capiebantur
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. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fugientium praecedentibus Numidis, pluresque omnium generum atque aetatium capiebantur. In hoc tumultu Fuluius Flaccus porta Capena cum exercitu..." - G
BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...animi molles etiam et fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur. Nam ut cuiusque studium ex aetate flagrabat, aliis scorta..."