antecaperes
Dictionary entries
- Entry →antecapio, antecapere, antecepi, anteceptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
take/seize beforehand, pre-occupy, forestall; anticipate;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
- G
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...omnium generum expugnare aggreditur, maxime festinans tempus legatorum antecapere, quos ante proelium factum ab Adherbale Romam missos audiverat..." - G
BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...frigus neque lassitudinem opperiri, sed ea omnia luxu antecapere. Haec iuventutem, ubi familiares opes defecerant, ad facinora incendebant..."