caperem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →capio, capere, cepi, captus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 1st
Examples
- P
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...existumassem, numquam tam gravis ob hanc inimicitias caperem in vostram familiam, quam is aspernatur nunc tam inliberaliter..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Scires non libenter servire. Itaque ut experimentum oculorum caperem. <. . .> Convertit ille solutum gaudio vultum et: "Miserere, inquit, frater..." - G
Epistola ad Caesarem I
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) from SPURIA
"...magnamque curam habui: non ita, uti magistratum modo caperem, quem multi malis artibus adepti erant; sed etiam..."