prensum
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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...profugum et sacras revomentem pectore flammas, ut memorant, prensum ipse comis Neptunus in altum abstulit implicuitque vadis totiensque..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...forent, nec si alma per auras te potius prensum aveheret Tithonia biga. Sed quae causa toros inopinaque gaudia..."