capture (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. captūra2. expugnātĭo3. More usu. expr. by verb • capture (subs.): The act of taking: 1. captūra: the c. of fishes, c. piscium, Plin. 2. expugnātĭo: the c. of a city, urbis ex., Caes. 3. More usu. expr. by verb: the c. of Saguntum increased the fame of Hannibal, *Saguntum captum Hannibalis famam belli auxit: after the c. of the fort they attempted to demolish it, cum castellum ante cepissent, id demoliri sunt conati, Vitr.