capsas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →capso, capsere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Early
seize (only PRES form which is FUT); take bribe; capture; occupy; captivate;
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd - Entry →capsa, capsae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cylindrical case (for books), bookcase; receptacle for things, box, satchel;
acc. pl.
Examples
Satura X
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...colit asse Mineruam, quem sequitur custos angustae uernula capsae. eloquio sed uterque perit orator, utrumque largus et exundans..."Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...quae cadit nura croco; poma quod hiberna maturescentia capsa, arbole quod verna luxuriosus ager; de Palatinis dominae quod..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...praefecit stationibus viarum; sed Bruti senis oscitationes de capsa miseri libellionis, emptum plus minus asse Gaiano, donas. usque..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...inter ingentis solitudines oppidum magnum atque valens nomine Capsa, cuius conditor Hercules Libys memorabatur. Eius cives apud Iugurtham..."
