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
- A
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...omnes idem, sed alios aliud tempus pro aestimato captu sollertiae. Is autem, qui tacebat, quae dicebantur ab aliis..." - L
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..."