prensator
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. fut. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. imp. 3rd
Examples
de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...insinuat animis, qui ad pecuniam luxuriamque cursu ruentes prensat ac retrahit et, si nihil aliud, certe moratur..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...aequora caelo. pars tenues flatus et adhuc stridentia prensat vulnera, pars sera componunt lumina dextra. at vero..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...canentis nunc umeros nunc ille manus et uellera prensat anxius inceptisque uelit desistere sacris. qualis Gaetulae stabulantem..."