prehendo
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /preˈhen.doː/, [preˈ(ɦ)ɛn̪d̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈen.do/, [preˈɛn̪d̪o]
Verb
editprehendō (present infinitive prehendere, perfect active prehendī, supine prehēnsum); third conjugation
- to lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take, catch
- Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, apprehendō, capessō, teneō, capiō, arripiō, sūmō, prehēnsō
- to detain someone in order to speak with them, accost, lay or catch hold of
- to take by surprise, catch in the act
- Synonyms: opprimō, dēprehendō
- (of trees) to take root
- (poetic) to reach, arrive at, attain
- (poetic) to take in, reach or embrace with the eye
- (figuratively, rare, of the mind) to seize, apprehend, comprehend, grasp
Usage notes
editUsed in the following constructions: (3) uses the ablative, the genitive or in with the ablative.
Conjugation
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Vulgar Latin:
- *imprehendere (see there for further descendants)
- Borrowings:
- → English: prehend
References
edit- ^ 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
edit- “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.
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰed-
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms prefixed with prae-
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin verbs
- Latin poetic terms
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- Latin third conjugation verbs
- Latin third conjugation verbs with suffixless perfect