captu
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;
abl. sg. - Entry →captus, captus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
capacity/ability/potentiality; comprehension; action/result of taking/grasping;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...omnes idem, sed alios aliud tempus pro aestimato captu sollertiae. Is autem, qui tacebat, quae dicebantur ab aliis..."de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...tamen maxime distinguitur: iracundissimae ac pro corporis captu pugnacissimae sunt apes et aculeos in volnere relinquunt, rex ipse..."
