captivo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →captivo, captivare, captivavi, captivatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Religion
take captive;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →captivus, captiva, captivum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
caught, taken captive; captured (in war), imprisoned; conquered; of captives;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →captivus, captivi:
Common · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
prisoner of war (likely male, but maybe female), captive;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- T
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Hegionis filius; Alium quadrimum fugiens servus vendidit. Pater captivos commercatur Aleos, Tantum studens ut natum captum recuperet..." - A
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...refert, idque ubi Romae cognitum est, nobilissimos Poenorum captivos liberis Reguli a senatu deditos..." - A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...autem alia rationis opinio, cur dici solitum sit captivos "sub corona" venundari, quod milites custodiae causa captivorum venalium..." - C
Hannibal
Cornelius Nepos
"...gratum acceptumque esse; obsides, quo loco rogarent, futuros; captivos non remissuros, quod Hannibalem, cuius opera susceptum bellum foret..." - G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...abite locupletes." Conversus hinc ad curam triumphi praeter captivos ac transfugas barbaros Galliarum quoque procerissimum quemque..." - M
XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...cives triumphali circa currus meos exultavere laetitia; sequebar captivos meos tristior victor, maestus undique claudebat exercitus, occurrentium lacrimae..." - M
IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...pater lentus est! Terentium, quem inter ceteros captivos secundo Punico bello Scipio Africanus vinculis exsolverat, memoriae tradidere maiores..." - T
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...mihi, ideo quia mensam, quando edo, detergeo. homines captivos qui catenis vinciunt et qui fugitivis servis indunt compedes..."
