conprendier
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conprendo, conprendere, conprendi, conprensus:
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);
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...sinist ram. viden? TH. video. PY. conprendi iube, quantum potest. TH. quid illo faciemu', stulta? PY. quid facias..."Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...tantas inuenis uitiorum proprietates: uariasunt, innumerabiles habent facies, conprendi eorum genera non possunt. Simplex recti cura est, multiplex..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...alios contulere, dilatant. Praeterea, quaecumque in cognitionem cadunt, conprendi possunt et non dare infinitam licentiam iudici; ideo melior..."