hold (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Grasp; chiefly in certain phr.II. Of a shipIII. Custody • hold (subs.): I. Grasp; chiefly in certain phr.: (i). to take h.: (1). prĕhendo (sync. prendo)., di, sum, 3: to take h. of any one by the hand, aliquem manu pr., Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240: Pl. Fig.: of plants, to take h. of the ground, root, Pall. 3, 25, ad init. Frequent. prĕhenso, prenso, 1, to take h. frequently, make efforts to lay h. of, Virg.: Ov.: Tac. (2). apprĕhendo, 3 (= preced.): to take h. of a serpent with one hand, anguem altera ap. manu, Pl. Am. 5, 1, 67: Ter.: the atoms take h. of one another, atomi aliae alias ap., Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54. (3). comprĕhendo, 3 (strictly, to grasp with both hands, so as to embrace): to take h. of things with the hands, res manibus c., Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92: the pincers lay h. of the tooth, forfex dentem c.. Cels.: for fig. sense, v. to comprehend. (4). arrĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (hastily, snatching at): v. to seize. (ii). to keep h.: tĕneo, rĕtĭneo, 2: v. to hold. (iii). to lose h.: ŏmitto, mīsi, ssum, 3: v. go (to let). (iv). miscell. phr.: to keep a firm h. of anything, *aliquid manibus comprehensum enixe tenere; in fig. sense (= to be much devoted to it), magno amore aliquid amplexum tenere, Cic. Sull. 20, fin.: to obtain a strong h. upon any one by kindness., aliquem beneficiis sibi devincire., Cic. Fam. 13, 7., extr.: also, with obligare (v. obligation). II. Of a ship: perh. căverna: Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 180, where, however, the word is in pl. (Alveus is the hull: q. v.) III. Custody: vincŭla, carcer: v. prison.