capessentibus
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;
abl. pl. pres. act. part.dat. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
- T
Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...bellum Aequi parabant, Volscis, quamquam non publico consilio capessentibus arma, voluntariis mercede secutis militiam. Ad quorum famam hostium..." - P
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...promisit: sed deerat robur aetatis eum primum magistratum capessentibus. igitur Nero praetura perfunctos et experientia probatos delegit. Damnatus..."