verbthird conjugation
apprehendō
apprehendō (present infinitive apprehendere, perfect active apprehendī, supine apprehēnsum)
Classical[ap.preˈ(ɦ)ɛn.doː]Ecclesiastical[ap.preˈɛn.do]
Meaning
- to lay hold upon, grasp, seize, grab, take, take hold of; apprehend, arrest
Iam vērō vītēs sīc clāviculīs adminicula tamquam manibus adprehendunt atque ita sē ērigunt ut animantēs.
The vines we see take hold on props with their tendrils, as if with hands, and raise themselves as if they were animated. - to grasp with the mind, understand, comprehend
- to embrace, include
- to take possession of, seize, secure, obtain
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Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
manū capiō, prehendōapprehendō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 12 and Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 13
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | apprehendō | apprehendēbam | apprehendam | apprehendī | apprehenderam | apprehenderō |
| 2nd sg. | apprehendis | apprehendēbās | apprehendēs | apprehendistī | apprehenderās | apprehenderis |
| 3rd sg. | apprehendit | apprehendēbat | apprehendet | apprehendit | apprehenderat | apprehenderit |
| 1st pl. | apprehendimus | apprehendēbāmus | apprehendēmus | apprehendimus | apprehenderāmus | apprehenderimus |
| 2nd pl. | apprehenditis | apprehendēbātis | apprehendētis | apprehendistis | apprehenderātis | apprehenderitis |
| 3rd pl. | apprehendunt | apprehendēbant | apprehendent | apprehendērunt apprehendēre | apprehenderant | apprehenderint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | apprehendam | apprehenderem | apprehenderim | apprehendissem |
| 2nd sg. | apprehendās | apprehenderēs | apprehenderīs | apprehendissēs |
| 3rd sg. | apprehendat | apprehenderet | apprehenderit | apprehendisset |
| 1st pl. | apprehendāmus | apprehenderēmus | apprehenderīmus | apprehendissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | apprehendātis | apprehenderētis | apprehenderītis | apprehendissētis |
| 3rd pl. | apprehendant | apprehenderent | apprehenderint | apprehendissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | apprehendor | apprehendēbar | apprehendar |
| 2nd sg. | apprehenderis apprehendere | apprehendēbāris apprehendēbāre | apprehendēris apprehendēre |
| 3rd sg. | apprehenditur | apprehendēbātur | apprehendētur |
| 1st pl. | apprehendimur | apprehendēbāmur | apprehendēmur |
| 2nd pl. | apprehendiminī | apprehendēbāminī | apprehendēminī |
| 3rd pl. | apprehenduntur | apprehendēbantur | apprehendentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | apprehendar | apprehenderer |
| 2nd sg. | apprehendāris apprehendāre | apprehenderēris apprehenderēre |
| 3rd sg. | apprehendātur | apprehenderētur |
| 1st pl. | apprehendāmur | apprehenderēmur |
| 2nd pl. | apprehendāminī | apprehenderēminī |
| 3rd pl. | apprehendantur | apprehenderentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | apprehende | apprehendere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | apprehendite | apprehendiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | apprehenditō | apprehenditor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | apprehenditō | apprehenditor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | apprehenditōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | apprehenduntō | apprehenduntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | apprehendere | apprehendī |
| perfect infinitive | apprehendisse | apprehēnsum esse |
| future infinitive | apprehēnsūrum esse | apprehēnsum īrī |
| present participle | apprehendēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | apprehēnsus apprehēnsa, apprehēnsā, apprehēnsae, apprehēnsam, apprehēnsārum, apprehēnsās, apprehēnse, apprehēnsī, apprehēnsīs, apprehēnsō, apprehēnsōrum, apprehēnsōs |
| future participle | apprehēnsūrus apprehēnsūra, apprehēnsūrā, apprehēnsūrae, apprehēnsūram, apprehēnsūrārum, apprehēnsūrās, apprehēnsūre, apprehēnsūrī, apprehēnsūrīs, apprehēnsūrō, apprehēnsūrōrum, apprehēnsūrōs, apprehēnsūrum | apprehendendus apprehendundus, apprehendenda, apprehendendā, apprehendendae, apprehendendam, apprehendendārum, apprehendendās, apprehendende, apprehendendīs, apprehendendōrum, apprehendendōs |
gerundapprehendendī, apprehendendō, apprehendendumsupineapprehēnsum, apprehēnsū
ap-prĕhendo (adp-, Fleck., Baiter, Halm; app-, Kayser) (poet. sometimes apprendo: adprendas, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9;
I.
apprensus, Tac. A. 4, 8; Stat. S. 3, 4, 43; apprendere, Sil. 13, 653), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold upon, to seize, take hold of (class., esp. in prose; syn.: prehendo, comprehendo, cupio, arripio, corripio). I. In gen.
A. Lit.:
Alterum alterā adprehendit eos manu, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 64, where Fleck. reads prehendit: Pone (me) apprendit pallio, * Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 23: adprehendens pallium suum, Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 30: atomi aliae alias adprehendentes continuantur, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54: adprehendit cornu altaris, Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 28: vites sic claviculis adminicula tamquam manibus adprehendunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120: morsu, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84: quantum adprehenderint tres digiti, Quint. 1, 2, 26.—So of seizing hold of the hand, or embracing the person: manum osculandi causā, Suet. Tib. 72 (prehendere manum is found in Cic. Quint. 31, and id. de Or. 1, 56, 240): manum adprehendere, Vulg. Gen. 19, 16; id. Isa. 41, 13; ib. Marc. 1, 31; ib. Act. 3, 7: quibus adprensis, Tac. A. 4, 8 al.: adprehensum deosculatur, Vulg. Prov. 7, 13.—Also in entreaty: conscientiā exter ritus adprehendit Caecilium, etc., Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 8.—B. Trop.
1. Of discourse:
quidquid ego apprehenderam statim accusator extorquebat e manibus, whatever I had brought forward, alleged, Cic. Clu. 19, 52: nisi caute adprehenditur, is laid hold of, employed, Quint. 10, 2, 3.—2. To grasp with the mind, to understand, comprehend:
passio apprehensa, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 70; Tert. adv. Val. 11.—3. For complector, to embrace, include:
casum testamento, Dig. 28, 2, 10: personam filii (sc. in stipulatione), ib. 45, 1, 56.—II. Esp., to seize, to take, or lay hold of, to apprehend:
a militibus adprehensus, Gell. 5, 14, 26: furem adprehendere, Dig. 13, 7, 11: fugitivum, ib. 11, 4, 1.—Hence, A. * In milit. lang., to take possession of:
adprehendere Hispanias, Cic. Att. 10, 8 init. (cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 112: Pharon prehendit); and in gen. to lay hold of, to get, secure, obtain (eccl. Lat.): adprehende vitam aeternam, Vulg. 1 Tim. 6, 12; 6, 19: justitiam, righteousness, ib. Rom. 9, 30.—B. As med. t., of disease, to seize:
Ubi libido veniet nauseae eumque adprehendit, decumbat etc., Cato, R. R. 156, 4.—So in gen. of fear, pain, trouble (eccl. Lat.): tremor adprehendit eam, Vulg. Jer. 49, 24: dolor, ib. 2 Macc. 9, 5: angustia, ib. Jer. 50, 43: stupor, ib. Luc. 5, 26: tentatio, ib. 1 Cor. 10, 13.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
apprehendō (ad-p-) dī, sus, ere,
to seize, take hold of: aliae (atomi) alias: (me) pallio, T.: intra moenia hostīs, S.: Hispanias: quicquid ego apprehenderam, i. e. took up as an argument.
Origins
From ad- + prehendō (“to seize”).
Borrowings
- Catalanaprehendre
- Englishapprise
- Frenchappréhenderfrom Old French apprehender
- Englishapprehendfrom Old French apprehender
- Portugueseapreender
- Romanianaprehenda
- Spanishaprehender
- Franco-Provençalaprèhendar
- Galicianaprehender
Elsewhere
- Frenchapprendrefrom Old French aprendre
- Italianapprendere
- Catalanaprendrefrom Old Occitan aprendre
- Portugueseaprenderfrom Old Galician-Portuguese aprender
- Spanishaprenderfrom Old Spanish aprender
- Romanianaprinde
- Romanianaprindere
- Aromanianaprindu
- Aromanianaprindiri
- Asturianaprender