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
- P
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...sinist ram. viden? TH. video. PY. conprendi iube, quantum potest. TH. quid illo faciemu', stulta? PY. quid facias..." - L
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..." - L
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..."