prehensio

Latin

Etymology

    From prehendō (“to seize”) +‎ -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    prehēnsiō f (genitive prehēnsiōnis); third declension

    1. an act of seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing
    2. the right or power to seize or arrest

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative prehēnsiō prehēnsiōnēs
    genitive prehēnsiōnis prehēnsiōnum
    dative prehēnsiōnī prehēnsiōnibus
    accusative prehēnsiōnem prehēnsiōnēs
    ablative prehēnsiōne prehēnsiōnibus
    vocative prehēnsiō prehēnsiōnēs

    Descendants

    References

    • “prehensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • prehensio in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
    • "prehensio", 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)
    • prehensio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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