prehendam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →prehendo, prehendere, prehendi, prehensus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
catch/capture; take hold of/possession of/in hand, arrest; occupy; seize/grasp;; catch up with; reach shore/harbor; understand, comprehend; get a grip on;
sg. fut. act. ind. 1stsg. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...dehinc erit verax tibi. sine te exorem, sine prehendam auriculis, sine dem savium. AD. Apscede hinc sis, sycophanta..."Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nunc me velim verti, ut veneficae illi fauces prehendam atque enicem scelestam stimulatricem. PHILEM. Eundem animum oportet nunc..."
