capiamus
Dictionary entries
- 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;
pl. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...fidus doles, concurre, ut ipsam sceleris auctorem horridi capiamus. huc, huc, fortis armiferi cohors, conferte tela, uertite..."Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...ergo instituto veterum, quo etiam Stoici utuntur, hinc capiamus exordium. IX. [24] Omne animal se ipsum diligit..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...causam, patres conscripti, quo minus novum consilium capiamus, in primis magnam puto. Profecto virtus atque sapientia maior illis..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...adversus novam provincialium superbiam dignum fide constantiaque Romana capiamus consilium, quo tutelae sociorum nihil derogetur, nobis opinio decedat..."