comprendere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →comprendo, comprendere, comprendi, comprensus:
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. pres. pass. imp. 2ndpl. perf. act. ind. 3rdsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...operam consumere par est, sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa. quorum ita texturae ceciderunt mutua contra, ut cava..." - L
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...honesta auaritia est. Libet itaque ex seniorum turba comprendere aliquem: "Peruenisse te ad ultimum aetatis humanae uidemus, centesimus..." - P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...iuxta genitorem astat Lavinia virgo, visa (nefas) longis comprendere crinibus ignem atque omnem ornatum flamma crepitante cremari, regalisque..." - P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...centum sint oraque centum, ferrea vox, omnis scelerum comprendere formas, omnia poenarum percurrere nomina possim.' Haec ubi dicta..." - P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...nomina quae sint est numerus, neque enim numero comprendere refert; quem qui scire uelit, Libyci uelit aequoris idem..."