comprehenderetur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →comprehendo, comprehendere, comprehendi, comprehensus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
catch/seize/grasp firmly; arrest; take hold/root/fire, ignite; conceive (baby);; embrace; include/cover/deal with (in speech/law); express (by term/symbol);
sg. imperf. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
Pausanias
Cornelius Nepos
"...itinere, cum iam in eo esset, ut comprehenderetur, ex vultu cuiusdam ephori, qui eum admoneri cupiebat, insidias sibi..."Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...noctu effugisset, in ripa Tiberis consecutis custodibus, priusquam comprehenderetur, gladio se transfixit. milites tantum, qui sequerentur currum, defuerunt..."