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A. Trans.:

I. To lay hold of, get possession of:

1. căpio, cēpi, captum, 3 (in nearly all senses of the Eng. word): t. stones in your hand, cape saxa manu, Virg. G. 3, 420: to t. food, c. cibum, Sall. J. 91: to t. cups of strong drink, c. acria pocula, Hor. Sat. 2, 6, 69: to t. a stag, cervum c., Phaedr. 1, 5, 5: nor have I t.n a single ounce of fish to day, neque piscium ullam unciam hodie pondo cepi, Pl. Rud. 4, 2, 8: to t. a town, oppidum c., Sall. J. 92: to t. tribute by right of war, c. stipendium jure belli, Caes. B. G. 1, 44: thieves change the marks of the things they have t.n, fures earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant, Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74: to t. moneys illegally, contra leges pecunias c., id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10: to t. arms, c. arma, Caes. B. C. 3, 11. Fig.: to t. its name from the disaster of the Roman people, ex calamitate populi Romani nomen c., id. B. G. 1, 13, ad fin.: a desire of ascending to the top of the mountain had t.n possession of him, cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi, Liv. 40, 21, ad init.: the flower t.s the shape which lilies t., flos capit formam quam lilia, Ov. M. 10, 212: captive Greece took prisoner her fierce conqueror, Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 156: t.n by the sweetness of her voice, captus dulcedine vocis, Ov. M. 1, 709: to be t.n captive by pleasure, voluptate capi, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 105. [N.B.--The foll. phr. should be noted: to t. counsel, c. consilium, Caes. B. G. 7, 10: to t. a dislike to, c. odium (with gen.), Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 22: to t. flight, c. fugam, Caes. B. G. 7, 26: that the state may t. no harm, ne quid detrimenti respublica capiat, Formula in Cic.: Caes.: to t. the opportunity, c. occasionem, Pl. Ps. 4, 3, 6: to t. pattern by, c. exemplum (de aliquo), Ter. Andr. 4, 1, 27: to t. pity upon, c. misericordiam (with gen.), Cic. Quint. 31, 97: to t. pleasure, c. voluptatem (quod), id. Planc. ad init.: laetitiam (ex aliquo), id. Att. 4, 18, ad fin.: c. gaudium, Plin. Ep. 6, 11, ad fin.: to t. rest, c. quietem, Caes. B. G. 6, 27: to t. sleep, c. somnum, Pl. Mil. 3, 1, 114: to t. warning by, c. documentum (ex aliquo), Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5.]
2. sūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (prop. to t. up, t. what lies before one, choose, assume): to t. a cudgel, fustem s., Pl. Am. 1, 1, 205: to t. into one's hands, in manus s., Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 8: to t. bread, s. panem, Suet. Aug. 77: to t. a light from a light, lumen de lumine s., Ov. A. A. 3, 93: to t. provisions for two days, alimenta in biduum s., Curt. 7, 11, 14: to t. money on loan, pecuniam mutuam s., Cic. Flac. 20, 46: to t. the toga virilis, s. togam virilem, id. Am. 1, 1 (see Dict. Ant.): to t. the diadem, s. diadema, Suet. Cal. 22: to t. arms, s. arma, Quint. 5, 10, 71. Fig.: to t. courage, s. animum, Ov. Fast. 1, 147: to t. pleasure, s. gaudium, id. R. Am. 401: to t. as a certainty, s. pro certo, pro non dubio, Cic. Div. 2, 50, 104; Liv. 39, 28: let us t. a man (as an instance), sumatur nobis vir, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 68: t. a theme equal to your powers, sumite materiam aequam viribus, Hor. A. P. 38: words t.n from common life, verba de medio sumpta, Cic. Or. 49, 163: v. take up, choose, assume.
3. prĕhendo, (prendo), di, sum, 3 (to grasp): to t. by the ears, p. auriculis, Pl. As. 3, 3, 78: to t. one by the hand, p. aliquem manu, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240: to t. in the act of theft, p. in furto, Pl. As. 3, 2, 17; manifesto furto, Gell. 11, 18: t.n by a storm on the Aegaean sea, prensus in Aegaeo, Hor. Od. 2, 16, 2: also in freq. form, prĕhenso (prenso): v. grasp.
4. răpio, pui, ptum, 3 (to t. hurriedly): to t. a firebrand from the altars, r. torrem ab aris, Ov. M. 12, 271. Fig.: to t. camps and towns at the first onset, castra urbesque primo impetu r., Liv. 6, 23 (a very strong expr.): to t. the opportunity, r. occasionem, Juv. 15, 39: v. seize, snatch.
5. căpesso, īvi (rarely ii), ītum, 3 (to lay hold of with eagerness and zeal: stronger than capio): to t. food with the teeth, cibum dentibus c., Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122: to t. arms, c. arma, Virg. Aen. 3, 234. Fig.: to t. to flight, c. fugam, Liv. 1, 25, ad med.: to t. part in the war, c. partem belli, id. 31, 28: to t. the supreme command, c. imperium, Tac. Ann. 14, 26.
6. occŭpo, 1 (to t. possession of): to t. the supreme power, o. imperium, Cic. Am. 12, 41: cities easy to be t.n, opportunae ad occupandum urbes, Liv. 33, 31. Fig.: "plague t. the hindmost," occupet extremum scabies, Hor. A. P. 417: he more justly t.s the name of happy, rectius occupat nomen beati, id. Od. 4, 9, 46: so great superstition took hold of their minds, tanta superstitio mentes occupavit, Cic. Verr. 4, 51, 113: lest laughter t. the place of hatred, ne odii locum risus occupet, id. Or. 26, 88.
7. comprĕhendo (comprendo), di, sum, 3 (to lay hold of, grasp): the forceps t.s hold of the tooth, forceps dentem comprehendit, Cels. 7, 12, 1: what is the use of hands, if nothing is to be t.n hold of? quid opus est manibus, si nihil est comprehendendum? Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92: he took the man and delivered him into safe custody, is hominem comprehendit, et in custodiam tradidit, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, 14: hired vehicles being t.n for conveyance, comprehensis ad deportandum meritoriis, Suet. Cal. 39: the cottages took fire, casae ignem comprehenderunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 43: to t. some one from the crowd of elders, ex seniorum turba c. aliquem, Sen. Brev. Vit. 3: to t. thieves, c. fures, Catul. 62, 35.
8. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to t. to oneself, esp. what is offered): what he gives we t.. quod dat accipimus, Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 2: the stomach t.s food, stomachus accipit cibos, Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 6: to t. to one's bosom, a. gremio, Virg. Aen. 1, 685: to t. money, a. pecuniam, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82: to t. a name, a. nomen, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, extr.: to t. another colour, colorem alienum a., Plin. 11, 38, 91. Fig.: to t. an excuse, a. excusationem, Cic. Fam. 2, 14: to t. as an omen, a. omen (with acc.), id. Div. 1, 46, 103: I t. you at your word, accipio, Hor. Sat. 1, 5, 58: v. receive.
9. assūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (to t. in addition, adopt): to t. meat, apples, carnem, poma a., Cels. 1, 3, ad fin.: he t.s to himself what he has t.n from another, id quod alteri detraxerit, sibi assumit, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 23: to t. into one's counsels, a. in consilium, Plin. Ep. 3, 19: the rites of Ceres had been t.n from Greece, sacra Cereris essent assumpta de Graecia, Cic. Balb. 24, 55: I even t. in addition some part of the night, aliquantum jam etiam noctis assumo, id. Fam. 7, 25, extr.
10. arrĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (to t. to oneself with eagerness or haste): having t.n my hand, arrepta manu, Hor. Sat. 1, 9, 4: to t. one's hat, a. pileum, Suet. Ner. 26: to t. round the waist, medium a., Liv. 1, 48. Fig.: to t. an opportunity of injuring, a. facultatem laedendi, Cic. Flac. 8, 18: to t. advantage of an obstacle, impedimentum pro occasione a., Liv. 3, 35: voice and gesture cannot be suddenly adopted and t.n from some other quarter, vox et gestus subito sumi, et aliunde arripi non potest, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252: whatever head of a family you might have t.n, he would have given the same answer, quemcunque patremfamilias arripuissetis, eadem respondisset, id. 1, 34, 159.
11. apprehendo (poet. apprendo), di, sum, 3 (to seize): to t. hold of by the cloak, a. pallio, Ter. Ph. 5, 6, 23: vines t. hold of the props with their tendrils, as with hands, vites sic claviculis adminicula tanquam manibus apprehendunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120. Fig.: whatever I had t.n hold of the accuser immediately wrested out of my hands, quidquid apprehenderam statim accusator extorquebat e manibus, id. Clu. 19, 52: v. seize.
12. dēprĕhendo (dēprendo), di, sum, 3 (to catch, overtake, detect): to be t.n in adultery, in adulterio deprehendi, Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275: to t. a quantity of shields and swords, scutorum, gladiorum multitudinem d., Cic. Mil. 24, 64: those who are t.n unawares exhibit their bashfulness by some absurd remark, deprehensi pudorem suum ridiculo aliquo explicant, Quint. 6, 3, 100: the south wind t.s the vessel on the sea, auster deprendit in aequore navim, Ov. M. 11, 663: v. catch.
13. excĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to capture, receive): to t. anything in wine, aliquid vino e., Cels. 5, 25, 5 (med. t. t.): the attendants t. him in their hands, ministri manu (eum) excipiunt, Curt. 3, 5, 4: to t. a buck in a snare, e. caprum insidiis, Virg. E. 3, 18: they t. many scattered fugitives, multos ex fuga dispersos excipiunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 35: v. captive.
14. concĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to t. to oneself): the earth t.s their falling tears, terra caducas concepit lacrimas, Ov. M. 6, 397: to t. the medicine into one's veins, medicamentum venis c., Curt. 3, 6, 11: to t. fire, c. flammam, Caes. B. C. 2, 14: ignem, Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190.
15. rĕcĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (prop. to t. back): the horse took the bridle, equus frenum recepit, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36. Phr.: to t. the air on a sunny terrace, aggere in aprico spatiari, id. Sat. 1, 8, 15: cf. Sen. Tranq. 17, 8: to t. breath, colligere spiritum, Quint. 11, 3, 53: to t. poison intended for another, venenum intercipere, Cic. Clu. 60, 166: to t. (= drink) a cup, tangere calicem, Pl. Mil. 3, 2, 10: to t. food with the fingers, carpere cibum digitis, Ov. A. A. 3, 755: to t. cold, frigus colligere, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 13: to be t.n with fever, febre corripi, Plin. 7, 51, 52: to t. a colour (in dyeing), colorem bibere, id. 8, 48, 73, ad fin.: to t. leave, jubere valere, Cic. Att. 5, 2, ad med.: to t. an oath, sacramentum dicere, Caes. B. C. 1, 23, ad fin.: to t. pains, operam et laborem consumere (in aliqua re), Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 234: to t. moveable towers to pieces, turres ambulatorias dissolvere, Vitr. 10, 13, 3: to t. a proposition to pieces, rem quasi in membra discerpere, Cic. Top. 5, 28: to t. place, v. happen: to t. rest, sleep, carpere quietem, soporem, Virg. Aen. 7, 414; 4., 522: to t. root, radices agere, Ov. R. Am. 106: to t. a fort by storm, castellum expugnare, Caes. B. G. 2., 9: to t. a snack, gustare, Cic. Mur. 35, 74: to t. a taste, tangere saporem, Ov. F. 3, 745: to t. a view over the sea, prospectum pelago (dat.) petere, Virg. Aen. 1, 181: to t. one's way, carpere viam, id. Aen. 6, 629: to t. one's last journey, carpere supremum iter, Hor. Od. 2, 17, 12. [N.B.--It may often be translated by the verb nearest in sense to the acc. that follows it: as, to t. care, curare: to t. refuge, refugere: to t. offence, offendi, etc.]

II. To fetch, conduct: dūco, xi, ctum, 3: to t. the rest with him as hostages, reliquos obsidum loco secum d., Caes. B. G. 5, 5: you could have t.n me to your home, in vestras potuisti ducere sedes, Catul. 64, 160: I will ask him about t.ing water through his estate, de aqua per fundum ejus ducenda rogabo, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, 4. The foll. phr. should be noted: to t. in marriage, d., (said of the man), v. marry: to t. a name, d. nomen, id. Acad. 1, 11, 41: to t. a beginning from, d. principium, exordium (ab aliquo), id. N. D. 2, 21, 57: to t. breath (= live), d. spiritum, id. Fam. 10, 1, 1: to t. (= drink) cups of wine, d. pocula, Hor. Od. 1, 17, 22: to t. a form, d. formam, Ov. M. 1, 402: v. lead, conduct: he t.s no account of his own profit in any way, non ullius rationem sui commodi ducit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.
III. To regard, consider:

1. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (with ad or in with acc.: also with an adv. or an abl.): to t. in good part, in bonam partem a., Cic. Att. 11, 7, ad fin.: to t. otherwise than is intended, in aliam partem ac dictum sit a., Auct. Her. 2, 26, 40: to t. a kindness as an insult, a. beneficium in contumeliam, Cic. Att. 15, 11, ad init.: these things must be t.n in a friendly spirit when they are done with a kind intention, haec accipienda amice cum benevole fiunt, id. Am. 24, 88: to t. a thing as a joke, per jocum a., id. Fam. 4, 4, 1: so that I care less how you t. it, ut quam in partem accipias minus laborem, id. Fam. 3, 7, 6: I am trying how you will t. it, tento te quo animo accipias, id. Fam. 15, 16, 3: the word "adversus," is sometimes t.n indifferently, adversus interdum promiscue accipitur, Charis. p. 207 (gram. t. t.): v. consider, view.
2. interprĕtor, 1 (to put a construction upon): to t. in a bad sense what was said in a good one, bene dicta male i., Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 77: to t. in a milder point of view, in mitiorem partem i., id. Mur. 31, 64: consider whether I t. this opinion in the right light, animadverte rectene hanc sententiam interpreter, id. Fin. 2, 7, 20. Phr.: to t. as a certainty, pro certo ponere, Liv. 10, 9, ad fin.: to t. as right and fair, aequi boni facere, Cic. Att. 7, 7: to t. in earnest what was said in joke, quod dictum est per jocum id serio praevertere, Pl. Am. 3, 2, 39 (R. and A.).

IV. To put up with:

1. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: to t. an insult, a. contumeliam, Caes. B. G. 7, 10: contumeliam in se a., Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 1.
2. expr. by fĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3, with adv.: to t. easily, leviter f., Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1: to t. ill, moleste f., id. Am. 24, 90: to t. misfortunes to heart, casus graviter f., id. Fam. 5, 16, 2: to t. with equanimity, aequo animo f., id. de Or. 2, 33, 144: v. put up with, endure.

V. postŭlo, 1: v. require.
VI. condūco, xi, ctum, 3: v. hire.

B. Intrans.:

I. To move in any direction: expr. by conferre se: v. betake oneself to: or, simply, to go. Phr.: to t. to some quiet pursuit, in studium aliquod quietum se tradere, Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4: to t. wholly to pleasure, voluptati se totum tradere, id. Am. 23, 86: (to t. to public life, ad rempublicam se conferre, id. ib.): to t. to the ships, naves petere, Nep. Milt. 5, 5: a misfortune has made you t. to your bed, casus lecto te affixit, Hor. Sat. 1, 1, 81.
II. To produce a result: expr. by the context, or by a phr.: a remedy that t.s well, praesens auxilium, Virg. G. 2, 127: Plin.: to try on a slave whether the poison would t., vim veneni in servo experiri, Cic. Coel. 24, 58: v. operate, work.
III. To be successful: v. succeed, attract: of plays and actors, stare: when a new play took, cum stetit nova (fabula), Ter. Ph. prol. 9: of an actor or writer, id. Hec. prol. 2, 7: Hor. S. 1, 10, 17.

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