capior
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. pres. pass. ind. 1st
Examples
Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...sunt pudor ille meae; sive procax aliqua est, capior, quia rustica non est, spemque dat in molli mobilis..."Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...desidere, capio aliquam voluptatem, quod hac voluptate non capior. Ac per hos dies libentissime otium meum in litteris..."