English → Latin
“apprehend” in Latin
prehendōto lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take, catch; to detain someone in order to speak with them, accost, lay or capprehendōto lay hold upon, grasp, seize, grab, take, take hold of; apprehend, arrest; to grasp with the mind, understand, comprehcomprehendōto lay hold of something on all sides; take or catch hold of, grasp, grip; to seize upon in a hostile manner, lay hold ocapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm; to take on, adopt; to hold, to containpercipiōto seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control); to perceive, observe, notice; to feeassequorto follow someone in order to come up to him; pursue, go after; to overtake, come up with, reach, catch up; to gain, obtvereorto have respect for, revere, stand in awe; to be afraid, fear; dreadtimeōto fear, be afraid of, apprehend, be apprehensive of; to be afraid, to fear, to be apprehensivemetuōto fear, be afraid; to be anxious or afraid about or for a specific person or thing; to revere, dread
The English word apprehend itself goes back to Latin prehendō, through apprehendere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
apprehend
lay hold on, prehendere, apprehendere, comprehendere aliquem or aliquid: with any thing, aliqua re: prehendere or comprehendere aliquid manibus: manu prehendere or reprehendere aliquem (the latter, for the purpose of dragging him back; e.g., asoldier flying from battle).
To arrest, etc., comprehendere (general term): in custodiam dare: in vincula conjicere (put in prison): e fuga retrahere aliquem (if he was flying).
Seize with the mind; comprehend: capere (to take a thing): intelligere (to understand it): (mente) percipere (to take it in; see it clearly): assequi (to follow it; hence to master it).
Fear, vereri, timere, metuere. Vid: FEAR.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for apprehend?
- The usual Latin words for “apprehend” are prehendō, apprehendō, comprehendō; also capiō, percipiō, assequor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.