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|lshtext=<b>com-prĕhendo</b>: ([[conp]]-; also com-[[prendo]], [[very]] freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. [[prehendo]]), di, [[sum]], 3,<br /><b>I</b> v. a., to [[lay]] [[hold]] of [[something]] on all sides; to [[take]] or [[catch]] [[hold]] of, [[seize]], [[grasp]], [[apprehend]]; to [[comprehend]], [[comprise]] ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]).<br /><b>I</b> Prop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: [[quid]] ([[opus]] est) manibus, si [[nihil]] comprehendendum est? Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92: ([[vulva]]) non [[multo]] major [[quam]] ut manu comprehendatur, Cels. 4, 1 fin.: cum ([[forfex]]) dentem comprehendere non possit, id. 7, 12, 1: [[mordicus]] manum eorum (elephantorum), Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46: morsu guttura, Luc. 4, 727: nuces modio, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3: naves, to [[join]] one to [[another]], [[fasten]] [[together]], Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.: oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt, Cels. 7, 4, 3: comprehendunt utrumque et orant, Caes. B. G. 5, 31: ter [[frustra]] comprensa [[manus]] effugit [[imago]], Verg. A. 2, 794; cf. aures, Tib. 2, 5, 92: [[nisi]] quae validissima ([[ovis]]), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme, [[let]] [[none]] [[but]] the strongest be kept in the [[winter]], Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.: naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae, [[assembled]] [[together]], [[put]] under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39: ignem, to [[take]], [[catch]], Caes. B. G. 5, 43; and in a [[reverse]] constr.: [[ignis]] robora comprendit, Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.: [[opera]] flammā comprehensa, Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and: avidis comprenditur ignibus [[agger]], Ov. M. 9, 234: loca [[vallo]], Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.: comprehensa aedificia, Liv. 26, 27, 3.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[attack]], [[seize]] [[upon]] in a [[hostile]] [[manner]], to [[seize]], [[lay]] [[hold]] of, [[arrest]], [[catch]], [[apprehend]]: aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere, Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20: tam capitalem hostem, Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3: hominem, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14: nefarios duces, id. Cat. 3, 7, 16: Virginium, Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1: [[praesidium]] Punicum, id. 26, 14, 7: hunc comprehenderant [[atque]] in vincula conjecerant, Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25: in fugā, id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of [[disease]]: [[comprehensus]] morbo, Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.: comprehensi pestiferā lue, id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to [[occupy]], [[seize]] [[upon]]: aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin.—*<br /> <b>b</b> Of things, to [[intercept]]'-epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[seize]] [[upon]] one, to [[apprehend]] him in [[any]] [[crime]]: fures, Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,<br /> <b>b</b> Transf. to the [[crime]]: nefandum [[adulterium]], to [[discover]], [[detect]] it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72: res ejus indicio, id. Clu. 16, 47.—<br /> <b>3</b> Of plants, to [[take]] [[root]]; of a [[graft]]: cum comprehendit ([[surculus]]), Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so, in gen., Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—<br /> <b>4</b> Of women, to [[conceive]], [[become]] [[pregnant]], = concipere: si [[mulier]] non comprehendit, etc., Cels. 5, 21 fin.—<br /> <b>5</b> Of a [[space]], to [[contain]], [[comprise]], [[comprehend]], [[include]]: ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3: [[circuitus]] ejus [[triginta]] et duo stadia comprehendit, Curt. 6, 6, 24. —<br /> <b>6</b> In [[late]] medic. lang., of medicines, to [[combine]]: aliquid melle, Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—<br /> <b>7</b> Of the [[range]] of a [[missile]]: [[quantum]] impulsa valet comprehendere [[lancea]] [[nodo]], Sil. 4, 102.—<br /> <b>8</b> Of the [[reach]] of a surgical [[instrument]]: si [[vitium]] in [[angusto]] est, [[quod]] comprehendere [[modiolus]] possit, Cels. 8, 3 init.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> To [[comprehend]] by the [[sense]] of [[sight]], to [[perceive]], [[observe]], see ([[very]] [[rare]]): aliquid visu, Sil. 3, 408; and [[without]] visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices, Gell. 13, 30, 10.—<br /> <b>B</b> To [[comprehend]] [[something]] intellectually, to [[receive]] [[into]] one's [[mind]], to [[grasp]], [[perceive]], [[comprehend]]; [[with]] abl.: si [[quam]] opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam [[ratio]] convellet, si [[oratio]] labefactabit, etc., if [[any]] [[opinion]] has [[already]] taken [[root]] in [[your]] [[mind]] (the [[figure]] taken from the rooting of plants;<br /> v. [[supra]], I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6: omnes [[animo]] virtutes, id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64: [[animo]] haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus, id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.: omnia animis et cogitatione, id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136: aliquid mente, id. N. D. 3, 8, 21: aliquid memoriā, id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121: [[qualis]] [[animus]] [[sit]] [[vacans]] corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere, id. ib. 1, 22, 50: aliquid certis signis, Col. 6, 24, 3: aliquid experimentis assiduis, Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.: esse aliquid, [[quod]] conprehendi et percipi posset, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18: virtutum [[cognitio]] confirmat percipi et conprehendi [[multa]] posse, id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—<br /> <b>C</b> To [[comprehend]] or [[include]] in words; to [[comprise]] in [[discourse]] or in [[writing]], to [[express]], [[describe]], [[recount]], [[narrate]], etc.: [[breviter]] paucis comprendere [[multa]], Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.: [[breviter]] comprehensa [[sententia]], Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91: comprehendam brevi, Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34: [[perinde]] ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint, id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15: ([[Cato]]) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat, id. Att. 12, 21, 1: ipsa [[natura]] circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam, id. Brut. 8, 34: in eā (terrā) [[enim]] et [[lapis]] et [[harena]] et [[cetera]] ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa, Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1: emplastra [[quoque]], quae [[supra]] comprehensa sunt, Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.: ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus, Cic. Brut. 5, 19: aliquid dictis, Ov. M. 13, 160: quae si comprendere coner, id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —<br /> <b>2</b> Poet.: aliquid [[numero]], to [[number]], [[enumerate]]: [[neque]] [[enim]] [[numero]] comprendere [[refert]], Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.: numerum quorum comprendere non est, id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—<br /> <b>D</b> To [[comprehend]] [[any]] one in [[affection]], to [[bind]] to one's [[self]], to [[put]] under [[obligation]], to [[embrace]] [[with]] [[kindness]] ([[rare]]; [[mostly]] in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc., to [[have]] [[many]] friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13: adulescentem humanitate tuā, id. Fam. 13, 15, 3: [[quod]] omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit, id. Planc. 19. 47.—<br /> <b>E</b> To [[shut]] in, [[include]] ([[late]] Lat.): spiritum in effigiem, Lact. 4, 8, 9: elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae, id. 2, 6, 1. | |lshtext=<b>com-prĕhendo</b>: ([[conp]]-; also com-[[prendo]], [[very]] freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. [[prehendo]]), di, [[sum]], 3,<br /><b>I</b> v. a., to [[lay]] [[hold]] of [[something]] on all sides; to [[take]] or [[catch]] [[hold]] of, [[seize]], [[grasp]], [[apprehend]]; to [[comprehend]], [[comprise]] ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]).<br /><b>I</b> Prop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: [[quid]] ([[opus]] est) manibus, si [[nihil]] comprehendendum est? Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92: ([[vulva]]) non [[multo]] major [[quam]] ut manu comprehendatur, Cels. 4, 1 fin.: cum ([[forfex]]) dentem comprehendere non possit, id. 7, 12, 1: [[mordicus]] manum eorum (elephantorum), Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46: morsu guttura, Luc. 4, 727: nuces modio, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3: naves, to [[join]] one to [[another]], [[fasten]] [[together]], Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.: oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt, Cels. 7, 4, 3: comprehendunt utrumque et orant, Caes. B. G. 5, 31: ter [[frustra]] comprensa [[manus]] effugit [[imago]], Verg. A. 2, 794; cf. aures, Tib. 2, 5, 92: [[nisi]] quae validissima ([[ovis]]), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme, [[let]] [[none]] [[but]] the strongest be kept in the [[winter]], Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.: naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae, [[assembled]] [[together]], [[put]] under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39: ignem, to [[take]], [[catch]], Caes. B. G. 5, 43; and in a [[reverse]] constr.: [[ignis]] robora comprendit, Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.: [[opera]] flammā comprehensa, Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and: avidis comprenditur ignibus [[agger]], Ov. M. 9, 234: loca [[vallo]], Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.: comprehensa aedificia, Liv. 26, 27, 3.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[attack]], [[seize]] [[upon]] in a [[hostile]] [[manner]], to [[seize]], [[lay]] [[hold]] of, [[arrest]], [[catch]], [[apprehend]]: aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere, Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20: tam capitalem hostem, Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3: hominem, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14: nefarios duces, id. Cat. 3, 7, 16: Virginium, Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1: [[praesidium]] Punicum, id. 26, 14, 7: hunc comprehenderant [[atque]] in vincula conjecerant, Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25: in fugā, id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of [[disease]]: [[comprehensus]] morbo, Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.: comprehensi pestiferā lue, id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to [[occupy]], [[seize]] [[upon]]: aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin.—*<br /> <b>b</b> Of things, to [[intercept]]'-epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[seize]] [[upon]] one, to [[apprehend]] him in [[any]] [[crime]]: fures, Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,<br /> <b>b</b> Transf. to the [[crime]]: nefandum [[adulterium]], to [[discover]], [[detect]] it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72: res ejus indicio, id. Clu. 16, 47.—<br /> <b>3</b> Of plants, to [[take]] [[root]]; of a [[graft]]: cum comprehendit ([[surculus]]), Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so, in gen., Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—<br /> <b>4</b> Of women, to [[conceive]], [[become]] [[pregnant]], = concipere: si [[mulier]] non comprehendit, etc., Cels. 5, 21 fin.—<br /> <b>5</b> Of a [[space]], to [[contain]], [[comprise]], [[comprehend]], [[include]]: ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3: [[circuitus]] ejus [[triginta]] et duo stadia comprehendit, Curt. 6, 6, 24. —<br /> <b>6</b> In [[late]] medic. lang., of medicines, to [[combine]]: aliquid melle, Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—<br /> <b>7</b> Of the [[range]] of a [[missile]]: [[quantum]] impulsa valet comprehendere [[lancea]] [[nodo]], Sil. 4, 102.—<br /> <b>8</b> Of the [[reach]] of a surgical [[instrument]]: si [[vitium]] in [[angusto]] est, [[quod]] comprehendere [[modiolus]] possit, Cels. 8, 3 init.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> To [[comprehend]] by the [[sense]] of [[sight]], to [[perceive]], [[observe]], see ([[very]] [[rare]]): aliquid visu, Sil. 3, 408; and [[without]] visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices, Gell. 13, 30, 10.—<br /> <b>B</b> To [[comprehend]] [[something]] intellectually, to [[receive]] [[into]] one's [[mind]], to [[grasp]], [[perceive]], [[comprehend]]; [[with]] abl.: si [[quam]] opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam [[ratio]] convellet, si [[oratio]] labefactabit, etc., if [[any]] [[opinion]] has [[already]] taken [[root]] in [[your]] [[mind]] (the [[figure]] taken from the rooting of plants;<br /> v. [[supra]], I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6: omnes [[animo]] virtutes, id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64: [[animo]] haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus, id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.: omnia animis et cogitatione, id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136: aliquid mente, id. N. D. 3, 8, 21: aliquid memoriā, id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121: [[qualis]] [[animus]] [[sit]] [[vacans]] corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere, id. ib. 1, 22, 50: aliquid certis signis, Col. 6, 24, 3: aliquid experimentis assiduis, Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.: esse aliquid, [[quod]] conprehendi et percipi posset, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18: virtutum [[cognitio]] confirmat percipi et conprehendi [[multa]] posse, id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—<br /> <b>C</b> To [[comprehend]] or [[include]] in words; to [[comprise]] in [[discourse]] or in [[writing]], to [[express]], [[describe]], [[recount]], [[narrate]], etc.: [[breviter]] paucis comprendere [[multa]], Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.: [[breviter]] comprehensa [[sententia]], Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91: comprehendam brevi, Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34: [[perinde]] ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint, id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15: ([[Cato]]) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat, id. Att. 12, 21, 1: ipsa [[natura]] circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam, id. Brut. 8, 34: in eā (terrā) [[enim]] et [[lapis]] et [[harena]] et [[cetera]] ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa, Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1: emplastra [[quoque]], quae [[supra]] comprehensa sunt, Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.: ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus, Cic. Brut. 5, 19: aliquid dictis, Ov. M. 13, 160: quae si comprendere coner, id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —<br /> <b>2</b> Poet.: aliquid [[numero]], to [[number]], [[enumerate]]: [[neque]] [[enim]] [[numero]] comprendere [[refert]], Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.: numerum quorum comprendere non est, id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—<br /> <b>D</b> To [[comprehend]] [[any]] one in [[affection]], to [[bind]] to one's [[self]], to [[put]] under [[obligation]], to [[embrace]] [[with]] [[kindness]] ([[rare]]; [[mostly]] in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc., to [[have]] [[many]] friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13: adulescentem humanitate tuā, id. Fam. 13, 15, 3: [[quod]] omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit, id. Planc. 19. 47.—<br /> <b>E</b> To [[shut]] in, [[include]] ([[late]] Lat.): spiritum in effigiem, Lact. 4, 8, 9: elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae, id. 2, 6, 1. | ||
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|gf=<b>comprĕhendō</b>⁹ <b>(comprendō)</b>, dī, sum, ĕre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> saisir ensemble : <b> a)</b> unir, lier : naves [[velut]] [[uno]] [[inter]] se [[vinculo]] comprendit Liv. 30, 10, 5, il maintient ensemble les vaisseaux comme attachés entre eux par un [[lien]] unique ; oras vulneris suturæ comprehendunt Cels. Med. 7, 4, 3, les sutures maintiennent unies les lèvres de la blessure ; [[medicamentum]] melle Scrib. Comp. 70 ; 88, envelopper de miel un médicament ; <b> b)</b> embrasser, enfermer : nuces modio comprehendere [[Varro]] R. 1, 7, 3, enfermer des noix dans un boisseau ; [[circuitus]] rupis [[triginta]] et [[duo]] stadia comprehendit Curt. 6, 6, 23, le pourtour du rocher embrasse un espace de trente-deux stades ; [[loca]] [[vallo]] Frontin. Strat. 2, 11, 7, entourer d’un retranchement ; [[quantum]] valet comprehendere [[lancea]] Sil. 4, 102, de la portée d’un trait || [[ignis]] robora comprehendit Virg. G. 2, 305, le feu embrasse le tronc ; comprehensa [[postea]] privata ædificia Liv. 26, 27, 3, [le feu] gagna ensuite (enveloppa) des maisons particulières || mais casæ [[celeriter]] ignem comprehenderunt Cæs. G. 5, 43, 2, les cabanes prirent feu promptement ; flammā comprensā Cæs. C. 3, 101, 4, le feu ayant pris, la flamme s’étant communiquée ; <b> c)</b> abs<sup>t</sup>] c. concipere, concevoir, devenir enceinte : Cels. Med. 5, 21, 13 || prendre, s’enraciner [en parl. de plantes] : cum comprehendit [[ramus]] [[Varro]] R. 1, 40, quand la greffe a bien pris ; cf. Col. Rust. 3, 12<br /><b>2</b> saisir, prendre : [[quid]] manibus [[opus]] [[est]], si [[nihil]] comprehendendum [[est]] ? Cic. Nat. 1, 92, à [[quoi]] bon des mains, s’il n’y a [[rien]] à saisir ? || prendre par la main [en suppliant] : comprehendunt utrumque et orant ne... Cæs. G. 5, 31, 1, ils prennent les mains des deux généraux et les prient de ne pas... || prendre, appréhender, se saisir de : [[tam]] capitalem hostem Cic. Cat. 2, 3, se saisir d’un ennemi si redoutable (Cat. 3, 16 ; Cæs. G. 4, 27, 3, etc. ) || prendre, s’emparer de : redis equisque comprehensis Cæs. G. 6, 30, 2, les chars et les chevaux ayant été saisis ; aliis comprehensis collibus Cæs. C. 3, 46, 6, s’étant emparés d’autres collines || [arrestation d’une pers.] Liv. 3, 48 || surprendre, prendre sur le fait : [[nefandum]] [[adulterium]] Cic. Mil. 72, surprendre un adultère criminel (Clu. 47 ) ; in furto [[comprehensus]] Cæs. G. 6, 16, 5, surpris à voler<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] entourer de (manifestations d’amitié, de bonté, etc.) : [[mihi]] gratum feceris, si [[hunc]] humanitate tua comprehenderis Cic. Fam. 13, 15, 3, tu m’obligeras, si tu le traites avec toute ta bonté ; omnibus officiis [[per]] se, [[per]] patrem totam Atinatem præfecturam comprehendit Cic. Planc. 47, il a entouré la préfecture entière d’[[Atina]] de toute sorte de bons offices par lui-même, par son père || mais comprehendere aliquem [[amicitia]] Cic. Cæl. 13, se faire un [[ami]]<br /><b>4</b> embrasser par des mots, dans une formule, etc.] : rem verbis pluribus Cic. Att. 12, 21, 1, exprimer une chose en [[plus]] de mots ; [[breviter]] comprehensis sententiis Cic. Fin. 2, 20, en pensées brièvement exprimées || veterum rerum memoriam comprehendere Cic. Br. 19, embrasser l’histoire du passé ; quæ ([[adversa]]) si comprehendere coner Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 27, si j’essayais de les (ces malheurs) raconter tous || [[numero]] [[aliquid]] comprehendere Virg. G. 2, 104, exprimer qqch. par des chiffres, supputer<br /><b>5</b> saisir par l’intelligence, embrasser par la pensée : [[aliquid]] [[animo]] Cic. de Or. 2, 136 ; mente Cic. Nat. 3, 21 ; cogitatione Cic. Tusc. 1, 50 || si opinionem [[jam]] vestris mentibus comprehendistis Cic. Clu. 6, si vous avez déjà embrassé (adopté) une opinion dans [[vos]] esprits ; [[aliquid]] [[memoria]] Cic. Tusc. 5, 121, enfermer qqch. dans sa mémoire, retenir qqch. || [[animo]] hæc tenemus comprehensa, [[non]] sensibus Cic. Ac. 2, 21, c’[[est]] par l’esprit que nous avons la compréhension de ces objets, [[non]] par les sens. | |||
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com-prĕhendo: (conp-; also com-prendo, very freq. in MSS. and edd.; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 21. In MSS. also comprae-hendo and compraendo, v. prehendo), di, sum, 3,
I v. a., to lay hold of something on all sides; to take or catch hold of, seize, grasp, apprehend; to comprehend, comprise (class. in prose and poetry).
I Prop.
A In gen.: quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est? Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92: (vulva) non multo major quam ut manu comprehendatur, Cels. 4, 1 fin.: cum (forfex) dentem comprehendere non possit, id. 7, 12, 1: mordicus manum eorum (elephantorum), Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 46: morsu guttura, Luc. 4, 727: nuces modio, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3: naves, to join one to another, fasten together, Liv. 30, 10, 5; cf.: oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt, Cels. 7, 4, 3: comprehendunt utrumque et orant, Caes. B. G. 5, 31: ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago, Verg. A. 2, 794; cf. aures, Tib. 2, 5, 92: nisi quae validissima (ovis), non comprehendatur (sc. stabulis) hieme, let none but the strongest be kept in the winter, Col. 7, 3, 15 Schneid.: naves in flumine Vulturno comprehensae, assembled together, put under an embargo, Liv. 26, 7, 9; so id. 29, 24, 9; Suet. Tib. 38; id. Calig. 39: ignem, to take, catch, Caes. B. G. 5, 43; and in a reverse constr.: ignis robora comprendit, Verg. G. 2, 305; cf.: opera flammā comprehensa, Hirt. B. G. 8, 43; and: avidis comprenditur ignibus agger, Ov. M. 9, 234: loca vallo, Front. 2, 11, 7; and absol.: comprehensa aedificia, Liv. 26, 27, 3.—
B In partic.
1 To attack, seize upon in a hostile manner, to seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend: aliquem pro moecho Comprehendere et constringere, Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; 5, 1, 20: tam capitalem hostem, Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3: hominem, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14: nefarios duces, id. Cat. 3, 7, 16: Virginium, Liv. 3, 48, 6; cf. id. 1, 41, 1: praesidium Punicum, id. 26, 14, 7: hunc comprehenderant atque in vincula conjecerant, Caes. B. G. 4, 27; 5, 25: in fugā, id. ib. 5, 21.—Rarely of disease: comprehensus morbo, Just. 23, 2, 4; cf.: comprehensi pestiferā lue, id. 32, 3, 9.—Of places, to occupy, seize upon: aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 46 fin.—*
b Of things, to intercept'-epistulas, Just. 20, 5, 12.—
2 To seize upon one, to apprehend him in any crime: fures, Cat. 62, 35.—With inf.: qui interesse concentibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 5.—Hence,
b Transf. to the crime: nefandum adulterium, to discover, detect it, Cic. Mil. 27, 72: res ejus indicio, id. Clu. 16, 47.—
3 Of plants, to take root; of a graft: cum comprehendit (surculus), Varr. R. R. 1, 40 fin.; so, in gen., Col. 3, 5, 1; 5, 6, 18; Pall. Jan. 13, 5.—
4 Of women, to conceive, become pregnant, = concipere: si mulier non comprehendit, etc., Cels. 5, 21 fin.—
5 Of a space, to contain, comprise, comprehend, include: ut nuces integras, quas uno modio comprehendere possis, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3: circuitus ejus triginta et duo stadia comprehendit, Curt. 6, 6, 24. —
6 In late medic. lang., of medicines, to combine: aliquid melle, Veg. Art. Vet. 6, 27, 1; Scrib. Comp. 88; 227 al.—
7 Of the range of a missile: quantum impulsa valet comprehendere lancea nodo, Sil. 4, 102.—
8 Of the reach of a surgical instrument: si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus possit, Cels. 8, 3 init.—
II Trop.
A To comprehend by the sense of sight, to perceive, observe, see (very rare): aliquid visu, Sil. 3, 408; and without visu: comprehendere vix litterarum apices, Gell. 13, 30, 10.—
B To comprehend something intellectually, to receive into one's mind, to grasp, perceive, comprehend; with abl.: si quam opinionem jam mentibus vestris comprehendistis: si eam ratio convellet, si oratio labefactabit, etc., if any opinion has already taken root in your mind (the figure taken from the rooting of plants;
v. supra, I. B. 3.), Cic. Clu. 2, 6: omnes animo virtutes, id. Balb. 1, 3; id. N. D. 3, 25, 64: animo haec tenemus comprehensa, non sensibus, id. Ac. 2, 7, 21 sq.: omnia animis et cogitatione, id. Fl. 27, 66; cf. id. de Or. 2, 31, 136: aliquid mente, id. N. D. 3, 8, 21: aliquid memoriā, id. Tusc. 5, 41, 121: qualis animus sit vacans corpore, intellegere et cogitatione comprehendere, id. ib. 1, 22, 50: aliquid certis signis, Col. 6, 24, 3: aliquid experimentis assiduis, Pall. 2, 13, 8.—Without abl.: esse aliquid, quod conprehendi et percipi posset, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 17; 2, 6, 18: virtutum cognitio confirmat percipi et conprehendi multa posse, id. ib. 2, 8, 23; 1, 11, 42.—
C To comprehend or include in words; to comprise in discourse or in writing, to express, describe, recount, narrate, etc.: breviter paucis comprendere multa, Lucr. 6, 1082; cf.: breviter comprehensa sententia, Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20; Quint. 9, 3, 91: comprehendam brevi, Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 34: perinde ac si in hanc formulam omnia judicia conclusa et comprehensa sint, id. Rosc. Com. 5, 15: (Cato) verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem comprehenderat, id. Att. 12, 21, 1: ipsa natura circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendit concluditque sententiam, id. Brut. 8, 34: in eā (terrā) enim et lapis et harena et cetera ejus generis sunt in nominando comprehensa, Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 1: emplastra quoque, quae supra comprehensa sunt, Cels. 5, 27, 3; so absol.: ad veterum rerum nostrarum memoriam comprehendendam impulsi sumus, Cic. Brut. 5, 19: aliquid dictis, Ov. M. 13, 160: quae si comprendere coner, id. Tr. 5, 2, 27. —
2 Poet.: aliquid numero, to number, enumerate: neque enim numero comprendere refert, Verg. G. 2, 104; Ov. A. A. 2, 447; cf.: numerum quorum comprendere non est, id. Tr. 5, 11, 19.—
D To comprehend any one in affection, to bind to one's self, to put under obligation, to embrace with kindness (rare; mostly in Cic.): multos amicitiā, tueri obsequio, etc., to have many friends, Cic. Cael. 6, 13: adulescentem humanitate tuā, id. Fam. 13, 15, 3: quod omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per majores suos totam Atinatem praefecturam comprehenderit, id. Planc. 19. 47.—
E To shut in, include (late Lat.): spiritum in effigiem, Lact. 4, 8, 9: elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae, id. 2, 6, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
comprĕhendō⁹ (comprendō), dī, sum, ĕre, tr.,
1 saisir ensemble : a) unir, lier : naves velut uno inter se vinculo comprendit Liv. 30, 10, 5, il maintient ensemble les vaisseaux comme attachés entre eux par un lien unique ; oras vulneris suturæ comprehendunt Cels. Med. 7, 4, 3, les sutures maintiennent unies les lèvres de la blessure ; medicamentum melle Scrib. Comp. 70 ; 88, envelopper de miel un médicament ; b) embrasser, enfermer : nuces modio comprehendere Varro R. 1, 7, 3, enfermer des noix dans un boisseau ; circuitus rupis triginta et duo stadia comprehendit Curt. 6, 6, 23, le pourtour du rocher embrasse un espace de trente-deux stades ; loca vallo Frontin. Strat. 2, 11, 7, entourer d’un retranchement ; quantum valet comprehendere lancea Sil. 4, 102, de la portée d’un trait
