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
- L
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..." - M
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..." - G
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..." - G
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..." - T
Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ipse appellatus erat, nominare potuit. qui comprensus extemplo traditusque Adranodoro torquendus, de se ipse haud cunctanter fassus conscios..."