prehendite
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;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd - 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;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...exilit, facit recta in anguis impetum: alterum altera prehendit eos manu perniciter. AMPH. Mira memoras, nimis formidolosum facinus..."Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...scis? DA. scio. tuo' pater modo me prehendit: t tibi uxorem dare hodie, item alia multa quae nunc..."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..."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..."
