apprehendo

apprehendo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From ad- + prehendō (“to seize”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    apprehendō (present infinitive apprehendere, perfect active apprehendī, supine apprehēnsum); third conjugation

    1. to lay hold upon, grasp, seize, grab, take, take hold of; apprehend, arrest
      Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, prehendō, prehēnsō, capessō, sūmō, claudō, capio, teneo, inclūdō, possideō, arripiō, obsideo, retineo
      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.
    2. to grasp with the mind, understand, comprehend
      Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, concipiō, teneō, apīscor, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō, cōnsequor
      Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō
    3. to embrace, include
      Synonyms: complector, contineō, inclūdō, teneō, amplector
    4. to take possession of, seize, secure, obtain
      Synonyms: potior, obsideō, teneo, adipīscor, comprehendo, capio, occupō, possideō
    5. (Medieval Latin) to learn

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of apprehendō (third conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present apprehendō apprehendis apprehendit apprehendimus apprehenditis apprehendunt
    imperfect apprehendēbam apprehendēbās apprehendēbat apprehendēbāmus apprehendēbātis apprehendēbant
    future apprehendam apprehendēs apprehendet apprehendēmus apprehendētis apprehendent
    perfect apprehendī apprehendistī apprehendit apprehendimus apprehendistis apprehendērunt,
    apprehendēre
    pluperfect apprehenderam apprehenderās apprehenderat apprehenderāmus apprehenderātis apprehenderant
    future perfect apprehenderō apprehenderis apprehenderit apprehenderimus apprehenderitis apprehenderint
    passive present apprehendor apprehenderis,
    apprehendere     		apprehenditur apprehendimur apprehendiminī apprehenduntur
    imperfect apprehendēbar apprehendēbāris,
    apprehendēbāre     		apprehendēbātur apprehendēbāmur apprehendēbāminī apprehendēbantur
    future apprehendar apprehendēris,
    apprehendēre     		apprehendētur apprehendēmur apprehendēminī apprehendentur
    perfect apprehēnsus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect apprehēnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect apprehēnsus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present apprehendam apprehendās apprehendat apprehendāmus apprehendātis apprehendant
    imperfect apprehenderem apprehenderēs apprehenderet apprehenderēmus apprehenderētis apprehenderent
    perfect apprehenderim apprehenderīs apprehenderit apprehenderīmus apprehenderītis apprehenderint
    pluperfect apprehendissem apprehendissēs apprehendisset apprehendissēmus apprehendissētis apprehendissent
    passive present apprehendar apprehendāris,
    apprehendāre     		apprehendātur apprehendāmur apprehendāminī apprehendantur
    imperfect apprehenderer apprehenderēris,
    apprehenderēre     		apprehenderētur apprehenderēmur apprehenderēminī apprehenderentur
    perfect apprehēnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect apprehēnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — apprehende — — apprehendite —
    future — apprehenditō apprehenditō — apprehenditōte apprehenduntō
    passive present — apprehendere — — apprehendiminī —
    future — apprehenditor apprehenditor — — apprehenduntor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present apprehendere apprehendī apprehendēns —
    future apprehēnsūrum esse apprehēnsum īrī apprehēnsūrus apprehendendus,
    apprehendundus
    perfect apprehendisse apprehēnsum esse — apprehēnsus
    future perfect — apprehēnsum fore — —
    perfect potential apprehēnsūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    apprehendendī apprehendendō apprehendendum apprehendendō apprehēnsum apprehēnsū

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    • "apprehendo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “apprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “apprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “apprehendo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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