English → Latin
“deprehend” in Latin
comprehendōto lay hold of something on all sides; take or catch hold of, grasp, grip; to seize upon in a hostile manner, lay hold odēprehendōto take away, seize, snatch, catch; to overtake; to surprise, apprehend, detect, find out, discoverinveniōto find; to discover, find out, learn; to come upon, meet withreperiōto find, find out, learn, realise, ascertain, discover, invent
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
deprehend
To catch or take unawares anybody in anything, deprehendere aliquem in re: comprehendere (to deprehend and put in confinement); anybody in the very act, aliquem deprehendere in manifesto facinore.
To deprehend, find out, or detect, deprehendere: invenire: reperire. Vid: DETECT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for deprehend?
- The usual Latin words for “deprehend” are comprehendō, dēprehendō, inveniō; also reperiō. 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.