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  • 1 irascible

    adj.
    1 irascible.
    2 angry, crabby, gnarled, morose.
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    1 irascible, irritable
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    ADJ irascible frm
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    adjetivo irascible
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    = tetchy [tetchier -comp., tetchiest -sup.], peevish, irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], ornery, waspish, explosive, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].
    Ex. CC uses this device in Literature, where authors are specified by their date of birth (though Ranganathan has a rather tetchy note about the difficulty of establishing this in some cases).
    Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. But as you read this sentence, you cannot fail to hear his voice, cosy, waspish, inimitable.
    Ex. The explosive Cameron Shepherd then brought the Wallabies to within a point of France with the team's second try five minutes later.
    Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
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    adjetivo irascible
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    = tetchy [tetchier -comp., tetchiest -sup.], peevish, irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], ornery, waspish, explosive, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

    Ex: CC uses this device in Literature, where authors are specified by their date of birth (though Ranganathan has a rather tetchy note about the difficulty of establishing this in some cases).

    Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: But as you read this sentence, you cannot fail to hear his voice, cosy, waspish, inimitable.
    Ex: The explosive Cameron Shepherd then brought the Wallabies to within a point of France with the team's second try five minutes later.
    Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.

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    irascible
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    irascible adjetivo irascible, irritable, short-tempered
    ' irascible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    temperamental
    English:
    cantankerous
    - hot-headed
    - irascible
    - quicktempered
    - crusty
    - hot
    - quick
    - snappy
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    irascible
    * * *
    adj irascible
    * * *
    : irascible, irritable

    Spanish-English dictionary > irascible

  • 2 sell

    sell [sel]
    (pt & pp sold [səʊld])
    1 noun
    (a) Commerce vente f
    (b) familiar (disappointment) déception□ f; (hoax) attrape-nigaud□ m
    (a) (goods) vendre;
    ∎ to sell sb sth or sth to sb vendre qch à qn;
    ∎ he sold me his car for $1,000 il m'a vendu sa voiture (pour) 1000 dollars;
    ∎ stamps are now also sold in some shops les timbres sont maintenant vendus aussi dans certains magasins;
    ∎ he sells computers for a living il gagne sa vie en vendant des ordinateurs;
    ∎ a shop that sells clothes/furniture un magasin de vêtements/meubles;
    ∎ the book sold 50,000 copies, 50,000 copies of the book were sold le livre s'est vendu à 50 000 exemplaires;
    ∎ to sell sth for cash vendre qch au comptant;
    ∎ to sell sth on credit vendre qch à crédit;
    ∎ to sell sth cheap vendre qch à bas prix;
    ∎ to sell sth at a loss vendre qch à perte;
    ∎ they sell the cassettes at £3 each ils vendent les cassettes 3 livres pièce;
    ∎ she was sold into slavery/prostitution on l'a vendue comme esclave/prostituée;
    ∎ she sold her body or herself to buy food elle s'est prostituée pour acheter à manger;
    ∎ they sold classified information to our competitors ils ont vendu des renseignements confidentiels à nos concurrents;
    ∎ he sold state secrets to the enemy il a vendu des secrets d'État à l'ennemi;
    ∎ he'd sell his own grandmother for a pint of beer il vendrait son âme pour une bière;
    ∎ to sell one's soul to the devil vendre son âme au diable;
    ∎ humorous I'd sell my soul for a holiday in the Caribbean je ferais ou donnerais n'importe quoi pour passer des vacances aux Caraïbes;
    ∎ to sell sb short (cheat) rouler qn; (belittle) ne pas rendre justice à qn;
    ∎ to sell oneself short ne pas se montrer à sa juste valeur;
    ∎ don't sell yourself short il faut vous mettre en valeur;
    ∎ I'm often accused of selling the country short on m'accuse souvent de donner une mauvaise image du pays;
    ∎ familiar we were sold a pup or a dud (cheated) on nous a roulés; (sold rubbish) on nous a vendu de la camelote;
    (b) (cause to be sold) faire vendre;
    ∎ what really sells newspapers is scandal ce sont les scandales qui font vraiment vendre les journaux;
    ∎ you need a star to sell the movie (to backers) il faut une star dans la distribution du film pour intéresser les investisseurs potentiels; (to the public) il faut une star dans la distribution du film pour attirer le public
    (c) (promote → idea, image, policy) faire accepter;
    ∎ she sold the idea to the whole council elle a fait accepter l'idée à tout le conseil;
    ∎ to sell an idea to the electorate faire passer une idée auprès des électeurs;
    ∎ a campaign to sell the new party une campagne de publicité pour le nouveau parti;
    ∎ as a politician, it is important to be able to sell yourself les hommes politiques doivent savoir se mettre en valeur
    (d) familiar (make believe → story, excuse) faire avaler;
    ∎ she tried to sell me some story or line about running out of petrol elle a essayé de me faire avaler une histoire de panne d'essence
    (e) familiar (cheat, deceive) rouler;
    ∎ we've been sold! on s'est fait avoir ou posséder!
    (a) (goods) se vendre;
    ∎ the record is selling well le disque se vend bien;
    ∎ the cakes sell for or at 70 pence each les gâteaux se vendent (à) ou valent 70 pence pièce;
    ∎ shares in the company are selling at 109 pence les actions de cette compagnie s'échangent à 109 pence;
    ∎ to sell like hot cakes se vendre comme des petits pains
    (b) (person, shop) vendre;
    ∎ sorry, I'm not interested in selling désolé, je ne cherche pas à vendre;
    ∎ Stock Exchange to sell short vendre à découvert
    ►► American sell date date f limite de vente;
    Stock Exchange sell order injonction f à la vente;
    Stock Exchange sell price prix m (du) comptant
    revendre
    vendre à terme
    ∎ to sell sth forward vendre qch à terme
    (at reduced price) solder; (clear) liquider; (get cash) vendre; (privatize) privatiser;
    ∎ the house was sold off to pay debts la maison a été vendue pour régler des créances;
    ∎ they're selling the plates off at bargain prices ils liquident les assiettes à des prix défiant toute concurrence
    revendre (en faisant du bénéfice)
    (a) (usu passive) (concert, match) the match was sold out le match s'est joué à guichets fermés;
    ∎ the tickets are sold out tous les billets ont été vendus
    (b) (betray → person, principles) trahir
    (c) Stock Exchange vendre, réaliser
    (a) Commerce (sell business) vendre son commerce; (sell stock) liquider (son stock); (run out) vendre ou écouler tout le stock;
    ∎ my father sold out and retired mon père a vendu son affaire et a pris sa retraite;
    ∎ he sold out to some Japanese investors il a vendu à des investisseurs japonais;
    ∎ we've sold out of sugar nous n'avons plus de sucre, nous avons vendu ou écoulé tout notre stock de sucre
    (b) Finance (sell shares) vendre ses parts;
    ∎ to sell out to sb vendre ses parts à qn
    (c) (betray one's principles) renier ses principes;
    ∎ to sell out to the enemy passer à l'ennemi;
    ∎ the government were accused of selling out to terrorism le gouvernement fut accusé d'avoir traité avec les terroristes;
    ∎ critics accused the writer of selling out les critiques ont accusé l'écrivain d'avoir renié ses principes pour plaire au plus grand nombre
    (a) Finance & Law (goods) opérer la vente forcée de, procéder à la liquidation de
    (b) Commerce (business) vendre, liquider
    (shopkeeper) vendre son fonds de commerce ou son affaire; (businessman) vendre son affaire;
    ∎ he sold up and went to Canada il a tout vendu et est parti au Canada

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  • 3 desagradable

    adj.
    1 unpleasant.
    2 disagreeable, distasteful, unpleasant, displeasing.
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    1 disagreeable, unpleasant
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    adj.
    unpleasant, disagreeable
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    ADJ unpleasant, disagreeable más frm
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    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
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    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex. In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex. Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex. Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
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    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.
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    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
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    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex: In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex: Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex: Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.

    * * *
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind; ‹sabor/ruido/sensación› unpleasant, disagreeable; ‹escena› horrible
    estuvo realmente desagradable conmigo he was really unpleasant to me
    ¡no seas tan desagradable! dale una oportunidad don't be so mean o unkind! give him a chance
    ¡qué tiempo más desagradable! what nasty o horrible weather
    hacía un día bastante desagradable the weather was rather unpleasant, it was a rather unpleasant day
    se llevó una sorpresa desagradable she got a nasty o an unpleasant surprise
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    desagradable adjetivo
    unpleasant;
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind
    desagradable adjetivo unpleasant, disagreeable: hay un olor desagradable, there's an unpleasant smell
    es una persona muy desagradable, he's really disagreeable
    ' desagradable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escopetazo
    - fresca
    - fresco
    - graznido
    - grosera
    - grosero
    - gustillo
    - horrorosa
    - horroroso
    - impresión
    - marrón
    - palma
    - sensación
    - terrible
    - terrorífica
    - terrorífico
    - chocante
    - ingrato
    - mal
    - shock
    English:
    bullet
    - business
    - creep
    - dirty
    - disagreeable
    - distasteful
    - emptiness
    - filthy
    - hard
    - ill-natured
    - miserable
    - nasty
    - off
    - off-putting
    - rude
    - thankless
    - ugly
    - unkind
    - unpleasant
    - unsavory
    - unsavoury
    - unwelcome
    - why
    - home
    - objectionable
    - offensive
    - painful
    - peevish
    - unpalatable
    - unwholesome
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    ♦ adj
    1. [sensación, tiempo, escena] unpleasant;
    no voy a salir, la tarde está muy desagradable I'm not going to go out, the weather's turned quite nasty this afternoon;
    una desagradable sorpresa an unpleasant o a nasty surprise
    2. [persona, comentario, contestación] unpleasant;
    está muy desagradable con su familia he's very unpleasant to his family;
    no seas desagradable y ven con nosotros al cine don't be unsociable, come to the cinema with us
    ♦ nmf
    son unos desagradables they're unpleasant people
    * * *
    adj unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    : unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    desagradable adj unpleasant

    Spanish-English dictionary > desagradable

  • 4 accuse

    ə'kju:z
    ((with of) to charge (someone) with having done something wrong: They accused him of stealing the car.) anklage, beskylde
    - the accused
    verb \/əˈkjuːz\/
    1) anklage, beskylde
    2) klandre, angripe
    han angriper ikke enkeltpersoner, men selve systemet
    accuse of beskylde\/anklage for, sikte
    be\/stand accused of bli anklaget for, bli beskyldt for, bli siktet for

    English-Norwegian dictionary > accuse

  • 5 malhumorado

    adj.
    bad-humored, cranky, bad-tempered, crabbed.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: malhumorar.
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    1 bad-tempered
    \
    estar malhumorado,-a to be in a bad mood
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    (f. - malhumorada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ bad-tempered, grumpy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [SER] <persona/gesto> bad-tempered
    b) [ESTAR] < persona> in a bad mood
    * * *
    = sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], truculent, peevish, morose, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short-tempered, hipped, ornery, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.], grouch, in a grouch.
    Ex. He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.
    Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex. His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex. Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [SER] <persona/gesto> bad-tempered
    b) [ESTAR] < persona> in a bad mood
    * * *
    = sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], truculent, peevish, morose, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short-tempered, hipped, ornery, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.], grouch, in a grouch.

    Ex: He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.

    Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex: His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex: The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.
    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex: Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.

    * * *
    1 [ SER] ‹persona/gesto› bad-tempered
    2 [ ESTAR] ‹persona› in a bad mood
    hoy se ha levantado/anda muy malhumorado he has woken up/he is in a very bad mood today
    * * *

    Del verbo malhumorar: ( conjugate malhumorar)

    malhumorado es:

    el participio

    malhumorado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) [SER] ‹persona/gesto› bad-tempered

    b) [ESTAR] ‹ persona› in a bad mood

    malhumorado,-a adjetivo bad-tempered
    ' malhumorado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    malencarada
    - malencarado
    - malhumorada
    - colérico
    - taimado
    English:
    crabby
    - cross
    - crotchety
    - crusty
    - grumpy
    - ill-humoured
    - ill-tempered
    - mean
    - moody
    - morose
    - peevish
    - petulant
    - stroppy
    - bad
    - sulky
    - truculent
    * * *
    malhumorado, -a adj
    1. [de mal carácter] bad-tempered
    2. [enfadado] in a bad mood
    * * *
    adj bad-tempered
    * * *
    malhumorado, -da adj
    : bad-tempered, cross
    * * *
    malhumorado adj bad tempered [comp. worse tempered; superl. worst tempered]

    Spanish-English dictionary > malhumorado

  • 6 accuse

    1 ბრალის დადება (ბრალს დადებს), დაბრალება, დადანაშაულება, დაწამება
    2 ბრალმდებელი
    he was accused of misappropriation of the money ფულის მითვისებაში დასდეს ბრალი
    I hope to find accomodation in a hotel იმედი მაქვს, სასტუმროში მოვეწყობი
    These two countries came to accomodation ამ ორმა ქვეყანამ შეთანხმებას მიაღწია

    English-Georgian dictionary > accuse

  • 7 starve

    1) (to (cause to) die, or suffer greatly, from hunger: In the drought, many people and animals starved (to death); They were accused of starving their prisoners.) sulte; lade sulte
    2) (to be very hungry: Can't we have supper now? I'm starving.) hundesulten
    •
    * * *
    1) (to (cause to) die, or suffer greatly, from hunger: In the drought, many people and animals starved (to death); They were accused of starving their prisoners.) sulte; lade sulte
    2) (to be very hungry: Can't we have supper now? I'm starving.) hundesulten
    •

    English-Danish dictionary > starve

  • 8 sentido de la proporción

    Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    * * *

    Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sentido de la proporción

  • 9 público

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

    • colegio público — state school

    • dinero público — public money, government funds pl

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

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

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

    • hacer algo público — to make sth public

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

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

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

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

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

    • el gran público — [gen] the general public

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    público2
    2 = public, publicly held.

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

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

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

     

    Del verbo publicar: ( conjugate publicar)

    publico es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    publicó es:

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

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


    público 1
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

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

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

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

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


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

    Spanish-English dictionary > público

  • 10 starve

    1. intransitive verb
    1) (die of hunger)

    starve [to death] — verhungern

    2) (suffer hunger) hungern
    3)

    be starving — (coll.): (feel hungry) am Verhungern sein (ugs.)

    2. transitive verb
    1) (kill by starving)

    starve somebody [to death] — jemanden verhungern lassen

    2) (deprive of food) hungern lassen

    we were starved of knowledge — uns (Dat.) wurde [viel] Wissen vorenthalten

    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/92053/starve_out">starve out
    * * *
    1) (to (cause to) die, or suffer greatly, from hunger: In the drought, many people and animals starved (to death); They were accused of starving their prisoners.) (ver)hungern
    2) (to be very hungry: Can't we have supper now? I'm starving.) (ver)hungern
    •
    * * *
    [stɑ:v, AM stɑ:rv]
    I. vi
    1. (die of hunger) verhungern
    to \starve to death verhungern
    2. (suffer from hunger) hungern, Hunger leiden; (be malnourished) unterernährt sein
    ▪ to be starving [or \starved] ausgehungert [o am Verhungern] sein
    I'm starving! what's for dinner? ich sterbe vor Hunger! was gibt's zu essen? fam
    4. (crave)
    ▪ to \starve for sth nach etw dat hungern
    to be starving for affection/love/sympathy nach Zuneigung/Liebe/Sympathie hungern
    II. vt
    ▪ to \starve sb jdn aushungern
    the besieging army \starved the city into surrender die belagernde Armee hungerte die Stadt aus, bis sie sich ergab
    ▪ to \starve oneself sich akk abhungern
    ▪ to \starve oneself to death sich akk zu Tode hungern
    ▪ to be \starved of [or AM for] sth um etw akk gebracht werden
    people \starved of sleep start to lose their concentration Menschen, die unter Schlafmangel leiden, können sich nicht mehr konzentrieren
    ▪ to be \starved for sth nach etw dat hungern, sich akk nach etw dat sehnen
    after all those exams, she's \starved for sleep nach all diesen Prüfungen will sie nur noch schlafen
    * * *
    [stAːv]
    1. vt
    1) (= deprive of food) hungern lassen; (also starve out) aushungern; (= kill also starve to death) verhungern lassen, hungers sterben lassen (geh)

    he starved his way through college — er hat sich (dat) das Studium vom Mund abgespart

    2) (fig)

    to be starved of capital/graduates — an akutem Kapital-/Akademikermangel leiden

    to be starved of affection — zu wenig Zuneigung erfahren, an Liebesentzug leiden

    2. vi
    hungern; (= die also starve to death) verhungern

    you must be starving! — du musst doch halb verhungert sein! (inf)

    * * *
    starve [stɑː(r)v]
    A v/i
    1. auch starve to death verhungern:
    I am simply starving umg ich komme fast um vor Hunger
    2. hungern, Hunger leiden
    3. Not leiden
    4. fig hungern, lechzen ( beide:
    for nach)
    5. fasten
    6. fig verkümmern
    7. obs oder Br dial
    a) erfrieren
    b) frieren
    B v/t
    1. starve to death verhungern lassen
    2. aushungern
    3. hungern oder (auch fig)darben lassen:
    a) Hunger leiden, ausgehungert sein (a. fig),
    b) fig → A 4;
    be starved for (Br a. of) knapp sein an (dat), an …mangel leiden
    4. fig verkümmern lassen:
    starve a project of funds Gelder von einem Projekt abziehen
    * * *
    1. intransitive verb

    starve [to death] — verhungern

    2) (suffer hunger) hungern
    3)

    be starving — (coll.): (feel hungry) am Verhungern sein (ugs.)

    2. transitive verb

    starve somebody [to death] — jemanden verhungern lassen

    2) (deprive of food) hungern lassen

    we were starved of knowledge — uns (Dat.) wurde [viel] Wissen vorenthalten

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    v.
    hungern v.
    verhungern v.

    English-german dictionary > starve

  • 11 robbery

    ['rɔb(ə)rɪ]
    n
    грабёж, кража, разбой

    They were accused of robbery. — Они обвинялись в грабеже.

    There were three robbried last week. — На этой неделе было три случая ограбления

    - armed robbery
    - bank robbery
    - highway robbery
    - daylight robbery
    - commit robbery

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > robbery

  • 12 capio

    1.
    căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:

    capsimus,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:

    sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:

    cape hoc flabellum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:

    cepit manibus tympanum,

    Cat. 6, 3, 8:

    tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,

    Verg. A. 2, 717:

    cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,

    id. G. 3, 420:

    flammeum,

    Cat. 61, 8:

    acria pocula,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:

    lora,

    Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:

    baculum,

    Ov. M. 2, 789:

    colum cum calathis,

    id. ib. 12, 475:

    florem ternis digitis,

    Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:

    pignera,

    Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:

    ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:

    rem pignori,

    Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:

    scutum laeva,

    Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:

    capias tu illius vestem,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;

    and of particular weapons: ensem,

    Ov. M. 13, 435:

    tela,

    id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:

    quicum una cibum Capere soleo,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:

    lauti cibum capiunt,

    Tac. G. 22.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of living objects.
    a. (α).
    Of persons:

    oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

    quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

    reges capiuntur,

    Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:

    capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,

    Liv. 22, 49, 18:

    quos Byzantii ceperat,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:

    captos ostendere civibus hostes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:

    captus Tarento Livius,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 72:

    servus ex hoste captus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:

    in captos clementia uti,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:

    inludere capto,

    Verg. A. 2, 64:

    quae sit fiducia capto,

    id. ib. 2, 75:

    ex captorum numero,

    Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:

    dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
    (β).
    Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:

    si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,

    id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:

    hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 763:

    neque quicquam captum'st piscium,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

    nisi quid concharum capsimus,

    id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

    cervum,

    Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:

    hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,

    Verg. G. 4, 396.—
    b.
    To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

    quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,

    Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:

    quamvis voluptate capiatur,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:

    quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:

    secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,

    id. Att. 4, 1:

    nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,

    Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;

    erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,

    Hor. A. P. 362:

    hunc capit argenti splendor,

    id. S. 1, 4, 28:

    te conjux aliena capit,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 46:

    Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,

    Prop. 1, 1, 1:

    carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,

    Tib. 3, 1, 7:

    munditiis capimur,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;

    14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,

    Liv. 30, 12, 18:

    dulcedine vocis,

    Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:

    voce nova,

    id. ib. 1, 678:

    temperie aquarum,

    id. ib. 4, 344:

    (bos) herba captus viridi,

    Verg. E. 6, 59:

    amoenitate loci,

    Tac. A. 18, 52:

    auro,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:

    neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

    splendore hominis,

    id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;

    nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
    c.
    To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:

    sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?

    Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

    eodem captus errore quo nos,

    involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:

    ne quo errore milites caperentur,

    Liv. 8, 6, 16:

    capere ante dolis Reginam,

    Verg. A. 1, 673:

    captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),

    id. ib. 2, 196:

    ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,

    Sall. J. 14, 11:

    adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

    id. C. 14, 5:

    capi alicujus dolo,

    Nep. Dat. 10, 1:

    dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,

    Liv. 23, 35, 2:

    quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,

    Ov. M. 7, 301.—
    d.
    To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):

    tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:

    tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),

    Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

    callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),

    id. Brut. 48, 178.—
    e. (α).
    Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):

    mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,

    loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:

    captus omnibus membris,

    id. 2, 36, 8:

    capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,

    id. 21, 58, 5:

    oculis membrisque captus,

    Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

    congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

    si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,

    id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:

    habuit filium captum altero oculo,

    Suet. Vit. 6:

    censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,

    Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:

    lumine,

    Ov. F. 6, 204:

    princeps pedibus captus,

    Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:

    captum leto posuit caput,

    Verg. A. 11, 830;

    and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,

    id. G. 1, 183.—
    (β).
    Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:

    labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,

    id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;

    rarely mentibu' capti,

    Lucr. 4, 1022; so,

    animo,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:

    captus animi,

    Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:

    virgines captae furore,

    Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:

    viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,

    Liv. 39, 13, 12:

    captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,

    id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:

    capti et stupentes animi,

    id. 6, 36, 8.—
    f.
    To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:

    de istac sum judex captus,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:

    Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,

    Liv. 3, 71, 2:

    me cepere arbitrum,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:

    te mihi patronam capio, Thais,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:

    quom illum generum cepimus,

    id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:

    non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,

    make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:

    si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:

    plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,

    Gell. 1, 12, 15:

    jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,

    Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:

    religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

    C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,

    Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    2.
    Of places.
    a.
    To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:

    loca capere, castra munire,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

    castris locum capere,

    Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:

    locum capere castris,

    Quint. 12, 2, 5:

    ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

    ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,

    Nep. Ages. 6, 2:

    nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,

    Liv. 34, 14, 1:

    neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,

    id. 35, 14, 9:

    erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,

    id. 35, 28, 1:

    locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,

    Sall. J. 58, 3:

    duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,

    Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,

    of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

    tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 26, 5:

    quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,

    Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:

    tumulum suis cepit,

    Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;

    for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,

    Liv. 1, 6, 4;

    for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,

    id. 9, 43, 20:

    Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,

    Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:

    ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),

    Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
    b.
    To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:

    invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:

    MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,

    Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

    CORSICAM,

    Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):

    ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,

    Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:

    Troja capta,

    Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:

    urbem opulentissimam,

    id. 5, 20, 1:

    ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

    castra hostium,

    Nep. Dat. 6, 7:

    concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,

    Liv. 42, 63, 6:

    plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,

    id. 28, 39, 10:

    sedem belli,

    Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:

    oppressa captaque re publica,

    Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
    c.
    To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):

    insulam capere non potuerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

    onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,

    id. ib. 4, 36:

    accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,

    id. ib. 5, 23:

    nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,

    id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:

    qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,

    Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
    3.
    Of things of value, property, money, etc.
    a.
    In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:

    AVRVM, ARGENTVM,

    Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

    de praedonibus praedam capere,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:

    agros de hostibus,

    Cic. Dom. 49, 128:

    ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,

    Liv. 4, 48, 2:

    quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,

    Nep. Con. 4, 4:

    classem,

    id. Cim. 2, 2:

    magnas praedas,

    id. Dat. 10, 2:

    ex hostibus pecuniam,

    Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:

    e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:

    signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §

    82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:

    cape cedo,

    id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:

    ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

    majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,

    id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:

    te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,

    Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:

    paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

    ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,

    id. Att. 7, 2:

    quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,

    assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:

    quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

    regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,

    succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
    b.
    In particular connections.
    (α).
    With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:

    his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

    HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:

    quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,

    id. ib. §

    27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §

    91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §

    218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §

    71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,

    id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

    ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,

    id. Clu. 42, 120:

    nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,

    id. Pis. 16, 38:

    si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,

    id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:

    ab regibus Illyriorum,

    Liv. 42, 45, 8:

    saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,

    Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
    (β).
    Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:

    si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,

    Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:

    qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,

    id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

    abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,

    Quint. 3, 6, 96:

    aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,

    id. 5, 14, 16:

    si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,

    Juv. 1, 55:

    qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,

    Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:

    qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,

    ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
    (γ).
    Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:

    capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,

    Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

    stipendium jure belli,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

    quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:

    vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,

    Liv. 28, 39, 13:

    quadragena annua ex schola,

    Suet. Gram. 23:

    si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,

    Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):

    metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:

    honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

    ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,

    id. Div. 2, 5:

    ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,

    id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:

    multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,

    id. Att. 1, 4, 2:

    fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,

    id. Pis. 14, 31:

    aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,

    Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:

    quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:

    utilitates ex amicitia maximas,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    usuram alicujus corporis,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
    2.
    Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:

    gestum atque voltum novom,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:

    figuras Datque capitque novas,

    id. ib. 15, 309:

    formam capit quam lilia,

    id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:

    duritiam ab aere,

    id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:

    radicem capere,

    to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:

    cum pali defixi radices cepissent,

    Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

    siliculam capere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:

    maturitatem capere,

    Col. 4, 23, 1:

    radix libere capit viris,

    Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:

    vires cepisse nocendi,

    Ov. M. 7, 417:

    (telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,

    Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
    3.
    Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:

    cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:

    qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

    aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,

    id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:

    consuetudinem exercitationemque,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

    misericordiam,

    id. Quint. 31, 97:

    quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 346:

    disciplinam principum,

    Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:

    quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
    4.
    Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:

    nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:

    o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:

    in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,

    took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:

    consulatum,

    id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:

    honores,

    Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:

    imperium,

    id. Claud. 10:

    magistratum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:

    magistratus,

    Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:

    capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),

    Ov. M. 3, 644:

    rerum moderamen,

    id. ib. 6, 677:

    pontificatum maximum,

    Suet. Vit. 11:

    rem publicam,

    Sall. C. 5, 6:

    neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,

    Liv. 2, 33, 1:

    ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,

    id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:

    patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,

    Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
    5.
    In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:

    augurium ex arce,

    Liv. 10, 7, 10:

    augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,

    Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:

    omen,

    Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:

    in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,

    Liv. 9, 4, 1:

    rursus impetu capto enituntur,

    id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:

    a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,

    Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):

    nec vestra capit discordia finem,

    Verg. A. 10, 106:

    fugam,

    to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:

    ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,

    Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:

    expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,

    suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:

    ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,

    Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:

    eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

    a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
    6.
    Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:

    si occassionem capsit,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:

    si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

    quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:

    si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
    7.
    Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:

    quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:

    cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 35:

    hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,

    Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:

    conjecturam capere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

    nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:

    capti consili memorem mones,

    id. Stich 4, 1, 72:

    quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:

    temerarium consilium,

    Liv. 25, 34, 7:

    tale capit consilium,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:

    confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,

    Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:

    subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,

    Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):

    legionis opprimendae consilium capere,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

    obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,

    Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:

    si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 20:

    ut ego rationem oculis capio,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:

    cepi rationem ut, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
    8.
    Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:

    ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

    praesagia a sole,

    Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:

    illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
    9.
    Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:

    tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?

    Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:

    omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,

    id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:

    laborem inanem ipsus capit,

    id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

    ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!

    id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;

    hic potitur gaudia,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

    satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:

    plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 9:

    cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,

    id. ib. prol. 114:

    angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

    quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,

    id. Off. 2, 9, 32:

    laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,

    id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:

    lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,

    id. Sen. 15, 54:

    opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,

    id. Brut. 1, 1:

    itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,

    id. ib. 40, 147:

    ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,

    Liv. 27, 40, 9:

    ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,

    id. 5, 20, 2:

    ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,

    id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):

    laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,

    id. ib. 14, 14, 4:

    ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,

    lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:

    maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:

    et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,

    Liv. 33, 27, 10:

    voluptatem animi,

    Cic. Planc. 1, 1:

    malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),

    id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:

    quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,

    Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
    10.
    Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):

    edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:

    numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

    sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,

    id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:

    nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:

    te cepisse odium regni videbatur,

    id. ib. 2, 36, 91:

    Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,

    Liv. 1, 6, 3:

    cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

    id. 40, 21, 2:

    etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,

    id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:

    qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?

    Liv. 27, 13, 2:

    oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,

    id. 38, 46, 12:

    tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?

    Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:

    ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,

    Liv. 27, 8, 6:

    hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,

    id. 44, 12, 1:

    tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,

    Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;

    I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,

    Verg. A. 2, 384:

    infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!

    id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:

    cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,

    id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;

    I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,

    Liv. 1, 57, 10:

    ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,

    id. 25, 22, 1:

    tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,

    id. 23, 20, 7:

    senatum metus cepit,

    id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):

    quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,

    Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
    11.
    Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:

    calamitatem,

    Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:

    detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,

    Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;

    videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

    Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:

    quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,

    Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
    II.
    To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:

    parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),

    Lucr. 6, 1030:

    jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,

    Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:

    terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,

    id. ib. 1, 75:

    dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,

    id. ib. 8, 558:

    cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,

    id. ib. 5, 324.—
    2.
    Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:

    di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:

    qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;

    volat vapor ater ad auras,

    Verg. A. 7, 466:

    non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:

    non capit se mare,

    Sen. Agam. 487:

    neque enim capiebant funera portae,

    Ov. M. 7, 607:

    officium populi vix capiente domo,

    id. P. 4, 4, 42:

    si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,

    Curt. 7, 8, 12:

    ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,

    Just. 2, 10, 19.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):

    tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
    2. a.
    Affirmatively (rare):

    quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,

    Curt. 9, 3, 7:

    si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,

    Quint. 2, 4, 17:

    dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,

    Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
    b.
    With negatives:

    non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),

    Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

    leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,

    Lucr. 3, 298:

    nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,

    Ov. M. 6, 466:

    vix spes ipse suas animo capit,

    id. ib. 11, 118:

    ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,

    id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:

    sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,

    Curt. 7, 8, 13:

    majora quam capit spirat,

    id. 6, 9, 11:

    ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,

    id. 3, 12, 20:

    infirma aetas majora non capiet,

    Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
    3.
    Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):

    rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,

    Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:

    molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,

    id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:

    res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,

    Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
    4.
    With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):

    nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),

    Prud. Apoth. 154:

    crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,

    Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
    5.
    Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):

    sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,

    Quint. 11, 1, 45:

    nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,

    id. 2, 6, 2:

    quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,

    Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

    senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,

    Liv. 9, 17, 14:

    somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,

    id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
    2.
    căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
    I.
    A taking:

    dominii,

    Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
    II.
    = usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capio

  • 13 Capta

    1.
    căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:

    capsimus,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:

    sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:

    cape hoc flabellum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:

    cepit manibus tympanum,

    Cat. 6, 3, 8:

    tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,

    Verg. A. 2, 717:

    cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,

    id. G. 3, 420:

    flammeum,

    Cat. 61, 8:

    acria pocula,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:

    lora,

    Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:

    baculum,

    Ov. M. 2, 789:

    colum cum calathis,

    id. ib. 12, 475:

    florem ternis digitis,

    Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:

    pignera,

    Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:

    ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:

    rem pignori,

    Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:

    scutum laeva,

    Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:

    capias tu illius vestem,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;

    and of particular weapons: ensem,

    Ov. M. 13, 435:

    tela,

    id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:

    quicum una cibum Capere soleo,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:

    lauti cibum capiunt,

    Tac. G. 22.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of living objects.
    a. (α).
    Of persons:

    oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

    quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:

    ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

    reges capiuntur,

    Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:

    capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,

    Liv. 22, 49, 18:

    quos Byzantii ceperat,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:

    captos ostendere civibus hostes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:

    captus Tarento Livius,

    Cic. Brut. 18, 72:

    servus ex hoste captus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:

    in captos clementia uti,

    Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:

    inludere capto,

    Verg. A. 2, 64:

    quae sit fiducia capto,

    id. ib. 2, 75:

    ex captorum numero,

    Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:

    dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—
    (β).
    Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:

    si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,

    id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:

    hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 763:

    neque quicquam captum'st piscium,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:

    nisi quid concharum capsimus,

    id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

    cervum,

    Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:

    hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,

    Verg. G. 4, 396.—
    b.
    To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

    quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,

    Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:

    quamvis voluptate capiatur,

    id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:

    quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:

    secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,

    id. Att. 4, 1:

    nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,

    Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;

    erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,

    Hor. A. P. 362:

    hunc capit argenti splendor,

    id. S. 1, 4, 28:

    te conjux aliena capit,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 46:

    Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,

    Prop. 1, 1, 1:

    carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,

    Tib. 3, 1, 7:

    munditiis capimur,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;

    14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,

    Liv. 30, 12, 18:

    dulcedine vocis,

    Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:

    voce nova,

    id. ib. 1, 678:

    temperie aquarum,

    id. ib. 4, 344:

    (bos) herba captus viridi,

    Verg. E. 6, 59:

    amoenitate loci,

    Tac. A. 18, 52:

    auro,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:

    neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:

    splendore hominis,

    id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;

    nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—
    c.
    To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:

    sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?

    Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

    eodem captus errore quo nos,

    involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:

    ne quo errore milites caperentur,

    Liv. 8, 6, 16:

    capere ante dolis Reginam,

    Verg. A. 1, 673:

    captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),

    id. ib. 2, 196:

    ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,

    Sall. J. 14, 11:

    adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,

    id. C. 14, 5:

    capi alicujus dolo,

    Nep. Dat. 10, 1:

    dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,

    Liv. 23, 35, 2:

    quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,

    Ov. M. 7, 301.—
    d.
    To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):

    tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:

    tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),

    Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

    callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),

    id. Brut. 48, 178.—
    e. (α).
    Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):

    mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

    ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,

    loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:

    captus omnibus membris,

    id. 2, 36, 8:

    capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,

    id. 21, 58, 5:

    oculis membrisque captus,

    Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:

    congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:

    si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,

    id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:

    habuit filium captum altero oculo,

    Suet. Vit. 6:

    censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,

    Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:

    lumine,

    Ov. F. 6, 204:

    princeps pedibus captus,

    Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:

    captum leto posuit caput,

    Verg. A. 11, 830;

    and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,

    id. G. 1, 183.—
    (β).
    Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:

    labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,

    id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;

    rarely mentibu' capti,

    Lucr. 4, 1022; so,

    animo,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:

    captus animi,

    Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:

    virgines captae furore,

    Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:

    viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,

    Liv. 39, 13, 12:

    captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,

    id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:

    capti et stupentes animi,

    id. 6, 36, 8.—
    f.
    To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:

    de istac sum judex captus,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:

    Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,

    Liv. 3, 71, 2:

    me cepere arbitrum,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:

    te mihi patronam capio, Thais,

    id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:

    quom illum generum cepimus,

    id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:

    non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,

    make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:

    si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:

    plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,

    Gell. 1, 12, 15:

    jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,

    Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:

    religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:

    C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,

    Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—
    2.
    Of places.
    a.
    To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:

    loca capere, castra munire,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 23:

    castris locum capere,

    Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:

    locum capere castris,

    Quint. 12, 2, 5:

    ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

    ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,

    Nep. Ages. 6, 2:

    nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,

    Liv. 34, 14, 1:

    neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,

    id. 35, 14, 9:

    erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,

    id. 35, 28, 1:

    locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,

    Sall. J. 58, 3:

    duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,

    Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,

    of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25:

    tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 26, 5:

    quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,

    Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:

    tumulum suis cepit,

    Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;

    for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:

    Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,

    Liv. 1, 6, 4;

    for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,

    id. 9, 43, 20:

    Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,

    Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:

    ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),

    Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—
    b.
    To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:

    invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:

    MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,

    Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

    CORSICAM,

    Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):

    ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,

    Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:

    Troja capta,

    Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:

    urbem opulentissimam,

    id. 5, 20, 1:

    ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

    castra hostium,

    Nep. Dat. 6, 7:

    concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,

    Liv. 42, 63, 6:

    plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,

    id. 28, 39, 10:

    sedem belli,

    Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:

    oppressa captaque re publica,

    Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—
    c.
    To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):

    insulam capere non potuerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

    onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,

    id. ib. 4, 36:

    accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,

    id. ib. 5, 23:

    nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,

    id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:

    qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,

    Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—
    3.
    Of things of value, property, money, etc.
    a.
    In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:

    AVRVM, ARGENTVM,

    Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:

    de praedonibus praedam capere,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:

    agros de hostibus,

    Cic. Dom. 49, 128:

    ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,

    Liv. 4, 48, 2:

    quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,

    Nep. Con. 4, 4:

    classem,

    id. Cim. 2, 2:

    magnas praedas,

    id. Dat. 10, 2:

    ex hostibus pecuniam,

    Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:

    e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:

    signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §

    82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:

    cape cedo,

    id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:

    ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:

    majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,

    id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:

    te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,

    Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:

    paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,

    Nep. Epam. 3, 4:

    ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,

    id. Att. 7, 2:

    quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,

    assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:

    quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

    regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,

    succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—
    b.
    In particular connections.
    (α).
    With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:

    his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:

    HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:

    quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,

    id. ib. §

    27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §

    91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §

    218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?

    id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §

    71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,

    id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:

    ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,

    id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,

    id. Clu. 42, 120:

    nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,

    id. Pis. 16, 38:

    si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,

    id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:

    ab regibus Illyriorum,

    Liv. 42, 45, 8:

    saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,

    Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—
    (β).
    Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:

    si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,

    Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:

    qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,

    id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:

    abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,

    Quint. 3, 6, 96:

    aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,

    id. 5, 14, 16:

    si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,

    Juv. 1, 55:

    qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,

    Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:

    qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,

    ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—
    (γ).
    Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:

    capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,

    Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

    stipendium jure belli,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

    quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:

    vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,

    Liv. 28, 39, 13:

    quadragena annua ex schola,

    Suet. Gram. 23:

    si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,

    Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):

    metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:

    honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,

    Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

    ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,

    id. Div. 2, 5:

    ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,

    id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:

    multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,

    id. Att. 1, 4, 2:

    fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,

    id. Pis. 14, 31:

    aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,

    Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:

    quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:

    utilitates ex amicitia maximas,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    usuram alicujus corporis,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—
    2.
    Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:

    gestum atque voltum novom,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:

    figuras Datque capitque novas,

    id. ib. 15, 309:

    formam capit quam lilia,

    id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:

    duritiam ab aere,

    id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:

    radicem capere,

    to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:

    cum pali defixi radices cepissent,

    Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:

    siliculam capere,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:

    maturitatem capere,

    Col. 4, 23, 1:

    radix libere capit viris,

    Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:

    vires cepisse nocendi,

    Ov. M. 7, 417:

    (telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,

    Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—
    3.
    Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:

    cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:

    qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

    aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,

    id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:

    consuetudinem exercitationemque,

    id. Off. 1, 18, 59:

    misericordiam,

    id. Quint. 31, 97:

    quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 346:

    disciplinam principum,

    Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:

    quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—
    4.
    Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:

    nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:

    o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:

    in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,

    took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:

    consulatum,

    id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:

    honores,

    Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:

    imperium,

    id. Claud. 10:

    magistratum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:

    magistratus,

    Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:

    capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),

    Ov. M. 3, 644:

    rerum moderamen,

    id. ib. 6, 677:

    pontificatum maximum,

    Suet. Vit. 11:

    rem publicam,

    Sall. C. 5, 6:

    neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,

    Liv. 2, 33, 1:

    ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,

    id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:

    patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,

    Liv. 7, 1, 2.—
    5.
    In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:

    augurium ex arce,

    Liv. 10, 7, 10:

    augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,

    Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:

    omen,

    Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:

    in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,

    Liv. 9, 4, 1:

    rursus impetu capto enituntur,

    id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:

    a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,

    Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):

    nec vestra capit discordia finem,

    Verg. A. 10, 106:

    fugam,

    to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:

    ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,

    Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:

    expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,

    suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:

    ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,

    Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:

    eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

    a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—
    6.
    Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:

    si occassionem capsit,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:

    si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

    quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:

    si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—
    7.
    Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:

    quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:

    cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 35:

    hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,

    Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:

    conjecturam capere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

    nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:

    capti consili memorem mones,

    id. Stich 4, 1, 72:

    quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:

    temerarium consilium,

    Liv. 25, 34, 7:

    tale capit consilium,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:

    confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,

    Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:

    subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,

    Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):

    legionis opprimendae consilium capere,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

    obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,

    Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:

    si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 20:

    ut ego rationem oculis capio,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:

    cepi rationem ut, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—
    8.
    Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:

    ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,

    Cic. Lael. 10, 33:

    praesagia a sole,

    Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:

    illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—
    9.
    Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:

    tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?

    Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:

    omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,

    id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:

    laborem inanem ipsus capit,

    id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

    ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!

    id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;

    hic potitur gaudia,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:

    satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:

    plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 9:

    cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,

    id. ib. prol. 114:

    angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

    quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,

    id. Off. 2, 9, 32:

    laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,

    id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:

    lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,

    id. Sen. 15, 54:

    opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,

    id. Brut. 1, 1:

    itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,

    id. ib. 40, 147:

    ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,

    Liv. 27, 40, 9:

    ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,

    id. 5, 20, 2:

    ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,

    id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):

    laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,

    id. ib. 14, 14, 4:

    ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,

    lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:

    maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:

    et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,

    Liv. 33, 27, 10:

    voluptatem animi,

    Cic. Planc. 1, 1:

    malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),

    id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:

    quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,

    Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—
    10.
    Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):

    edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:

    numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 4:

    sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,

    id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:

    nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:

    te cepisse odium regni videbatur,

    id. ib. 2, 36, 91:

    Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,

    Liv. 1, 6, 3:

    cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,

    id. 40, 21, 2:

    etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,

    id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:

    qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?

    Liv. 27, 13, 2:

    oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,

    id. 38, 46, 12:

    tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?

    Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:

    ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,

    Liv. 27, 8, 6:

    hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,

    id. 44, 12, 1:

    tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,

    Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;

    I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,

    Verg. A. 2, 384:

    infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!

    id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:

    cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,

    id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;

    I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,

    Liv. 1, 57, 10:

    ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,

    id. 25, 22, 1:

    tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,

    id. 23, 20, 7:

    senatum metus cepit,

    id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):

    quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,

    Liv. 43, 11, 9.—
    11.
    Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:

    calamitatem,

    Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:

    detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,

    Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;

    videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:

    Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:

    quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,

    Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.
    II.
    To take in, receive, hold, contain, be large enough for.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:

    parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),

    Lucr. 6, 1030:

    jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,

    Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:

    terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,

    id. ib. 1, 75:

    dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,

    id. ib. 8, 558:

    cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,

    id. ib. 5, 324.—
    2.
    Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:

    di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:

    qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;

    volat vapor ater ad auras,

    Verg. A. 7, 466:

    non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:

    non capit se mare,

    Sen. Agam. 487:

    neque enim capiebant funera portae,

    Ov. M. 7, 607:

    officium populi vix capiente domo,

    id. P. 4, 4, 42:

    si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,

    Curt. 7, 8, 12:

    ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,

    Just. 2, 10, 19.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):

    tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—
    2. a.
    Affirmatively (rare):

    quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,

    Curt. 9, 3, 7:

    si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,

    Quint. 2, 4, 17:

    dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,

    Dig. 40, 12, 15.—
    b.
    With negatives:

    non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),

    Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

    leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,

    Lucr. 3, 298:

    nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,

    Ov. M. 6, 466:

    vix spes ipse suas animo capit,

    id. ib. 11, 118:

    ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,

    id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:

    sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,

    Curt. 7, 8, 13:

    majora quam capit spirat,

    id. 6, 9, 11:

    ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,

    id. 3, 12, 20:

    infirma aetas majora non capiet,

    Quint. 1, 11, 13.—
    3.
    Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):

    rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,

    Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:

    molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,

    id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:

    res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,

    Dig. 4, 4, 19.—
    4.
    With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):

    nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),

    Prud. Apoth. 154:

    crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,

    Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—
    5.
    Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):

    sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,

    Quint. 11, 1, 45:

    nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,

    id. 2, 6, 2:

    quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,

    Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

    senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,

    Liv. 9, 17, 14:

    somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,

    id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.
    2.
    căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,
    I.
    A taking:

    dominii,

    Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—
    II.
    = usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Capta

  • 14 substituo

    sub-stĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [statuo].
    I.
    To set, put, place, or lay under, to set or place next to any thing (so rare and mostly post - Aug.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    lapides plantae,

    Pall. Mart. 10, 22:

    post elephantos armaturas leves,

    Hirt. B. Afr. 59, 3.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    substituerat animo speciem corporis amplam ac magnificam,

    had presented to his imagination, figured to himself, Liv. 28, 35; cf.:

    funera fratrum Debueras oculis substituisse tuis,

    Ov. R. Am. 574:

    substituebantur crimini,

    were subjected to the charge, were accused, Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 8:

    aliquem arbitrio,

    Dig. 38, 1, 30.—
    II.
    To put instead or in the place of another, to substitute (class.; syn.: suppono, subrogo).
    A.
    In gen.:

    in eorum locum cives Romanos,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 72:

    pontificem in locum Scipionis,

    Suet. Tib. 4; Nep. Alcib. 7, 3; cf. Col. 5, 6, 1:

    nunc pro te Verrem substituisti alterum civitati,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 161; cf. Liv. 38, 42:

    aliam tabulam pro eā,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 91:

    substituta fili persona,

    id. 18, 3, 4, § 17: philosophiam nobis pro rei publicae procuratione, Cic. Div. 2, 2, 7.—With dat.:

    consulem alicui,

    Vell. 2, 58, 3; cf. Suet. Caes. 76:

    equites Siculis,

    Liv. 29, 1:

    alia semina demortuis,

    Col. 4, 17, 3:

    libros de oratore his,

    Quint. 3, 6, 60:

    fortunam culpae,

    id. 7, 4, 15:

    personas,

    id. 3, 8, 54:

    defuncto altero e consulibus, neminem substituit,

    Suet. Ner. 15:

    substituitur mutua accusatio,

    Quint. 7, 2, 9.—With in and abl. (late Lat.):

    in locis suis secunda,

    Amm. 15, 5, 23.—
    B.
    In partic., in jurid. lang.: substituere heredem (alicui), to make second or alternate heir, in case the first should die:

    heredes aut instituti dicuntur aut substituti: instituti primo gradu, substituti secundo vel tertio,

    Dig. 28, 6, 1 sq.:

    heredes invicem,

    Suet. Tib. 76; so,

    heredem (alicui),

    id. Galb. 9; Quint. 7, 6, 9 al.—So with ellipsis of heredem:

    inpuberi filio,

    Dig. 28, 6, 1 sq.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > substituo

  • 15 rig

    rig [rɪg] (pt & pp rigged, cont rigging)
    (a) (fiddle) truquer; (prices) fixer illégalement;
    ∎ they were accused of rigging the match/the elections on les a accusés d'avoir truqué le match/les élections;
    ∎ the dice were rigged les dés étaient truqués ou pipés;
    ∎ the whole affair was rigged! c'était un coup monté du début jusqu'à la fin!;
    ∎ to rig a jury manipuler un jury;
    ∎ Stock Exchange to rig the market manipuler la Bourse
    (b) Nautical gréer
    (c) (install) monter, bricoler
    2 noun
    (a) (gen → equipment) matériel m
    (b) Nautical gréement m
    (c) Petroleum industry (on land) derrick m; (offshore) plate-forme f
    (d) familiar (clothes) tenue□ f, fringues fpl
    (e) familiar (large truck) semi-remorque□ m, gros-cul m
    (f) Stock Exchange (rise) hausse f factice; (fall) baisse f factice
    dégréer
    dégréer
    (a) familiar (clothe) habiller□ ;
    ∎ he was rigged out in a cowboy costume il était habillé ou déguisé en cowboy;
    ∎ pejorative look at the way she's rigged out! regarde comme elle est fagotée!
    (b) (equip) équiper
    (install) monter, installer

    Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > rig

  • 16 price

    1. noun
    1) (the amount of money for which a thing is or can be bought or sold; the cost: The price of the book was $10.) precio
    2) (what one must give up or suffer in order to gain something: Loss of freedom is often the price of success.) precio

    2. verb
    1) (to mark a price on: I haven't priced these articles yet.) poner/marcar el precio (de)
    2) (to find out the price of: He went into the furniture shop to price the beds.) informarse del precio (de)
    •
    - pricey
    - at a price
    - beyond/without price
    price n precio
    what is the price of this car? ¿qué precio tiene este coche?
    tr[praɪs]
    1 (gen) precio; (amount, cost) importe nombre masculino; (value) valor nombre masculino
    ■ what's the price of this jacket? ¿qué precio tiene esta chaqueta?
    2 figurative use (cost, sacrifice) precio
    1 (fix price of) tener un precio; (value) valorar, tasar; (mark price on) poner el precio a
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    at a price a un precio caro
    at any price a toda costa, cueste lo que cueste, a cualquier precio
    not at any price por nada del mundo
    to go down in price bajar de precio
    to go up in price subir de precio
    to pay a high price for something pagar algo muy caro,-a
    to price oneself out of the market perder clientes por poner precios muy altos
    price control control nombre masculino de precios
    price list lista de precios
    price reduction descuento, rebaja
    price tag etiqueta
    set price precio fijo
    price ['praɪs] vt, priced ; pricing : poner un precio a
    : precio m
    peace at any price: la paz a toda costa
    n.
    • costa s.f.
    • coste s.m.
    • costo s.m.
    • cotización s.f.
    • curso s.m.
    • importe s.m.
    • precio s.m.
    v.
    • fijar el precio de v.
    • tarifar v.
    • tasar v.
    • valorar v.

    I praɪs
    1) (Busn, Fin) precio m; ( of stocks) cotización f, precio m

    they're the same price — valen or cuestan lo mismo

    at a price of £80 — por 80 libras

    accommodation is available, at o for a price — es posible encontrar alojamiento, pero sale or cuesta caro

    to go up/down in price — subir/bajar de precio

    I'll take the job, if the price is right — aceptaré el trabajo si (me) pagan bien; (before n)

    price list — lista f de precios

    price rise — subida f or (RPl tb) suba f de precios

    2) (cost, sacrifice) precio m

    not at any price! — de ningún modo!, por nada del mundo!

    what price peace? — ¿va a ser posible lograr la paz?

    to pay a/the price for something — pagar* caro algo

    3) ( value) (liter) precio m

    it's beyond o without price — no tiene precio, es invalorable


    II
    a) ( fix price of) (often pass)

    it was originally priced at over $300 — su precio original era de más de 300 dólares

    b) ( mark price on) ponerle* el precio a
    [praɪs]
    1. N
    1) (Comm) precio m

    that's my price, take it or leave it — eso es lo que pido, o lo tomas o lo dejas

    • you can get it at a price — se puede conseguir, pero pagando

    at a reduced price — a (un) precio reducido, con rebaja

    • it is beyond price — no tiene precio

    • for a price, he'll do it for a price — él lo hará, pero será caro, lo hará si le pagan

    two for the price of one — (lit, fig) dos al or por el precio de uno

    • can you give me a price for putting in a new window? — ¿cuánto me cobraría usted por colocar una ventana nueva?

    • to go down or come down or fall in price — bajar de precio

    • to go up or rise in price — subir de precio

    • he got a good price for it — sacó una buena suma por ello

    • everyone has their price — todos tenemos un precio

    • he's got or there's a price on his head — se ha puesto precio a su cabeza

    • to name one's price — fijar el precio, decir cuánto se quiere

    • to put a price on sth — poner precio a algo

    • if the price is right, he is prepared to make a comeback if the price is right — está dispuesto a volver si se le paga bien

    as long as the price is right, property will sell — si está a un buen precio, la propiedad se vende

    • what price all his promises now? — iro ¿de qué sirven todas sus promesas ahora?

    closing 2., cut-price, fixed 2., half-price, retail 5.
    2) (Econ, St Ex) (=quotation) cotización f
    3) (Betting) (=odds) puntos mpl de ventaja

    what price she'll change her mind? — ¿qué apuestas a que cambia de opinión?

    what price war? — ¿qué apuestas a que estallará la guerra?

    4) (=sacrifice) precio m

    that's the price we have to pay for progress, that's the price of progress — es el precio que tenemos que pagar por el progreso

    to pay the price (for sth) — cargar con or pagar las consecuencias (de algo)

    • fame comes at a price — la fama se paga cara

    he's famous now, but at what a price! — ahora es famoso, ¡pero a qué precio! or ¡pero lo ha pagado caro!

    • at any price — (with affirmative) a toda costa

    • to pay a high or heavy price for sth — pagar algo muy caro

    • that's a small price to pay for independence/for keeping him happy — eso es poco sacrificio a cambio de la independencia/de tenerlo contento

    2. VT
    1) (=fix price of)

    retailers usually price goods by adding 100% to the wholesale price — los minoristas normalmente ponen precio a sus productos añadiendo un cien por cien al precio de coste, los minoristas normalmente cargan un cien por cien al precio de coste de sus productos

    tickets, priced £20, are now available — las entradas ya están a la venta a un precio de 20 libras

    it was priced too high/low — su precio era demasiado alto/bajo

    this stylish fryer, competitively priced at £29.99, can help you create new dishes — por solo £29.99, esta elegante freidora puede ayudarle a crear nuevos platos

    • there is a very reasonably priced menu — hay un menú a un precio muy razonable

    - price sb out of the market

    the restaurant has priced itself out of the market — el restaurante ha subido demasiado los precios y ha perdido su competitividad en el mercado

    you'll price yourself out of a job if you go on demanding so much money — como sigas exigiendo tanto dinero, pondrás en peligro tu trabajo

    2) (=label with price)

    • it was priced at £15 — estaba marcado a un precio de 15 libras

    3) (=estimate value of) calcular el valor de

    • it was priced at £1,000 — estaba valorado en mil libras

    4) (=find out price of) comprobar el precio de
    3.
    CPD

    he's looking for a property in the £70,000 price bracket — está buscando una vivienda que cueste alrededor de las setenta mil libras

    that is the normal price bracket for one of his creations — ese es el precio normal de or eso es lo que se paga normalmente por una de sus creaciones

    a traditional restaurant in the middle price bracket — un restaurante tradicional con precios de un nivel medio (dentro de la escala)

    price control N — control m de precios

    price cut N — rebaja f

    price cutting N — reducción f de precios

    price-earnings ratio N — (Econ) relación f precio ganancias

    price fixing N — fijación f de precios

    price freeze N — congelación f de precios

    price increase N — subida f de precio

    price index N — (Brit) índice m de precios

    consumer 2.

    price inflation N — inflación f de los precios

    price level N — nivel m de precios

    price limit N — tope m, precio m tope

    price list N — lista f de precios

    price point N — rango m de precios

    there are lots of good products in all price ranges — hay gran cantidad de productos de buena calidad en una amplia gama de precios

    in the medium or middle price range — dentro de un nivel medio de la escala de precios

    the upper/lower end of the price range — el nivel más alto/bajo en la escala de precios

    (with)in/out of one's price range — dentro de/fuera de las posibilidades de uno

    price rigging N — fijación f fraudulenta de precios

    price ring N — cártel m (para la fijación de precios)

    price rise N — = price increase

    prices and incomes policy N — política f de precios y salarios, política f de precios y rentas

    price support N — subsidio m de precios

    price tag N — (lit) etiqueta f (del precio); (fig) precio m

    it doesn't justify the price tag of £17.5 million — no justifica un precio de 17,5 millones de libras

    price war N — guerra f de precios

    * * *

    I [praɪs]
    1) (Busn, Fin) precio m; ( of stocks) cotización f, precio m

    they're the same price — valen or cuestan lo mismo

    at a price of £80 — por 80 libras

    accommodation is available, at o for a price — es posible encontrar alojamiento, pero sale or cuesta caro

    to go up/down in price — subir/bajar de precio

    I'll take the job, if the price is right — aceptaré el trabajo si (me) pagan bien; (before n)

    price list — lista f de precios

    price rise — subida f or (RPl tb) suba f de precios

    2) (cost, sacrifice) precio m

    not at any price! — de ningún modo!, por nada del mundo!

    what price peace? — ¿va a ser posible lograr la paz?

    to pay a/the price for something — pagar* caro algo

    3) ( value) (liter) precio m

    it's beyond o without price — no tiene precio, es invalorable


    II
    a) ( fix price of) (often pass)

    it was originally priced at over $300 — su precio original era de más de 300 dólares

    b) ( mark price on) ponerle* el precio a

    English-spanish dictionary > price

  • 17 starve

    1) (to (cause to) die, or suffer greatly, from hunger: In the drought, many people and animals starved (to death); They were accused of starving their prisoners.)
    2) (to be very hungry: Can't we have supper now? I'm starving.)
    •
    starve vb morir de hambre
    I'm starving! ¡estoy muerto de hambre!
    tr[stɑːv]
    1 (feel hungry) pasar hambre; (die) morirse de hambre
    ■ I'm starving! ¡estoy muerto de hambre!
    1 (deprive of food) privar de comida a, hacer pasar hambre a
    2 figurative use privar (of, de)
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to starve somebody to death matar de hambre a alguien, hacer morir de hambre a alguien
    to starve to death morirse de hambre
    starve ['stɑrv] v, starved ; starving vi
    : morirse de hambre
    starve vt
    : privar de comida
    v.
    • hacer morir de hambre v.
    • hambrear v.
    • morir de hambre v.
    • padecer hambre v.
    stɑːrv, stɑːv
    1.
    a) ( deny food) privar de comida a, hacer* pasar hambre a

    I'm starved — (AmE colloq) me muero de hambre, tengo un hambre canina (fam)

    b) ( deprive)

    to starve something/somebody OF something — privar algo/a alguien de algo


    2.
    vi ( die) morirse* de hambre or de inanición; ( feel hungry) pasar hambre

    I'm starving — (BrE colloq) me muero de hambre, tengo un hambre canina (fam)

    [stɑːv]
    1. VT
    1) (=deprive of food) privar de comida
    2) (=deprive)
    2.
    VI (=lack food) pasar hambre, padecer hambre; (=die) morir(se) de hambre
    * * *
    [stɑːrv, stɑːv]
    1.
    a) ( deny food) privar de comida a, hacer* pasar hambre a

    I'm starved — (AmE colloq) me muero de hambre, tengo un hambre canina (fam)

    b) ( deprive)

    to starve something/somebody OF something — privar algo/a alguien de algo


    2.
    vi ( die) morirse* de hambre or de inanición; ( feel hungry) pasar hambre

    I'm starving — (BrE colloq) me muero de hambre, tengo un hambre canina (fam)

    English-spanish dictionary > starve

  • 18 verhungern

    v/i die of starvation, starve (to death); ich bin am Verhungern umg. I’m starving; bei uns ist noch keiner verhungert umg. no one has ever died of starvation in this house; jemanden am ausgestreckten Arm verhungern lassen umg., fig. put the squeeze on s.o.; willst du mich verhungern lassen? umg., hum. are you just going to let me starve?
    * * *
    to starve; to die of hunger; to famish; to starve to death
    * * *
    ver|hụn|gern ptp verhu\#ngert
    vi aux sein
    to starve, to die of starvation; (inf = Hunger haben) to be starving (inf)

    er sah völlig verhungert aus — he looked half-starved; (inf) he looked absolutely famished (inf)

    jdn verhungern lassen (lit) — to let sb starve (to death); (beim Spielen) to leave sb out of the game

    * * *
    das
    1) (a starving state: They died of starvation.) starvation
    2) (to (cause to) die, or suffer greatly, from hunger: In the drought, many people and animals starved (to death); They were accused of starving their prisoners.) starve
    3) (to be very hungry: Can't we have supper now? I'm starving.) starve
    * * *
    ver·hun·gern *
    vi Hilfsverb: sein
    1. (Hungers sterben) to starve [to death], to die of starvation no pl, no art
    ▪ jdn \verhungern lassen to let sb starve [to death]
    [fast] am \verhungern sein (a. fig fam) to be [just about] starving also fig
    2. (fam: stehen bleiben)
    ▪ [irgendwo] \verhungern to come to a stop [somewhere]
    der Golfball verhungerte nur wenige Zentimeter vor dem Loch the golf ball came to a stop just a few centimetres from the hole
    * * *
    intransitives Verb; mit sein die of starvation; starve [to death]

    ich bin am Verhungern — (ugs.) I'm starving (fig. coll.)

    * * *
    verhungern v/i die of starvation, starve (to death);
    ich bin am Verhungern umg I’m starving;
    bei uns ist noch keiner verhungert umg no one has ever died of starvation in this house;
    jemanden am ausgestreckten Arm verhungern umg, fig put the squeeze on sb;
    willst du mich verhungern ? umg, hum are you just going to let me starve?
    * * *
    intransitives Verb; mit sein die of starvation; starve [to death]

    ich bin am Verhungern — (ugs.) I'm starving (fig. coll.)

    * * *
    v.
    to die of hunger expr.
    to famish v.
    to starve v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > verhungern

  • 19 starve

    1) (to (cause to) die, or suffer greatly, from hunger: In the drought, many people and animals starved (to death); They were accused of starving their prisoners.) sulte, la sulte, utsulte
    2) (to be very hungry: Can't we have supper now? I'm starving.) holde på å dø av sult
    •
    verb \/stɑːv\/
    1) (la) sulte, hungre, (være nær ved å) dø av sult, la dø av sult
    2) ( hverdagslig) være kjempesulten
    3) hungre etter, ha et desperat behov for
    4) ( sjøfart) file, knipe (i vinden)
    5) ( gammeldags eller dialekt) fryse (i hjel)
    starve someone out sulte noen ut
    starve someone into something tvinge noen til å gjøre noe (ved å ta fra dem maten)

    English-Norwegian dictionary > starve

  • 20 cobertura

    f.
    1 cover (cubierta).
    2 coverage.
    cobertura informativa news o media coverage
    cobertura nacional/regional national/regional coverage
    3 coverup, hiding, covering, coverture.
    * * *
    1 cover
    \
    cobertura de chocolate chocolate coating
    cobertura de seguros insurance cover
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Radio, TV) [de noticia, acontecimiento] coverage

    la ceremonia recibió amplia cobertura informativa — the ceremony was widely covered, the ceremony received wide news coverage

    2) (Radio, TV, Telec) (=ámbito) range

    no hay cobertura — [al interlocutor] you're breaking up; [al acompañante] I can't get a signal; [dicho por la empresa de telefonía] there's no network coverage

    3) [de un crédito] cover

    cobertura de desempleo — unemployment benefit, unemployment insurance (EEUU)

    4) (=cubierta)
    * * *
    1) (Fin) ( protección) hedge; ( de seguro) cover
    2) (Period, Rad, TV) coverage
    * * *
    = breadth, breadth and depth, breadth of coverage, coverage, scope.
    Ex. Legal bibliographies are prime research tools as they provide the breadth and background that might otherwise be unavailable.
    Ex. Stock breadth and depth and reader groups must also be considered.
    Ex. Factors assessed during the comparative study included pricing, timeliness, availability of catalogue copy, and breadth of coverage.
    Ex. AACR1 is a weighty code, not because it contains extensive enumeration, but rather because of its comprehensive coverage.
    Ex. Subject field definition arises from the scope of the information service or system that the indexing language is expected to serve.
    ----
    * ampliar la cobertura = broaden + coverage, broaden + the scope.
    * cobertura amplia = broad scope.
    * cobertura contra = hedge against.
    * cobertura informativa = news coverage.
    * cobertura médica = medical cover.
    * cobertura periodística = newspaper coverage, press coverage.
    * cobertura televisiva = television coverage.
    * cobertura temática = subject scope.
    * exhaustividad de la cobertura = depth of coverage.
    * fecha de cobertura = date of coverage.
    * fondo de cobertura = hedge fund.
    * fuera de cobertura = out of range.
    * grado de cobertura = depth of coverage.
    * nivel de cobertura = depth of coverage.
    * período de cobertura = date of coverage, period of coverage.
    * solapamiento de cobertura = coverage overlap.
    * solapamiento en la cobertura de las revistas = journal coverage overlap.
    * * *
    1) (Fin) ( protección) hedge; ( de seguro) cover
    2) (Period, Rad, TV) coverage
    * * *
    = breadth, breadth and depth, breadth of coverage, coverage, scope.

    Ex: Legal bibliographies are prime research tools as they provide the breadth and background that might otherwise be unavailable.

    Ex: Stock breadth and depth and reader groups must also be considered.
    Ex: Factors assessed during the comparative study included pricing, timeliness, availability of catalogue copy, and breadth of coverage.
    Ex: AACR1 is a weighty code, not because it contains extensive enumeration, but rather because of its comprehensive coverage.
    Ex: Subject field definition arises from the scope of the information service or system that the indexing language is expected to serve.
    * ampliar la cobertura = broaden + coverage, broaden + the scope.
    * cobertura amplia = broad scope.
    * cobertura contra = hedge against.
    * cobertura informativa = news coverage.
    * cobertura médica = medical cover.
    * cobertura periodística = newspaper coverage, press coverage.
    * cobertura televisiva = television coverage.
    * cobertura temática = subject scope.
    * exhaustividad de la cobertura = depth of coverage.
    * fecha de cobertura = date of coverage.
    * fondo de cobertura = hedge fund.
    * fuera de cobertura = out of range.
    * grado de cobertura = depth of coverage.
    * nivel de cobertura = depth of coverage.
    * período de cobertura = date of coverage, period of coverage.
    * solapamiento de cobertura = coverage overlap.
    * solapamiento en la cobertura de las revistas = journal coverage overlap.

    * * *
    A
    2 ( Fin) hedge
    una cobertura frente a la inflación security o a hedge against inflation
    B ( Period, Rad, TV) coverage
    la amplia cobertura del evento the extensive coverage of the event
    cobertura informativa news coverage
    el área de cobertura de esta emisora the area covered by this station
    C ( Coc) coating, frosting ( AmE), icing ( BrE)
    * * *

     

    cobertura sustantivo femenino

    b) (Period, Rad, TV) coverage;


    cobertura sustantivo femenino
    1 (revestimiento) coating
    2 Fin guarantee
    3 (de una noticia) coverage
    4 (de un seguro) cover, coverage
    5 Mil cover
    ' cobertura' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    baño
    - pantalla
    English:
    cover
    - coverage
    - hedging
    * * *
    1. [cubierta] cover;
    una tarta con cobertura de chocolate a cake with chocolate Br icing o US frosting
    2. [amparo]
    los acusaron de dar cobertura a un delincuente they were accused of covering for a criminal;
    aquel negocio servía de cobertura para el blanqueo de dinero that business was a front o cover for money laundering
    3. [de un servicio] coverage;
    mi teléfono móvil no tiene cobertura aquí my mobile network doesn't cover this area;
    cobertura nacional/regional national/regional coverage;
    miles de parados sin cobertura social thousands of unemployed people who are not receiving benefit
    cobertura informativa news o media coverage;
    cobertura periodística press coverage;
    cobertura sanitaria health cover
    4. [de un seguro] cover
    cobertura total full cover
    5. Fin security;
    cobertura para un crédito/una hipoteca security for a loan/a mortgage
    * * *
    f
    1 de seguro cover
    2 TV etc coverage
    3
    :
    cobertura de chocolate covering of chocolate, chocolate coating
    * * *
    1) : coverage
    2) : cover, collateral

    Spanish-English dictionary > cobertura

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