prehensi
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;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...claro deripiamus aurum matronis palam, post id si prehensi simus, excusemus ebrios nos fecisse amoris causa. nimis vilest..."Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pernicibus ignea plantis transit equum cursu frenisque adversa prehensis congreditur poenasque inimico ex sanguine sumit: quam facile accipiter..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...convivia mensae, raptaturque comis per vim nova nupta prehensis. Eurytus Hippodamen, alii, quam quisque probabant aut poterant, rapiunt..."