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
- T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nunc quam spem aut opem aut consili quid capessam? ita hic sola solis locis compotita sum. hic saxa..." - T
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...hereditatem sum aptus effertissimam. nunc ad senem cursum capessam hunc Hegionem, cui boni tantum affero quantum ipsus..." - P
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..."