ceperamus
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;
pl. pluperf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
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Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quam desperare. Fefellit autem quod initium a parvis ceperamus: mox velut aura sollicitante provecti longius, dum tamen nota..." - T
Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romani suum Hannibalem' inquit 'habent; eadem qua ceperamus arte Tarentum amisimus.' ne tamen fugientis modo conuertisse agmen uideretur..." - G
Epistola ad Caesarem I
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) from SPURIA
"...nobis, hostibus terrorem: quae multis laboribus et periculis ceperamus, ea tibi nascenti cum anima simul tradidimus, patriam maxuma..."