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
- L
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..." - M
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..." - G
BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...causam, patres conscripti, quo minus novum consilium capiamus, in primis magnam puto. Profecto virtus atque sapientia maior illis..." - P
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..."