prehendo

• prēndō (Classical Latin)
• praendō, praehendō, prindō (Late Latin)

From Proto-Italic *praiɣendō, equivalent to prae- (“fore-, pre-”) +‎ *hendō (“to take, seize”) (not attested without prefix), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-; akin to Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “hold, contain”), and English get. The vowel probably underwent regular reduction in prefixed variants (*-praind- > -prēnd-) and was backported into the base form. Related to praeda (“prey”) and hedera (“ivy”).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [preˈ(ɦ)ɛn.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [preˈɛn̪.d̪o]

prehendō (present infinitive prehendere, perfect active prehendī, supine prehēnsum); third conjugation

1. to lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take, catch

   Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, apprehendō, capessō, teneō, capiō, arripiō, sūmō, prehēnsō

2. to detain someone in order to speak with them, accost, lay or catch hold of
3. to take by surprise, catch in the act

   Synonyms: opprimō, dēprehendō

4. (of trees) to take root
5. (poetic) to reach, arrive at, attain

   Synonyms: perveniō, adveniō, ēvādō, obeō, adsum, teneō, tangō

6. (poetic) to take in, reach or embrace with the eye
7. (figuratively, rare, of the mind) to seize, apprehend, comprehend, grasp

Used in the following constructions: (3) uses the ablative, the genitive or in with the ablative.

• “prehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prehendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.