prehendat
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. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...pretio, secum aveheret emptam mulierem. mox missus ut prehendat scortum a milite venit calator militaris. hunc dolo adgreditur..."Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...credebat iam mihi. CHAR. Metuo miser, ne patrem prehendat, ut sit gesta res, suspicio. hoc quod te rogo..."