capesso

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈpes.soː/, [käˈpɛs̠ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈpes.so/, [käˈpɛsːo]

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^[1], 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