Latin

Verb

capiō ‎(present infinitive capere, perfect active cēpī, supine captum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I capture, seize, take
2. I take on
3. I take in, understand

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

capiō f ‎(genitive capiōnis); third declension

1. A taking
2. (law) The right of property acquired by prescription.

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (a taking): captus

References

• capio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• capio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “capio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be unable to sleep: somnum capere non posse
    
  • to begin with a thing: initium capere; incipere ab aliqua re
    
  • to derive (great) profit , advantage from a thing: fructum (uberrimum) capere, percipere, consequi ex aliqua re
    
  • to suffer loss, harm, damage: detrimentum capere, accipere, facere
    
  • to derive pleasure from a thing: voluptatem ex aliqua re capere or percipere
    
  • to infer by comparison, judge one thing by another: coniecturam alicuius rei facere or capere ex aliqua re
    
  • to form a plan, make a resolution: consilium capere, inire (de aliqua re, with Gen. gerund., with Inf., more rarely ut)
    
  • I am undecided..: incertus sum, quid consilii capiam
    
  • I forget something: oblivio alicuius rei me capit
    
  • to take a lesson from some one's example: sibi exemplum sumere ex aliquo or exemplum capere de aliquo
    
  • to take pleasure in a thing: laetitiam capere or percipere ex aliqua re
    
  • to be vexed about a thing: dolorem capere (percipere) ex aliqua re
    
  • to take courage: animum capere, colligere
    
  • to be touched with pity: misericordia moveri, capi (De Or. 2. 47)
    
  • the house is not large enough for all: domus non omnes capit (χωρειν)
    
  • to take food: cibum sumere, capere
    
  • let the consuls take measures for the protection of the state: videant or dent operam consules, ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat (Catil. 1. 2. 4)
    
  • to take up one's arms: arma capere, sumere
    
  • to occupy a position (with troops): capere, occupare locum
    
  • to capture horses: capere equos
    
  • to take, storm a town: oppidum capere, expugnare
    
  • to take to flight: fugam capessere, capere
    
  • to take a person alive: capere aliquem vivum
    
  • to capture a boat: navem capere, intercipere, deprehendere
    
  • (ambiguous) bare-headed: capite aperto (opp. operto)
    
  • (ambiguous) with head covered: capite obvoluto
    
  • (ambiguous) to be blind: oculis captum esse (vid. sect. IV. 6., note auribus, oculis...)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be affected by disease in every limb; to be paralysed: omnibus membris captum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be overcome by sleep: somno captum, oppressum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to recklessly hazard one's life: in periculum capitis, in discrimen vitae se inferre
    
  • (ambiguous) to be out of one's mind: mente captum esse, mente alienata esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be fired with love: amore captum, incensum, inflammatum esse, ardere
    
  • (ambiguous) to subtract something from the capital: de capite deducere (vid. sect. XII. 1, note Notice too...) aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to condemn some one to death: capitis or capite damnare aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) to repeal a death-sentence passed on a person: capitis absolvere aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) Solon made it a capital offence to..: Solo capite sanxit, si quis... (Att. 10. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) to suffer capital punishment: supplicio (capitis) affici