prehende
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. imp. 2nd
Examples
- T
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...gradum et confer pedem, porge bracchium. CHAR. Prehende. iam tenes? EVT. Teneo. CHAR. Tene. EVT. Quo nunc ibas..." - T
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...agnellum, haedillum me tuom dic esse vel vitellum, prehende auriculis, compara labella cum labellis. ARG. Ten osculetur, verbero..."