capimur
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. pass. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...accendimur. Aeque facilitas amoris quam difficultas nocet: facilitate capimur, cum difficultate certamus. Itaque conscii nobis inbecillitatis nostrae quiescamus..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...quas nos petitis, saepe fugatis, opes. Munditiis capimur: non sint sine lege capilli: Admotae formam dantque negantque manus..."Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...putas esse, quos ea quibus ego et tu capimur et ducimur, partim ut inepta partim ut molestissima offendant..."