apprehendo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ prehendō (“lay hold of, 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’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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