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|lshtext=<b>prĕhendo</b>: ([[prae]]-) and sync. pren-do (praen-), di, [[sum]], 3, v. a. [[prae]]-hendo; cf. Gr. γεντο, [[χανδάνω]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[lay]] [[hold]] of, to [[grasp]], [[snatch]], [[seize]], [[catch]], [[take]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: prehende auriculis, [[take]] by the [[ear]]-laps, a form of [[affectionate]] [[salutation]], Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78: [[sine]] te exorem, [[sine]] te prendam auriculis, [[sine]] dem savium, id. Poen. 1, 2, 163; cf. Tib. 2, 5, 92: [[fauces]] alicui, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 62: [[quis]] me properantem prehendit pallio? catches me by the [[cloak]], id. Ep. 1, 1, 1: dexteram, id. ib. 2, 3, 65.—Of an [[embrace]]' [[alter]] ubi alterum bilingui manufesto [[inter]] se praehendunt, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 15; cf.: aliquem manu, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240: [[perdix]] aucupem jam jam prehensurum effugiens, Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 103; 30, 5, 12, § 40: pisces, Vulg. Johan. 21, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[seize]], [[occupy]] [[suddenly]], [[take]] [[violent]] [[possession]] of: Pharum, Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3: [[quam]] prendimus arcem, [[occupy]], [[take]] [[refuge]] in, Verg. A. 2, 322.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[lay]] or [[catch]] [[hold]] of, to [[detain]] one in [[order]] to [[speak]] [[with]] him: tuos [[pater]] [[modo]] me prehendit: ait, etc., Ter. And. 2, 2, 16: [[prendo]] hominem [[solum]]: Cur non, [[inquam]], id. Phorm. 4, 3, 15: [[Syrus]] est prehendendus, [[atque]] exhortandus mihi, id. Heaut. 3, 1, 89: dextrā prehensum Continuit, Verg. A. 2, 592; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 2: prende C. Septimium, Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[seize]], [[take]] by [[surprise]], [[catch]] in the [[act]]; constr. [[with]] in and abl., the [[simple]] abl., or gen.: in furto ubi sis [[prehensus]], Plaut. As. 3, 2, 17: in patenti Prensus Aegaeo, Hor. C. 2, 16, 1: [[prensus]] [[manifesto]] furto, Gell. 11, 18, 7: eā nocte speculatores prensi servi [[tres]], Auct. B. Hisp. 20, 5: quem mendaci praendit manufestum [[modo]], caught in a [[lie]], Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 45.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of trees, to [[take]] [[root]]: quarum [[stirpes]] [[tellus]] amplexa prehendit, Cic. Arat. 116: ut cum (pirorum plantae) prehenderint, inserantur, Pall. 3, 25: vites transferre, [[sine]] ambiguitate prehendendi, id. 3, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[reach]], [[attain]], [[arrive]] at ([[poet]].): [[tandem]] Italiae fugientes prendimus oras, Verg. A. 6, 61.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Poet., to [[take]] in [[with]] the [[eye]], to [[reach]] [[with]] the [[eye]]: prendere aliquid oculorum lumine, Lucr. 4, 1143: vix [[oculo]] prendente modum, [[taking]] in, embracing, Luc. 4, 20.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., of the [[mind]], to [[seize]], [[apprehend]], [[comprehend]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): cum [[animus]] ipsum (res omnes) moderantem [[atque]] regentem [[paene]] praehenderit, Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 61.

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