captatio
ᾄδεις ὥσπερ εἰς Δῆλον πλέων → you sing as if you were sailing to Delos
Latin > English
captatio captationis N F :: action of straining after; legacy-hunting; feint to attract stroke (fencing)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
captātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a reaching after or catching at something (rare): verborum, Cic. Part. Or. 23, 81: puerilis vocum similium, Quint. 8, 3, 57: testamenti, legacy-hunting, Plin. 20, 14, 57, § 160; Quint. 8, 6, 51.—
II In fencing, t. t., a feint, Quint. 5, 13, 54.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
captātĭō, ōnis, f. (capto), action de chercher à saisir, à surprendre : captatio verborum Cic. Part. 81, chicane de mots || recherche : Quint. 8, 3, 57 || action de capter : captatio testamenti Plin. 20, 160, captation de testament || feinte [terme d’escrime] : Quint. 5, 13, 54.
Latin > German (Georges)
captātio, ōnis, f. (capto), I) das eifrige Greifen, Trachten, Haschen nach etw., verborum, Wortklauberei, Silbenstecherei, Cic.: puerilis similium vocum aut ambiguarum, Quint.: testamenti, Erbschleicherei, Plin. – absol., Quint. 8, 6, 51. – II) als t. t. der Fechter, die Finte, Quint. 5, 13, 54.
Latin > Chinese
captatio, onis. f. v. capto. :: — verborum 好挑句。— testamenti 謀爲之繼後。
