prensi
Dictionary entries
- 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;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uultus, aegraque per trepidos expirat gratia uisus, et prensis concussa comis ter colla quaterque stare negant, ipsisque nefas..."Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...inmixtus et agmina Lernae nunc pedes ense uago, prensis nunc celsus habenis, ceu spectetur, agit. triplici uelauerat ostro..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...rapta repente choris onerisque oblita ferebat, dumque trahit prensis taurum tibi cornibus, Euhan, procidit impulsus nimiis conatibus infans..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quaque places nostro, inportuna, marito.' dixit et adversam prensis a fronte capillis stravit humi pronam. tendebat bracchia supplex..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...plura ferunt, quam quos iuvat usus aratri, detractant prensi dum iuga prima boves. asper equus duris contunditur..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...vestras: Peccent, peccantes verba dedisse putent. Crescit amor prensis; ubi par fortuna duorum est, In causa damni perstat..."de Bello Hispaniensi
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...saucii aliquot occiderunt levi armatura. Ea nocte speculatores prensi servi III et unus ex legione vernacula. Servi sunt..."