seize (v.) Copy link Outline I. To rush upon suddenly and lay hold on1. răpio, ui, ptum, 3 (to seize and carry off)2. prĕhendo and syncop. prendo, di, sum, 3 (to grasp with the hand)II. To invade, take possession of by force1. occŭpo, 12. invādo, vāsi, vāsum, 33. apprĕhendo, 3. to s. the Spains, Hispanias a., Cic. Att. 10, 8, init.4. pŏtior, 4III. To apprehend; as an officer may do1. comprĕhendo, 32. apprĕhendo, 3 (rare in this sense and late)IV. Of fire, diseases, emotions, etc.1. corrĭpio, 32. invādo, si, sum, 3 (to fall upon suddenly; usu. with direct acc.)3. occŭpo, 14. incēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (constr. with dat. and sometimes acc.)5. affĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3 (to affect pleasurably or painfully) • seize (v.): I. To rush upon suddenly and lay hold on: 1. răpio, ui, ptum, 3 (to seize and carry off): v. to carry off. Comps.: (1.) corrĭpio, 3 (with no accompanying idea of carrying off, as in rapio): he ordered the man to be s.d and to be hung upon a wild olive tree, hominem corripi et suspendi jussit in oleastro, Cic. Verr. 3, 23, 57: to s. the fasces, fasces c., Sall. C. 18, fin.: to s., i. e. to take up, arms, arma c., Vell. 2, 110, init. (2.) arrĭpio, 3 (to lay hold of with eagerness and force): our men s. what arms they can find, nostri arma quae possunt arripiunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 14, med.: v. to snatch. 2. prĕhendo and syncop. prendo, di, sum, 3 (to grasp with the hand): to s. any one by the ears, p. aliquem auriculis, Pl. Asin. 3, 3, 78. to s. any one by the hand, aliquem manu p., Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 239: the partridge escapes the grasp of the fowler when just upon the point of seizing it, perdrix aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugit, Plin. 10, 33, 51. Comp.: (1.) comprĕhendo, comprendo, 3 (strengthened from simple verb): to s. with the teeth, c. mordicus, Plin. 9, 15, 17: the pincers s. the tooth, forfex dentem comprehendit, Cels. 7, 12, 1: thrice the phantom, s.d in vain, slipped through (my) hands, ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago, Virg. Aen. 2, 793. See also, to arrest. (2.) apprĕhendo, 3 (to take hold of; usu. without violence): to s. anything with the hand, aliquid manu a., Pl. Am. 5, 1, 64: to s. any one by the cloak, aliquem pallio a., Ter. Ph. 5, 6, 23: being s.d by the soldiers, a militibus apprehensus, Gell. 5, 14, 26. (3.) dēprĕhendo, 3 (to catch, detect): Cn. Magius being s.d upon the journey, deprehensus ex itinere Cn. Magius, Caes. B. C. 1, 24, fin.: to s. the letter-carriers and intercept the letters, tabellarios d. literasque intercipere, Cass. in Cic. Fam. 12, 12, init.: they s. the ships of burden, onerarias naves deprehendunt, Caes. B. C. 1, 36, init. II. To invade, take possession of by force: 1. occŭpo, 1: to besiege and s. upon the whole of Italy, totam Italiam obsidere atque o., Cic. Agr. 2. 28, 75: to s. the cities, urbes o., Liv. 33, 31, fin.: to s. the supreme power, tyrannidem o., Cic. Off. 3, 23, 90. 2. invādo, vāsi, vāsum, 3: v. to invade, attack. 3. apprĕhendo, 3. to s. the Spains, Hispanias a., Cic. Att. 10, 8, init. 4. pŏtior, 4: v. possession, to take. III. To apprehend; as an officer may do: 1. comprĕhendo, 3: to s. so dangerous an enemy, c. tam hostem capitalem, id. Cat. 2, 2, 3: they had s.d this man and had imprisoned him, hunc illi comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant, ib. 4, 27, init.: to s. thieves, fures c., Cat. 62, 35. 2. apprĕhendo, 3 (rare in this sense and late): to s. a thief, furem a., Ulp. Dig. 13, 7, 11. Phr.: to s. any one's property for debt, *bona alicujus aeris alieni causa capere: his goods were s.d by order of the magistrate, *bona ejus ex edicto magistratus intercepta sunt. IV. Of fire, diseases, emotions, etc.: 1. corrĭpio, 3: the flame s.d the planks, flamma tabulas corripuit, Virg. Aen. 9, 537: he was twice s.d with illness whilst transacting business, morbo bis inter res agendas correptus est, Suet. Caes. 45, init.: to be s.d with pity, misericordia c., id. Calig. 12, fin. 2. invādo, si, sum, 3 (to fall upon suddenly; usu. with direct acc.): a severe illness s.d him, eum morbus invasit gravis, Pl. Asin. 1, 1, 40: so great a panic suddenly s.d them, tantus repente terror eos invasit, Caes. B. C. 1, 14, init.: grief s.s their eyes, dolor in oculos i., Lucr. 6, 658. 3. occŭpo, 1: so great a panic s.'d all the army, tantus timor omnem exercitum occupavit, Caes. B. G. 1, 39, init. 4. incēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (constr. with dat. and sometimes acc.): with dat.: grief s.d the whole army, dolor exercitui omni incessit, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: the women whom the fear of war had s.d, mulieres, quibus belli timor incesserat, Sall. C. 31. With acc.: a desire of taking Tarentum had s.d him, ipsum cupido incesserat Tarenti potiundi, Liv. 24, 13: fear s.d the senators, timor patres incessit, id. 1, 17: astonishment and wonder s.d them all, stupor omnes et admiratio incessit, Just. 22, 6. 5. affĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3 (to affect pleasurably or painfully): to have been s.d with an illness, morbo affectum esse, Cic. Div. 1, 30, 63: the limbs are s.d with pain, membra dolore afficiuntur, Lucr. 3, 495: panic s.d the soldiers, terror milites affecit, Tac. A. 11, 19. Phr.: I am s.d with a shivering all over, *mihi horror per membra currit.
SEIZE Copy link • SEIZEPROP., To lay hold of with the hand, prehendere: apprehendere: comprehendere: arripere (to snatch to one’s self, to seize hastily): to seize the hand of anyone, dextram alicujus complecti (as a suppliant, etc.): to seize anyone by the hand, manu prehendere (general term); manu reprehendere (in order to briny him back): to seize a pen, calamum sumere; stilum prehendere; ad scribendum se conferre (figuratively): to seize a person, aliquem prehendere, comprehendere; aliquem arripere. To take, catch, capere (to get possession of a thing in order to keep it): sumere (to remove a thing in order to use it): prehendere (to take hold of a thing in order to hold it; all with an accusative): tangere aliquid (to touch): manus adhibere alicui rei; manus afferre alicui rei (figuratively, to endeavor to get a thing into one’s own possession; e.g., vectigalibus, alienis bonis): descendere ad aliquid (to have recourse to, when other ways and means do not succeed): to seize anything violently, eagerly, rapere, arripere aliquid (hastily): involare in aliquid (figuratively, to fly or pounce upon; e.g., in alienas possessiones). Figuratively, To fall upon suddenly (of things without life), arripere: corripere: occupare (to take possession of): invadere: incessere (to fall upon, especially of fear): the fire seizes anything, ignis or flamma comprehendit, corripit aliquid: a disease seizes me, I am seized by a disease, morbo tentor or corripior; morbo implicor in morbum incido: a panic seizes me, pavor me occupat; metus, pavor mihi incutitur; timor me incessit: to be seized by fear or a panic, metu affici; in timorem dari; timore percelli: to be seized with compassion, misericordia capi or corripi; with astonishment, stupor, admiratio me incessit: to be seized with anger, ira incendi; (ira) excandescere; ira exacui (of the most violent anger): to seize the mind, animum commovere, permovere