capi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →capus, capi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
capon; young cockerel?;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →capio, capere, cepi, captus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
take hold, seize; grasp; take bribe; arrest/capture; put on; occupy; captivate;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
- P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...redit. ME. quot incommoditates in hac re capies, nisi caves! difficilem te esse ostendes et ignosces tamen post..." - P
Hecyra
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...advorsarios, aut qua via te captent dem ipsos capi? eheu me miseram, quor non aut istaec mihi aetas..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Caesare toto 140auferret Fortuna locum uictoribus unuseripuit uetuitque capi, seque arma tenenteac nondum strato Magnum uicisse negauit.Scaeua uiro..." - M
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uacuis proiecta locis a Caesare possimuel fugiente capi. notescent litora clarinominis exilio, positaque ibi coniuge Magni 785quis Mytilenaeas..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...arces, ipsa, caput mundi, bellorum maxima merces, 655Roma capi facilis; sed Caesar in omnia praeceps, nil actum credens..." - A
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...esset et neque vocari neque, si venire nollet, capi atque prendi salva ipsius magistratus maiestate posset..." - A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...esse in vendundo deberent, ut emptores errare et capi non possent, neque lex vendundi opperienda esset, sed oculis..." - T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...suom officium facit: ob istuc omen, ominator, capies quod te condecet. SOS. Enim vero praegnati oportet et malum..."