English → Latin
“take in” in Latin
capiōto 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 feemēnsmind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgementaccipiōto receive, accept, take; to receive, accept, or take in something so as to alter one’s mental or physical state; to heapecūniamoney; wealth; cash, ready money, liquid wealthanimuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason,
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
take in
To comprehend, capere, percipere, with or without animo or mente. (The words are found in this connection and order.) percipere et cognoscere, cognoscere et percipere (general term): accipere (of a pupil who attends a lecture). To take in anything quickly, aliquid celeriter percipere (after Quint., 1, 10, 34): aliquid arripere: to take in greedily, avide arripere aliquid; quickly or easily, quae traduntur, celeriter, non difficulter, accipere.
To deceive, cheat, Vid: TAKE OFF.
To remove, demere aliquid aliqua re: detrahere aliquid alicui rei (to draw off): legere aliquid ex or ab aliqua re (to gather): levare aliquem aliqua re (to take a burden from anyone). To take off a limb, membrum amputare: to take off the beard, barbam ponere: to take off the hat, pilum deponere (in order to lay it aside): caput aperire (out of compliment to anyone); capite aperto salutare aliquem: to take off a cloak, pallium deponere (opposed to se amicire pallio: ☞ not exuere se pallio, which = to draw off; opposed to induere).
To abate, remittere alicui aliquid de summa or pecunia.
To pourtray, draw, exprimere imaginem alicujus rei (general term): formam (the whole figure) alicujus describes, delineare imaginem rei (in outline): in gold, wax, etc., exprimere aliquid auro, cera or in cera.
To burlesque, mimic, Vid: TAKE OUT, eximere alicui rei, de or ex aliqua re (to remove from): excipere de or ex aliqua re (to fetch out): promere (to draw or fetch forth) ex, etc. To take out a tooth, dentem eximere; from anyone, alicui dentem excipere or evellere. To take out horses, etc., (equos) disjungere: abjungere (Verg.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for take in?
- The usual Latin words for “take in” are capiō, percipiō, mēns; also accipiō, pecūnia, animus. 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.