apprehendo

• adprehendō
• apprendō

From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ prehendō (“lay hold of, seize”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ap.preˈhen.doː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap.preˈen.do/,

apprehendō (present infinitive apprehendere, perfect active apprehendī, supine apprehēnsum); third conjugation

1. to lay hold upon, grasp, seize, grab, take, take hold of; apprehend, arrest

   Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, prehendō, prehēnsō, capessō, sūmō, claudō, capio, teneo, inclūdō, possideō, arripiō, obsideo, retineo

2. to grasp with the mind, understand, comprehend

   Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, concipiō, teneō, apīscor, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō, cōnsequor

   Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō

3. to embrace, include

   Synonyms: complector, contineō, inclūdō, teneō, amplector

4. to take possession of, seize, secure, obtain

   Synonyms: potior, obsideō, teneo, adipīscor, comprehendo, capio, occupō, possideō

5. (Medieval Latin) to learn

• apprehēnsibilis
• apprehēnsiō

• comprehendō
• dēprehendō
• prehendō
• reprehendō

• apprehendo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “apprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “apprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• apprehendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.