capessam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →capesso, capessere, capessivi, capessitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
grasp, take, seize eagerly; undertake, manage; pursue w/zeal; carry out orders;
sg. fut. act. ind. 1stsg. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nunc quam spem aut opem aut consili quid capessam? ita hic sola solis locis compotita sum. hic saxa..."Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...hereditatem sum aptus effertissimam. nunc ad senem cursum capessam hunc Hegionem, cui boni tantum affero quantum ipsus..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...misit mandatque insignia Tarchon, succedam castris Tyrrhenaque regna capessam. sed mihi tarda gelu saeclisque effeta senectus invidet imperium..."