capesso

Latin

Etymology

From capiō (“I seize, take”) +‎ -essō.

Pronunciation

Verb

capessō (present infinitive capessere, perfect active capessīvī, supine capessītum); third conjugation

  1. to seize, snatch, take, catch at or lay hold of eagerly
    Synonyms: comprehendō, apprehendō, dēprehendō, prehēnsō, prehendō, capiō, possideō, occupō, potior, arripiō, corripiō, concipiō
  2. of a place: to strive for or after, make for, betake one’s self to, endeavor to arrive at, go to, repair or resort to, reach or reach for, seek
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.345–347:
      “Sed nunc Ītaliam magnam Grȳnēus Apollō,
      Ītaliam Lyciae iussēre capessere sortēs:
      hīc amor, haec patria est. [...]”
      “But now, noble Italy — Apollo at Grynium, [and] the oracles of Lycia — [all] bid me strive to reach Italy: This is my desire; there, my homeland.”
  3. (figuratively) to pursue with zeal, take hold of any thing, take upon one’s self, take charge of, take up, undertake, enter upon, engage in
    capessere fugam ― be on the run, to fly

Conjugation
   Conjugation of capessō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present capessō capessis capessit capessimus capessitis capessunt
imperfect capessēbam capessēbās capessēbat capessēbāmus capessēbātis capessēbant
future capessam capessēs capesset capessēmus capessētis capessent
perfect capessīvī capessīvistī capessīvit capessīvimus capessīvistis capessīvērunt,
capessīvēre
pluperfect capessīveram capessīverās capessīverat capessīverāmus capessīverātis capessīverant
future perfect capessīverō capessīveris capessīverit capessīverimus capessīveritis capessīverint
passive present capessor capesseris,
capessere		 capessitur capessimur capessiminī capessuntur
imperfect capessēbar capessēbāris,
capessēbāre		 capessēbātur capessēbāmur capessēbāminī capessēbantur
future capessar capessēris,
capessēre		 capessētur capessēmur capessēminī capessentur
perfect capessītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect capessītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect capessītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present capessam capessās capessat capessāmus capessātis capessant
imperfect capesserem capesserēs capesseret capesserēmus capesserētis capesserent
perfect capessīverim capessīverīs capessīverit capessīverīmus capessīverītis capessīverint
pluperfect capessīvissem capessīvissēs capessīvisset capessīvissēmus capessīvissētis capessīvissent
passive present capessar capessāris,
capessāre		 capessātur capessāmur capessāminī capessantur
imperfect capesserer capesserēris,
capesserēre		 capesserētur capesserēmur capesserēminī capesserentur
perfect capessītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect capessītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — capesse — — capessite —
future — capessitō capessitō — capessitōte capessuntō
passive present — capessere — — capessiminī —
future — capessitor capessitor — — capessuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives capessere capessīvisse capessītūrum esse capessī capessītum esse capessītum īrī
participles capessēns — capessītūrus — capessītus capessendus,
capessundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
capessendī capessendō capessendum capessendō capessītum capessītū

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to devote oneself to politics, a political career: rem publicam capessere (Off. 1. 21. 71)
    • to take service in the army: militiam (only in the sing.) capessere
    • to take to flight: fugam capessere, capere
  • Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
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