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• take:

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.

• TAKE

Transitively, sumere (to remove that which is at rest; to take anything to one’s self in order to use or to enjoy it, etc.): capere (to take hold of; then to make one’s self master of a thing in order to possess it: hence = to capture, e.g., a town): rapere (to snatch away, carry off hastily): arripere (to snatch to one’s self suddenly, unexpectedly): accipere (to accept a thing offered; opposed to dare, tradere, etc.; but the former words rather denote a taking of one’s own accord): deprehendere (to catch, take in the act; e.g., of stealing): tollere (to take up): promere, depromere (to bring or fetch forth, for the purpose of use): auferre (to bear or carry forth or away; hence, also, simply “to take,” in good or bad sense; and then = eripere, surripere, furari): eripere (to snatch out, take with violence; implying resistance on the part of a person in possession): surripere (to purloin, take by stealth): furari (to steal): expugnare (to take by storm; PROP. or figuratively). Not to take anything, aliquid non accipere: aliquid accipere abnuo (courteously to refuse acceptance): to take to pieces, dissolvere aliquid (e.g., movable towers, turres ambulatorias, Hirtius; hence of taking to pieces puzzles, etc.): in memoria (sua) discerpere: to take in the hand, in manum sumere; in manum capere (to seize with the hand): to take in hand (a book, a writing, etc.), in manus sumere (e.g., Epicurum): to take money, pecuniam sumere (to take to one’s self for any use, as Ter., Ad., 5, 9, 40, a me argentum, quanti est, sume): pecuniam capere (to take it whether the other party be willing to give it or not): pecuniam accipere (to take it when another offers it; hence, also = to suffer one’s self to be bribed). To take up money on interest, pecuniam mutuari or mutuam sumere.
To assume, Vid: To take the name of king, regium nomen sumere: regium nomen sibi asciscere. PHR. To take for granted [Vid: ASSUME (end of article)]. To take upon one’s self, (α) To undertake a thing, suscipere (not to decline; opposed to recusare): recipere (to undertake a thing readily, and to answer for a good result; ☞ Müller, Cic., De Or., 2, 24, 101). (β) To promise, to answer for, in se recipere (the proper word; e.g., periculum): praestare aliquid (e.g., culpam, alicujus factum): I take it upon myself, ad me recipio. To take out anything (i. e., to reach, or fetch out or forth), promere, depromere ex or de, etc. (to fetch a thing out of a place in order to use it): eximere ex, de, etc. (to take away a thing, whether for the purpose of removing it or of applying it to a different use): demere de or ex, etc. (in order to remove it; e.g., secures e fascibus): auferre ex, etc. (to take away a thing in order to gain possession of it; e.g., pecuniam ex aerario). That passage I have taken litterally from Dicaearchus, istum ego locum totidem verbis a Dicaearcho transtuli. To take for anything; (α) To receive payment for anything, accipere pro re. (β) To interpret; as, accipere in aliquid (e.g., in contumeliam). To take (i. e., receive) into, recipere in aliquid (e.g., in ordinem senatorium); assumere in aliquem (e.g., in societatem). To take with one, aliquid auferre (to take away with one’s self): aliquem secum educere (to take out with one’s self): aliquem secum deducere (to lead anyone away from a place with one’s self): aliquem abducere (to lead or take anyone from one place to another). To take from a person or thing, demere de, etc. (from a thing, PROP.): demere alicui aliquid, eximere alicui aliquid or aliquem ex re (to take anything from a person, figuratively; i. e., to free him from anything). To take a thing or person in anything = to make or compose anything out of a material, facere, or fingere, or effingere, or exprimere aliquid ex aliqua re. To take a thing or person to or as anything; (α) To apply to anything, adhibere aliquem ad or in aliquid: (β) To choose one to anything, sumere (only in the comic writers capere) aliquem, with an accusative of that to which the person is chosen; e.g., to take one as an umpire, aliquem arbitrum; to take one as a general, aliquem imperatorem. To take to one’s self: (α) To receive into one’s house, aliquem ad se, domum ad se, or, simply, domum suam recipere; aliquem tecto et mensa recipere, to one’s house and to one’s table. (β) To put in connection with one’s self, pecuniam in crumenam suam condere. (γ) To eat or drink, sumere (food and liquids; e.g., venenum): cibum modicum cum aqua (Cels.): assumere (Lucr.; Cels., passim; e.g., nihil assumere, nisi aquam): capere (food): potare or bibere (to drink; e.g., medicamentum): accipere (medicine, poison, etc.). To take nothing (no food), cibo se abs|tinere: to take a little (food), gustare (as a luncheon; Vid: Gierig., Plin. Ep., 3, 5, 11): to give one anything to take (to drink, etc.), alicui aliquid potandum praebere. To take well or in good part, in bonam partem accipere: belle ferre: boni or aeque bonique facere: boni consulere: to take ill or in bad part, in malam partem accipere: aegre, graviter, moleste, indigne ferre: male interpretari: to take kindly, benigne audire (to listen kindly to), in mitiorem partem or mollius interpretari: mollius accipere (indulgently): to take thankfully, grato animo interpretari: to take coolly, aequo animo accipere: to take as a reproach, accipere in or ad contumeliam: vertere ad contumeliam: to take anything said in joke as if said in earnest, quod dictum est per jocum, id serio praevertere (Plaut., Amph., 3, 2, 40): to take a thing differently from what was meant, accipere in aliam partem ac dictum est. To take rest, quiescere, requiescere, quiescere et respirare (general term): acquiescere, conquiescere, quietem capere, quieti se dare (from bodily exertion): se reficere (fin exertion of body or mind). animum relaxare (of mind). To take root [Vid: ROOT]. To take a sketch of anything [Vid: SKETCH].
To put up with (an insult), accipere.
To catch, Vid:
Intransitively. To succeed, please, Vid: TAKE AFTER, i. e., to be like, imitate, follow, similem fieri alicujus or alicui (to become like): aliquem imitari (to imitate): *alicujus ingenium or mores induere (to adopt the character or manners of anyone): to have taken after anyone, alicujus mores referre: aliquem reddere et referre: to take after the father, patris similem fieri (☞ comical, patrissare); in anything, patrem in aliqua re imitari: he takes more after his mother than after his father, matris similior est quam patris.

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