take in Copy link Outline I. To receive, entertain, admit1. rĕcĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 32. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3II. To contain, hold, understand1. căpio, cēpi, captum, 32. comprĕhendo (comprendo), di, sum., 3 (to t. in as a whole, mostly fig.)3. percĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to t. in entirely)4. concĭpio, cēpi, ceptum., 3 (mostly with animo, mente)5. arrĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (to t. in quickly)6. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (esp. of what is taught)III. To deceive1. dēcĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 32. tango, tĕtĭgi, tactum, 3 (in the com. poets)3. ēmungo, nxi, nctum, 3 (lit. to wipe the nose • take in, into: I. To receive, entertain, admit: 1. rĕcĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: they took him into their own house, eum domum suam receperunt, Cic. Arch. 3, 5: so, tecto r., Pl. Rud. 1., 5, 19: to t. any one into one's territories, r. finibus suis, Caes. B. G. 6, 6: the Peneus receives the river, but does not t. it in (i. e. mingle with it), Peneus accipit amnem, nec recipit, Plin. 4, 8, 15, ad fin. 2. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: to t. in very great personages (as guests), summos viros a., Pl. Ps. 1, 2, 35: Cic.: so also excĭpĕre, Hor. S. 1., 5, 1 (said of a town, where some read accepit): v. receive, entertain. II. To contain, hold, understand: 1. căpio, cēpi, captum, 3: they are so numerous that the prison cannot t. them in, sunt ita multi ut eos c. carcer non possit, Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: your stomach will not t. more than mine, non tuus capiet venter plus quam meus, Hor. S. 1, 1, 46. Fig.: your narrow soul does not t. in so great a personage, non capiunt angustiae pectoris tuae tantam personam, Cic. Pis. 11, 24: a dream too joyful for their minds to t. in, somnium laetius quam quod mentes eorum capere possunt, Liv. 9, 9, ad fin.: the rewards which that age can t. in, praemia quae capit illa aetas, Quint. 1, 1, 20. 2. comprĕhendo (comprendo), di, sum., 3 (to t. in as a whole, mostly fig.): all those very things are t.n in by the senses, eadem omnia sensibus comprehenduntur, Cic. Leg. 1, 10, 30: to t. in all things quickly in the mind, omnia celeriter animo c., id. de Or. 2, 31, 136: I cannot t. in what you mean, id quod tu vis non possum mente c., id. N. D. 3, 8, 21: v. comprehend, include. 3. percĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to t. in entirely): smaller children more readily t. in smaller things, minora facilius minores percipiunt, Quint. 1, 1, 22: to t. in with the mind, p. animo, Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127. Join: cognoscere et p., id. Fin. 1, 19, 64; p. ac comprehendere, id. Acad. 2, 11, 34. 4. concĭpio, cēpi, ceptum., 3 (mostly with animo, mente): to t. in the principles of all things in the mind and soul, principia rerum omnium animo ac mente c., Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59: weak minds t. in those superstitious ideas, imbecilli animi superstitiosa ista? concipiunt, id. Div. 2, 39, 81. 5. arrĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (to t. in quickly): boys quickly t. in innumerable facts, pueri celeriter res innumerabiles arripiunt, Cic. Sen. 21, 78: a natural kind of divination which the mind might t. in, or receive from without, naturale genus divinandi quod animus arriperet, aut exciperet extrinsecus, id. Div. 2, 11, 26. 6. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (esp. of what is taught): so that he quickly took in what was taught him, ut celeriter acciperet quae tradebantur, Nep. Att. 1, 3: to t. in things for the first time, res primum a., Cic. Sen. 21, 78: v. comprehend, understand. [N.B.--Apprĕhendo in this sense occurs only in late authors: deprĕhendo rather denotes observation and discernment.] III. To deceive: 1. dēcĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: we are t.n in by the semblance of what is right, decipimur specie recti, Hor. A. P. 25: it is a wretched thing to be t.n in, miserum est decipi, Plin. Ep. 6, 22, extr.: v. cheat, deceive. 2. tango, tĕtĭgi, tactum, 3 (in the com. poets): I will t. in your father, tuum tangam patrem, Pl. Ps. 1, 1, 118. 3. ēmungo, nxi, nctum, 3 (lit. to wipe the nose: a low term): I will t. in the fellow finely today, emungam hominem probe hodie, Pl. Bacch. 4, 3, 65: Hor. A. P. 235. Phr.: to t. in sail, vela subducere, Auct. B. Alex. 45.