prehendit
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;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd - 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. 3rdsg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...exilit, facit recta in anguis impetum: alterum altera prehendit eos manu perniciter. AMPH. Mira memoras, nimis formidolosum facinus..." - P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...scis? DA. scio. tuo' pater modo me prehendit: t tibi uxorem dare hodie, item alia multa quae nunc..." - P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...declinat ab illo; ut vero coepitque loqui dextramque prehendit hospes et auxilium submissa voce rogavit promisitque torum, lacrimis..." - G
Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...Caesar, hostibus in pugna occupatis, militibus eitis Pharum prehendit atque ibi praesidium posuit. Quibus est rebus effectum..."
