comprensus
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);
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quae in ceteris peregrinationibus condicio est: in illis comprensus aliquis limes et interrogati incolae non patiuntur errare..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quaestiones magis pertinent. Idem sentiret finis hoc modo comprensus: 'persuadere quod oporteat', nisi quod artem ad exitum alligat..."Liber IV
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...obscuro locoabiecit neclegenter. Mus, escam putans,adsiluit et comprensus occubuit neci;alter similiter, deinde perit et tertius.post aliquot..."Liber III
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...quod monitus fuit,sed spes fefellit impudentem audaciam;comprensus namque poenas persoluit cruce. VI. Musca et Mula Musca..."Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ipse appellatus erat, nominare potuit. qui comprensus extemplo traditusque Adranodoro torquendus, de se ipse haud cunctanter fassus conscios..."