English → Latin
“seize” 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 oarripiōto seize or snatch; to procure or appropriate; to arrestcapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm; to take on, adopt; to hold, to containsūmōto take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate; to undertake, begin, enter upon; to exact satisfaction, inflictcorripiōto seize or snatch up, catch, lay violent hands on, take hold of, grasp quickly; to hurry up, hasten, set up quickly; tooccupōto occupy, fill, take up; to seize, invade, take possession of; to anticipate, make the first moveinvādōto enter; to invade; to verbally attack, assail, upbraid, berate, rebuke, castigateincēdōto walk, stride, step, march (along); to walk or move … etc. with divine presence or attributes; to advance (move forwar
The English word seize itself goes back to Latin saciō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
seize
PROP., 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
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for seize?
- The usual Latin words for “seize” are prehendō, apprehendō, comprehendō; also arripiō, capiō, sūmō. 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.