capessendos
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;
acc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...liceret tetenderant, sed ne ad plebeios quidem magistratus capessendos petendosque ulli viro acri experientique animus esset, possessionemque honoris..." - P
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...nobis virium erat, quod firmando praesidio et capessendo bello divideretur, vel, si integra et incustodita relinquerentur, nulla..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...nomen adscivit. atque ille, quamquam prompto ad capessendos honores aditu, Maecenatem aemulatus sine dignitate senatoria multos triumphalium consulariumque..." - P
Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...magna fama quam ex mala. Hinc ad capessendos magistratus in urbem degressus Domitiam Decidianam, splendidis natalibus ortam, sibi..."