capiere
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;
sg. fut. pass. ind. 2nd
Examples
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...numquam te crastina fallet hora, nec insidiis noctis capiere serenae. Satis abundeque provisum est ut ab insidiis tutus..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...numquam te crastina fallet hora, neque insidiis noctis capiere serenae. luna reuertentis cum primum colligit ignis, si nigrum..."