prehendi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →prehendo, prehendere, prehendidi, prehenditus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Whitaker
- Age:
- Later
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;
pres. pass. infin. - 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. perf. act. ind. 1stpres. pass. infin.
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quin me condones cruci; si in mari reti prehendi, qui tuom potiust quam meum? TR. Verba..."Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Moramini. in ius vos voco, nisi honestiust prehendi. AD. Quid in ius vocas nos? quid tibi debemus? AGOR..."Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...valuissesne usque exquisivi simul, mi vir, et manum prehendi et osculum tetuli tibi. SOS. Tun heri hunc salutavisti..."Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...locum ad inserendam manum non relinquunt ut neque prehendi quod trahatur neque trahi, cum inter se innexi rami..."
