CATCH Copy link • CATCH 1. v. capere (also, figuratively, to ensnare by deceit or captivate by attractions): comprehendere (seize: a thief): accipere: excipere (catch; e.g., a ball; excipere, especially when it was thrown up high): legere (pick up; e.g., oysters): decipere: circumvenire (catch by deceit). To try to catch, captare (e.g., flies, a ball: also men, of prostitutes): to catch in any act. etc., deprehendere in re. To be caught in the act of stealing, in furto teneri. To catch fire, ignem (flammam) concipere; ignem comprehendere: scintillas excipere (of tinder: fungus aridus scintillas excipit, Plin.): apt to catch fire, concipiendo igni aptus; concipiendis ignibus idoneus; ignis capacissimus; facilis ad exardescendum (the last also of being of a fiery temper): to catch a disease, morbum nancisci; morbum or valetudinem contrahere; eadem vi morbi repleri (by infection) [Vid: DISEASE]: to catch one’s death, *in morbum gravem et mortiferum incidere: *morbum mortiferum contrahere: *morbo mortifero implicari: to catch cold, perfrigescere: to catch an opponent, adversarium capere (by captious questions. etc.): to catch anybody by captious questions, captiosis interrogationibus circumscribere et decipere aliquem: the fire catches anything, ignis or flamma comprehendit, corripit aliquid: to catch hold of anybody, aliquem prehendere, comprehendere, arripere: by the waist, aliquem medium amplecti. Seize the meaning, capere: intelligere (mente): percipere: assequi. Catch at, captare: an opportunity, occasionem capere, arripere: to eagerly catch at the opportunity, libenter facultatem (aliquid faciendi) arripere; occasionem aliquid faciendi avidissime amplecti (Plin.). 2. s. act of catching; captura. Thing caught, quod capit aliquis: praeda. Gain, lucrum, fructus, commodum [Vid: ADVANTAGE]. Of a lock. etc., perhaps ansa or ansa ferrea (iron hook, cramp, Vitr.), or fibula (for holdine two things together).