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
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...existumassem, numquam tam gravis ob hanc inimicitias caperem in vostram familiam, quam is aspernatur nunc tam inliberaliter..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Scires non libenter servire. Itaque ut experimentum oculorum caperem. <. . .> Convertit ille solutum gaudio vultum et: "Miserere, inquit, frater..."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..."