prenso, prensare, prensavi, prensatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · variant: 1st · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
grasp/clutch at/constantly; lay hold of; accost/buttonhole; canvass, solicit;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | prenso | prensamus |
| 2 | prensas | prensatis |
| 3 | prensat | prensant |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | prensare |
| active | perfect | prensavisse |
| passive | present | prensari |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | prensa | prensate |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | prensato | prensatote |
| 3 | prensato | prensanto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | prensare | prensamini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | prensator | — |
| 3 | prensator | prensantor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | prensatus | prensati |
| Gen. | prensati | prensatorum |
| Dat. | prensato | — |
| Acc. | prensatum | prensatos |
| Voc. | prensate | prensati |
| Abl. | prensato | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | prensata | prensatae |
| Gen. | prensatae | prensatarum |
| Dat. | prensatae | — |
| Acc. | prensatam | prensatas |
| Voc. | prensata | prensatae |
| Abl. | prensata | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | prensatum | prensata |
| Gen. | prensati | prensatorum |
| Dat. | prensato | — |
| Acc. | prensatum | prensata |
| Voc. | prensatum | prensata |
| Abl. | prensato | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | prensandus | — |
| Gen. | prensandi | — |
| Dat. | prensando | — |
| Acc. | prensandum | — |
| Voc. | prensande | — |
| Abl. | prensando | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | prensanda | — |
| Gen. | prensandae | — |
| Dat. | prensandae | — |
| Acc. | prensandam | — |
| Voc. | prensanda | — |
| Abl. | prensanda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | prensandum | — |
| Gen. | prensandi | — |
| Dat. | prensando | — |
| Acc. | prensandum | — |
| Voc. | prensandum | — |
| Abl. | prensando | — |
Supines
accusative: prensatum; ablative: prensatu
Examples
- A
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...neque se telo defendissent; servos item furti manifesti prensos verberibus adfici et e saxo praecipitari, sed pueros inpuberes..." 
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Leonteus, pone uiros atque arma latens, positumque trahebat prenso crine caput: uidit, quamquam undique crebrae, Hippomedon, ante..."Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uiribus Herculeis et toto robore patris axe tenet prenso; luctantur abire iugales nequiquam frenosque et colla rigentia tendunt..."- P
Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...septima post decimam felix et ponere uitem et prensos domitare boues et licia telae addere. nona fugae melior..." - P
Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...summis exstantem Riphea silvis Thereaque, Haemoniis qui prensos montibus ursos ferre domum vivos indignantesque solebat. haut tulit utentem..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...avia sequentis frustratus est. neque diu fefellit: nam prenso ductoque per proximos pagos equo cuius foret cognitum..." - G
Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...nunc ego in uno referre gratiam possum. Itaque prenso amicos, supplico, ambio, domos stationesque circumeo, quantumque vel auctoritate..."