prehensis
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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...claro deripiamus aurum matronis palam, post id si prehensi simus, excusemus ebrios nos fecisse amoris causa. nimis vilest..." - P
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..." - P
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..."