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Latin
Etymology
From capiō (“I seize, take”) + -essō.
Pronunciation
Verb
capessō (present infinitive capessere, perfect active capessīvī, supine capessītum); third conjugation
- to seize, snatch, take, catch at or lay hold of eagerly
- Synonyms: comprehendō, apprehendō, dēprehendō, prehēnsō, prehendō, capiō, possideō, occupō, potior, arripiō, corripiō, concipiō
- of a place: to strive for or after, make for, betake one’s self to, endeavor to arrive at, go to, repair or resort to, reach or reach for, seek
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.345–347:
- “Sed nunc Ītaliam magnam Grȳnēus Apollō,
Ītaliam Lyciae iussēre capessere sortēs:
hīc amor, haec patria est. ”- “But now, noble Italy — Apollo at Grynium, the oracles of Lycia — bid me strive to reach Italy: This is my desire; there, my homeland.”
- (figuratively) to pursue with zeal, take hold of any thing, take upon one’s self, take charge of, take up, undertake, enter upon, engage in
- capessere fugam ― be on the run, to fly
Conjugation
References
- “capesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “capesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- capesso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to devote oneself to politics, a political career: rem publicam capessere (Off. 1. 21. 71)
- to take service in the army: militiam (only in the sing.) capessere
- to take to flight: fugam capessere, capere
- Dizionario Latino, Olivetti