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prehendo

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Italic *praiɣendō, equivalent to prae- (“fore-, pre-”) +‎ *hendō (“to take, seize”) (not attested without prefix), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-; akin to Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “hold, contain”), and English get. The vowel probably underwent regular reduction in prefixed variants (*-praind- > -prēnd-) and was backported into the base form. Related to praeda (“prey”) and hedera (“ivy”).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    prehendō (present infinitive prehendere, perfect active prehendī, supine prehēnsum); third conjugation

    1. to lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take, catch
      Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, apprehendō, capessō, teneō, capiō, arripiō, sūmō, prehēnsō
    2. to detain someone in order to speak with them, accost, lay or catch hold of
    3. to take by surprise, catch in the act
      Synonyms: opprimō, dēprehendō
    4. (of trees) to take root
    5. (poetic) to reach, arrive at, attain
      Synonyms: perveniō, adveniō, ēvādō, obeō, adsum, teneō, tangō
    6. (poetic) to take in, reach or embrace with the eye
    7. (figuratively, rare, of the mind) to seize, apprehend, comprehend, grasp

    Usage notes

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    Used in the following constructions: (3) uses the ablative, the genitive or in with the ablative.

    Conjugation

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       Conjugation of prehendō (third conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present prehendō prehendis prehendit prehendimus prehenditis prehendunt
    imperfect prehendēbam prehendēbās prehendēbat prehendēbāmus prehendēbātis prehendēbant
    future prehendam prehendēs prehendet prehendēmus prehendētis prehendent
    perfect prehendī prehendistī prehendit prehendimus prehendistis prehendērunt,
    prehendēre
    pluperfect prehenderam prehenderās prehenderat prehenderāmus prehenderātis prehenderant
    future perfect prehenderō prehenderis prehenderit prehenderimus prehenderitis prehenderint
    passive present prehendor prehenderis,
    prehendere     		prehenditur prehendimur prehendiminī prehenduntur
    imperfect prehendēbar prehendēbāris,
    prehendēbāre     		prehendēbātur prehendēbāmur prehendēbāminī prehendēbantur
    future prehendar prehendēris,
    prehendēre     		prehendētur prehendēmur prehendēminī prehendentur
    perfect prehēnsus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect prehēnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect prehēnsus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present prehendam prehendās prehendat prehendāmus prehendātis prehendant
    imperfect prehenderem prehenderēs prehenderet prehenderēmus prehenderētis prehenderent
    perfect prehenderim prehenderīs prehenderit prehenderīmus prehenderītis prehenderint
    pluperfect prehendissem prehendissēs prehendisset prehendissēmus prehendissētis prehendissent
    passive present prehendar prehendāris,
    prehendāre     		prehendātur prehendāmur prehendāminī prehendantur
    imperfect prehenderer prehenderēris,
    prehenderēre     		prehenderētur prehenderēmur prehenderēminī prehenderentur
    perfect prehēnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect prehēnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — prehende — — prehendite —
    future — prehenditō prehenditō — prehenditōte prehenduntō
    passive present — prehendere — — prehendiminī —
    future — prehenditor prehenditor — — prehenduntor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present prehendere prehendī prehendēns —
    future prehēnsūrum esse prehēnsum īrī prehēnsūrus prehendendus,
    prehendundus
    perfect prehendisse prehēnsum esse — prehēnsus
    future perfect — prehēnsum fore — —
    perfect potential prehēnsūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    prehendendī prehendendō prehendendum prehendendō prehēnsum prehēnsū

    Derived terms

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    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “prehendō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 487

    Further reading

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    • “prehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “prehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “prehendo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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