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
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...omnium generum expugnare aggreditur, maxime festinans tempus legatorum antecapere, quos ante proelium factum ab Adherbale Romam missos audiverat..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...frigus neque lassitudinem opperiri, sed ea omnia luxu antecapere. Haec iuventutem, ubi familiares opes defecerant, ad facinora incendebant..."