capesso

== Latin == === Etymology === From capiō (“to seize, take”) + -essō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈpɛs.soː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈpɛs.so] === Verb === capessō (present infinitive capessere, perfect active capessīvī, supine capessītum); third conjugation to seize, snatch, take, catch at or lay hold of eagerly Synonyms: comprehendō, apprehendō, dēprehendō, prehēnsō, prehendō, capiō, possideō, occupō, potior, arripiō, corripiō, concipiō (of a place) to strive for or after, make for, betake oneself to, endeavor to arrive at, go to, repair or resort to, reach or reach for, seek (figuratively) to pursue with zeal, take hold of any thing, take upon oneself, take charge of, take up, undertake, enter upon, engage in capessere fugam ― be on the run, to fly ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “capesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “capesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “capesso”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. Dizionario Latino, Olivetti