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
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Hegionis filius; Alium quadrimum fugiens servus vendidit. Pater captivos commercatur Aleos, Tantum studens ut natum captum recuperet..."Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...refert, idque ubi Romae cognitum est, nobilissimos Poenorum captivos liberis Reguli a senatu deditos..."Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...autem alia rationis opinio, cur dici solitum sit captivos "sub corona" venundari, quod milites custodiae causa captivorum venalium..."Hannibal
Cornelius Nepos
"...gratum acceptumque esse; obsides, quo loco rogarent, futuros; captivos non remissuros, quod Hannibalem, cuius opera susceptum bellum foret..."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..."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..."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..."Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...mihi, ideo quia mensam, quando edo, detergeo. homines captivos qui catenis vinciunt et qui fugitivis servis indunt compedes..."
