apprehendo
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom ad- (“to, towards, at”) + prehendō (“lay hold of, seize”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ap.preˈhen.doː/, [äpːreˈ(ɦ)ɛn̪d̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ap.preˈen.do/, [äpːreˈɛn̪d̪o]
Verb
editapprehendō (present infinitive apprehendere, perfect active apprehendī, supine apprehēnsum); third conjugation
- to lay hold upon, grasp, seize, grab, take, take hold of; apprehend, arrest
- to grasp with the mind, understand, comprehend
- Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, concipiō, teneō, apīscor, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō, cōnsequor
- Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō
- to embrace, include
- Synonyms: complector, contineō, inclūdō, teneō, amplector
- to take possession of, seize, secure, obtain
- (Medieval Latin) to learn
Conjugation
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Aromanian: aprindu, aprindiri
- Asturian: aprender
- Bourguignon: aiprarre
- Franco-Provençal: aprendre
- Old French: aprendre
- Italian: apprendere
- Old Occitan: aprendre
- Old Galician-Portuguese: aprender
- Old Spanish: aprender
- Romanian: aprinde, aprindere
- Sicilian: apprènniri
- Borrowings:
- → Catalan: aprehendre
- → English: apprise
- → Franco-Provençal: aprèhendar
- → Old French: apprehender
- French: appréhender
- → English: apprehend
- → Galician: aprehender
- → Portuguese: apreender
- → Romanian: aprehenda
- → Spanish: aprehender
References
edit- apprehendo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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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- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰed-
- Latin terms prefixed with ad-
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