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