caperis
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. pres. pass. ind. 2nd
Examples
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...lacumque conplesset! Quid mirum si hoc maxime spectaculo caperis, innatus sanguini et ab infante caedibus admotus? Sequetur..."Liber IV
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...certa ratio causam scribendi dedit.Quare, Particulo, quoniam caperis fabulis,(quas Aesopias, non Aesopi, nomino,quia paucas ille ostendit..."Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...puellas: Mater in Aeneae constitit urbe sui. Seu caperis primis et adhuc crescentibus annis, Ante oculos veniet vera..."