deprehendero
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deprehendo, deprehendere, deprehendi, deprehensus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
seize/catch; catch napping/redhanded; surprise/pounce on; arrest; intercept;; discover, discern, recognize; detect; indicate, reveal; embarrass;
sg. futperf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...aliena prata pascar. si qua in villis deprehendero pecora, diripiam; bellum me alet. citius ad frumentum perveniemus, quam..."In Catilinam II
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...modo factum, sed inceptum ullum conatumve contra patriam deprehendero, sentiet in hac urbe esse consules vigilantis, esse egregios..."