senatum,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 21:

    sellam,

    Liv. 8, 32, 14; Suet. Aug. 35:

    solem,

    Ov. M. 2, 394:

    sacra,

    id. ib. 2, 717:

    lectum,

    Curt. 10, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Hence, circumstantes, ĭum, m. subst., the by-standers, Quint. 4, 2, 22; 4, 2, 127; Tac. A. 1, 21; 1, 22; Suet. Caes. 84; id. Aug. 93; Curt. 6, 10, 36.—
    B.
    In partic., to surround in a hostile manner, to beset, besiege:

    circumstare tribunal praetoris urbani, obsidere cum gladiis curiam, etc.,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32:

    quem tres Curiatii circumsteterant,

    Liv. 1, 25, 6:

    si ambo consules infesti circumstarent tribunum,

    id. 3, 9, 6:

    urbem Romanam,

    id. 27, 40, 6:

    regis tecta,

    Verg. A. 7, 585; cf. the foll.—
    II.
    Trop., to surround, encompass, occupy, take possession of (freq. in post-Aug prose); absol. or with acc.:

    cum dies et noctes omnia nos undique fata circumstent,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20:

    circumstant te summae auctoritates,

    id. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

    cum tanti undique terrores circumstarent,

    Liv. 6, 2, 4; cf. id. 30, 3, 3:

    anceps proelium Romanos circumsteterat, incertos in quem hostem eruptionem facerent,

    id. 25, 34, 10:

    ancepsque terror circumstabat,

    id. 21, 28, 3; 34, 27, 1; Quint. 10, 3, 30:

    haec me cura, haec difficultas sola circumstat,

    Plin. Pan. 3, 4:

    at me tum primum saevus circumstetit horror,

    Verg. A. 2, 559:

    scio acerba meorum Circumstare odia ( = meos, qui me oderunt),

    id. ib. 10, 905:

    circumsteterat Civilem et alius metus,

    Tac. H. 4, 79:

    circumsteterat palatium publica exspectatio,

    id. ib. 1, 17:

    paupertas et angustiae rerum nascentes eos circumsteterunt,

    id. Or. 8.— Subst.: circumstantĭa, ium, n., details, circumstances, in an argument:

    illa (argumenta) per se fortia non oportet circumstantibus obscurare,

    Quint. 5, 12, 4.

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  • 37 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.

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  • 38 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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  • 39 deprehendo

    dē-prĕhendo or dēprendo (v. prehendo; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 59), di, sum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To take or snatch away, esp. any thing which is in motion; to seize upon, catch (freq. and class.—For syn. cf.: invenio, reperio, nanciscor; offendo, aperio, patefacio, detego; incido, consequor, assequor, etc.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    deprehensus ex itinere Cn. Magius,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 24, 4:

    in ipso fluminis vado deprehensus,

    id. B. G. 5, 58, 6:

    in agris,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    in ponte,

    Sall. C. 45:

    nuntiorum pars deprehensa,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:

    deprehensis internuntiis,

    id. B. C. 3, 112 fin.: tabellarios deprendere litterasque intercipere, Cassius ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12; and:

    litterae deprehensae,

    intercepted, Liv. 2, 4:

    onerarias naves,

    to seize, take possession of, Caes. B. C. 1, 36, 2; so id. B. G. 7, 58, 4; id. B. C. 1, 26 al.:

    volucres jaculis,

    Sil. 16, 566:

    cursu deprendere telum,

    Stat. Th. 6, 568:

    subito deprehensus locutus est,

    taken by surprise, Sen. Ep. 11, 1.—
    B.
    Transf. of inanimate subjects. So, esp. freq. of storms:

    deprensa navigia,

    caught, overtaken by, Lucr. 6, 429; cf. Catull. 25, 13; Verg. A. 5, 52; id. G. 4, 421; Ov. M. 11, 663; Curt. 7, 4 et saep.—
    II.
    In a wider sense, to catch, overtake, surprise, apprehend, detect, find out, discover any one, esp. in doing any thing wrong.
    A.
    Lit.:

    deprehendi in aliquo manifesto scelere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43; so,

    in maximo scelere,

    Sall. C. 46, 2; 50, 4:

    in facinore manifesto,

    Cic. Brut. 68 fin.:

    in alio maleficio,

    id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

    in adulterio,

    id. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Vulg. Johan. 8, 3 et saep.:

    dolis deprehensus,

    Plaut. Bac. 4, 9, 26:

    nocte ferro deprehensus,

    Quint. 7, 6, 8:

    sine duce et sine equitatu deprehensis hostibus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2:

    (mulier) deprensa,

    caught in the act, Hor. S. 1, 2, 131; 134; 1, 4, 114:

    in mendacio,

    Quint. 5, 7, 30:

    aliquos flentes,

    id. ib. 7, 9, 11: agendi subita necessitate deprehensi, id. 1, 12, 4; 1, 8, 21:

    aliquem occisum, Suet,

    Caes. 35 et saep.—
    b.
    Of inanimate objects:

    venenum,

    Cic. Clu. 7, 20; cf. id. ib. 16, 47 sq.; Liv. 42, 17:

    res furtiva in domo deprehensa,

    Quint. 5, 13, 49; cf.

    sacrilegium,

    id. 8, 6, 26.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1. (α).
    To comprehend, perceive, understand, detect, discover, discern, observe (chiefly post-Aug. in prose, esp. in Quint.):

    cujus ego facinora oculis prius quam opinione, manibus ante quam suspicione deprehendi,

    Cic. Cael. 6 fin.:

    quid si me stultior ipso deprenderis?

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 43:

    hominum erga se mentes,

    Suet. Calig. 60:

    falsas gemmas,

    Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198:

    quam naturam ejus Pythagoras Samius primus deprehendit,

    id. 2, 8, 6, § 37; 2, 9, 6, § 43; 9, 28, 44, § 86; Cels. 3, 18; 7 praef.; Plin. Ep. 4, 20, 3:

    falsa facilius deprehendere et refellere,

    Quint. 12, 1, 34:

    quod vix a lectore deprehenditur,

    id. 4, 2, 59:

    in Livio Patavinitatem,

    id. 1, 5, 56; cf. id. 3, 8, 69; 5, 13, 23 et saep.—
    (β).
    With acc. et inf.:

    species diversas esse facile est deprehendere,

    Quint. 9, 2, 44:

    quosdam mitti,

    Suet. Aug. 44:

    deprehenditur vitiose loqui,

    Quint. 1, 6, 7.—
    2.
    To overtake, equal, imitate:

    juvenemque puer deprehende parentem,

    Stat. S. 4, 4, 74.—
    3.
    To find, discover, come upon (always implying mental action, post-Aug.):

    extra carmen non deprendas,

    Quint. 1, 5, 18:

    quod in epistolis Augusti deprehenditur,

    id. 1, 7, 22; 8, 6, 71:

    apud Ciceronem mira figurarum mixtura deprehenditur,

    id. 9, 3, 40.—
    III.
    With the predominant idea of restricting the free movement of an object, to impede, to check, to bring into a strait.
    A.
    Lit.:

    inter quas (latebras) deprehensus hostis,

    Curt. 7, 4, 4:

    in fovea,

    id. 5, 3, 19:

    flamina deprensa silvis,

    i. e. impeded, confined, Verg. A. 10, 98:

    viae deprensus in aggere serpens,

    id. ib. 5, 273; cf. id. ib. 8, 247; Quint. 12, 2, 14. —
    B.
    Trop., to bring into a strait, to embarrass:

    deprehensum me plane video atque sentio,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 48; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12 fin.:

    deprensi pudorem explicant,

    Quint. 6, 3, 100:

    (testes) plus deprehensi nocent, quam firmi et interriti profuissent,

    id. 5, 7, 11 al.

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  • 40 deprendo

    dē-prĕhendo or dēprendo (v. prehendo; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 59), di, sum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To take or snatch away, esp. any thing which is in motion; to seize upon, catch (freq. and class.—For syn. cf.: invenio, reperio, nanciscor; offendo, aperio, patefacio, detego; incido, consequor, assequor, etc.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    deprehensus ex itinere Cn. Magius,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 24, 4:

    in ipso fluminis vado deprehensus,

    id. B. G. 5, 58, 6:

    in agris,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    in ponte,

    Sall. C. 45:

    nuntiorum pars deprehensa,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:

    deprehensis internuntiis,

    id. B. C. 3, 112 fin.: tabellarios deprendere litterasque intercipere, Cassius ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12; and:

    litterae deprehensae,

    intercepted, Liv. 2, 4:

    onerarias naves,

    to seize, take possession of, Caes. B. C. 1, 36, 2; so id. B. G. 7, 58, 4; id. B. C. 1, 26 al.:

    volucres jaculis,

    Sil. 16, 566:

    cursu deprendere telum,

    Stat. Th. 6, 568:

    subito deprehensus locutus est,

    taken by surprise, Sen. Ep. 11, 1.—
    B.
    Transf. of inanimate subjects. So, esp. freq. of storms:

    deprensa navigia,

    caught, overtaken by, Lucr. 6, 429; cf. Catull. 25, 13; Verg. A. 5, 52; id. G. 4, 421; Ov. M. 11, 663; Curt. 7, 4 et saep.—
    II.
    In a wider sense, to catch, overtake, surprise, apprehend, detect, find out, discover any one, esp. in doing any thing wrong.
    A.
    Lit.:

    deprehendi in aliquo manifesto scelere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43; so,

    in maximo scelere,

    Sall. C. 46, 2; 50, 4:

    in facinore manifesto,

    Cic. Brut. 68 fin.:

    in alio maleficio,

    id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

    in adulterio,

    id. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Vulg. Johan. 8, 3 et saep.:

    dolis deprehensus,

    Plaut. Bac. 4, 9, 26:

    nocte ferro deprehensus,

    Quint. 7, 6, 8:

    sine duce et sine equitatu deprehensis hostibus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2:

    (mulier) deprensa,

    caught in the act, Hor. S. 1, 2, 131; 134; 1, 4, 114:

    in mendacio,

    Quint. 5, 7, 30:

    aliquos flentes,

    id. ib. 7, 9, 11: agendi subita necessitate deprehensi, id. 1, 12, 4; 1, 8, 21:

    aliquem occisum, Suet,

    Caes. 35 et saep.—
    b.
    Of inanimate objects:

    venenum,

    Cic. Clu. 7, 20; cf. id. ib. 16, 47 sq.; Liv. 42, 17:

    res furtiva in domo deprehensa,

    Quint. 5, 13, 49; cf.

    sacrilegium,

    id. 8, 6, 26.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1. (α).
    To comprehend, perceive, understand, detect, discover, discern, observe (chiefly post-Aug. in prose, esp. in Quint.):

    cujus ego facinora oculis prius quam opinione, manibus ante quam suspicione deprehendi,

    Cic. Cael. 6 fin.:

    quid si me stultior ipso deprenderis?

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 43:

    hominum erga se mentes,

    Suet. Calig. 60:

    falsas gemmas,

    Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198:

    quam naturam ejus Pythagoras Samius primus deprehendit,

    id. 2, 8, 6, § 37; 2, 9, 6, § 43; 9, 28, 44, § 86; Cels. 3, 18; 7 praef.; Plin. Ep. 4, 20, 3:

    falsa facilius deprehendere et refellere,

    Quint. 12, 1, 34:

    quod vix a lectore deprehenditur,

    id. 4, 2, 59:

    in Livio Patavinitatem,

    id. 1, 5, 56; cf. id. 3, 8, 69; 5, 13, 23 et saep.—
    (β).
    With acc. et inf.:

    species diversas esse facile est deprehendere,

    Quint. 9, 2, 44:

    quosdam mitti,

    Suet. Aug. 44:

    deprehenditur vitiose loqui,

    Quint. 1, 6, 7.—
    2.
    To overtake, equal, imitate:

    juvenemque puer deprehende parentem,

    Stat. S. 4, 4, 74.—
    3.
    To find, discover, come upon (always implying mental action, post-Aug.):

    extra carmen non deprendas,

    Quint. 1, 5, 18:

    quod in epistolis Augusti deprehenditur,

    id. 1, 7, 22; 8, 6, 71:

    apud Ciceronem mira figurarum mixtura deprehenditur,

    id. 9, 3, 40.—
    III.
    With the predominant idea of restricting the free movement of an object, to impede, to check, to bring into a strait.
    A.
    Lit.:

    inter quas (latebras) deprehensus hostis,

    Curt. 7, 4, 4:

    in fovea,

    id. 5, 3, 19:

    flamina deprensa silvis,

    i. e. impeded, confined, Verg. A. 10, 98:

    viae deprensus in aggere serpens,

    id. ib. 5, 273; cf. id. ib. 8, 247; Quint. 12, 2, 14. —
    B.
    Trop., to bring into a strait, to embarrass:

    deprehensum me plane video atque sentio,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 48; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12 fin.:

    deprensi pudorem explicant,

    Quint. 6, 3, 100:

    (testes) plus deprehensi nocent, quam firmi et interriti profuissent,

    id. 5, 7, 11 al.

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  • take possession of — they were under orders to take possession of the house and all of its contents Syn: seize, appropriate, impound, expropriate, sequestrate, sequester, confiscate; take, get, acquire, obtain, procure, possess oneself of, get hold of, get one s… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • take possession — receive the keys as the new owner    We bought a house in Parkland. When do you take possession? …   English idioms

  • To take possession — Possession Pos*ses sion, n. [F. possession, L. possessio.] 1. The act or state of possessing, or holding as one s own. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) The having, holding, or detention of property in one s power or command; actual seizin or occupancy;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • take possession of — SEIZE, appropriate, impound, expropriate, sequestrate, sequester, confiscate; take, get, acquire, obtain, procure, possess oneself of, get hold of, get one s hands on; capture, commandeer, requisition; …   Useful english dictionary

  • get/take possession of sth — ► to start to use and control goods, a building, or a piece of land, whether you own them or not: »Was the bank entitled to take possession of his property and exercise its power of sale without an order of the court? »The court appointed a… …   Financial and business terms

  • take possession of — capture, control over …   English contemporary dictionary

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