apprehension Copy link Outline I. The act of arresting1. comprĕhensĭo2. prehĕnsĭo or prensĭoII. Conception, comprehensum, understanding; q. v. Phr.III. Opinion, notion; q. v.IV. Fear of future evil • apprehension: I. The act of arresting: 1. comprĕhensĭo: the a. of the guilty, sontium c., Cic. 2. prehĕnsĭo or prensĭo: the tribunes of the people had the right of a., tribuni plebis prensionem habebant, Att. Capit. et Varr. ap. Gell.: v. arrest. II. Conception, comprehensum, understanding; q. v. Phr.: a man of quick a., homo perspicax, Ter.: persons untaught and slow of a., indocti stolidique, Hor.--Note. As philos. t. t., Sir W. Hamilton gives apprehensio simplex (i. e. simple apprehension), "das Begreifen" (Reid, p. 708, a). III. Opinion, notion; q. v. IV. Fear of future evil: spēs, ei., f. (a neutral word): the reality was bad, the a. much worse, res mala, s. multo asperior, Sall.: he found the rest safe, contrary to his a., cetera contra s. salva invenit, Liv.: Lucan: v. fear, expectation. Phr.: I shall not cease to have a.s about Carthage, until I hear that she is rased to the ground, non desinam vereri de Carthagine, donec penitus excisam cognovero, Cic.