capessebant
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;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...magis milites quam cuiusquam ductu aut imperio pugnam capessebant et Romani exercitus nec pariter ambo ducti nec satis..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...quae multi probi potius quam laborem cum honoribus capessebant, nulla sunt; hac tempestate serviundum aut imperitandum, habendus metus..."