capessas
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. pres. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Thersites, dummodo tu sis Aeacidae similis Volcaniaque arma capessas, quam te Thersitae similem producat Achilles. et tamen..."
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...rexit quoque ego; sic thalamos, sic pignora fida capessas; nec tibi sit uirtus fortunam euadere dextra, sed lucem..."