prensa
Dictionary entries
- Entry →prenso, prensare, prensavi, prensatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
grasp/clutch at/constantly; lay hold of; accost/buttonhole; canvass, solicit;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - 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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...virgo propterea dici videtur, quia pontificis maximi manu prensa ab eo parente, in cuius potestate est, veluti bello..."Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...divisa, alia magno detrimento eorum in quos devenerant prensa. Ex quibus quaedam aliud agentibus inciderunt, quaedam, quia nimis..."
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...ferre fugam nec quo se vertere posset prensa videt. rupta condi tellure premique iamdudum cupit ac diras evadere..."
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...atque umeros nudata pharetris fugerit, Herculeae mox vulnere prensa sagittae, utque securigeras stimulaverit Ira catervas fleturusque pater, quantus..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...humo fessusque diu puerilibus actis labitur in somnos, prensa manus haeret in herba. interea campis, nemoris sacer horror..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...Achaeisille magis, crebro dum lumina pulveris haustuobruit et prensa vovet exspirare corona.ei mihi quod tantum patrias ego vertice..."Liber I
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...mori'. XXII. Mustela et Homo Mustela ab homine prensa, cum instantem necemeffugere vellet, 'Parce, quaeso', inquit 'mihi,quae..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...vidi egomet duo de numero cum corpora nostro prensa manu magna medio resupinus in antro frangeret ad saxum..."
