prensant
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;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...fundunt tela viri sonitusque pedum suspectaque motu explorant, prensant socios vocemque reposcunt. quod si tanta lues seros durasset..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...forum venerunt, dissipatique per tribus, suos quisque tribules prensantes, orare cum lacrimis coepere ne eam patriam..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...orta die proruunt fossas, iniciunt cratis, summa valli prensant, raro super milite et quasi ob metum defixo. postquam..."