prendit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →prendo, prendere, prendidi, prenditus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Whitaker
- Age:
- Later
catch, take hold of; arrest, capture; reach; understand; seize, grasp; occupy;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →prendo, prendere, prendi, prensus:
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
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...militem. aggredior hominem, saluto adveniens. 'salve' inquit mihi, prendit dexteram, seducit, rogat quid veniam Cariam; dico me illo..."Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...facile ecfeceris. CHRYS. Quam, malum, facile, quem mendaci prendit manufesto modo? quem si orem ut mihi nil credat..."Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...ciconia lacertam. Cum Ciceronis librum de re publica prendit hinc philologus aliquis, hinc grammaticus, hinc philosophiae deditus, alius..."Liber I
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...verbis flens a Caesare peteret, Caesar eius dextram prendit; consolatus rogat finem orandi faciat; tanti eius apud..."
