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
Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...liceret tetenderant, sed ne ad plebeios quidem magistratus capessendos petendosque ulli viro acri experientique animus esset, possessionemque honoris..."Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...nobis virium erat, quod firmando praesidio et capessendo bello divideretur, vel, si integra et incustodita relinquerentur, nulla..."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..."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..."