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