prehendo
Latin
Alternative forms
- praehendō
- prendō
Etymology
From prae- (“before”) + *hendō (“I take, seize”) (not attested without prefix), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-; akin to Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “hold, contain”), and English get. Compare praeda (“prey”) (earlier praeheda) and hedera (“ivy”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /preˈhen.doː/, [prɛˈhɛn.doː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈen.do/
Verb
prehendō (present infinitive prehendere, perfect active prehendī, supine prehensum); third conjugation
- I lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take, catch
- I detain someone in order to speak with him, accost, lay or catch hold of
- I take by surprise, catch in the act
- (of trees) I take root
- (poetic) I reach, arrive at, attain
- (poetic) I take in, reach or embrace with the eye
- (figuratively, rare, of the mind) I seize, apprehend, comprehend, grasp
Usage notes
Used in the following constructions: (3) uses the ablative, the genitive or in with the ablative.
Inflection
| Conjugation of prehendo (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 | prehensus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | prehensus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | prehensus + 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 | prehenderimus | prehenderitis | 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 | prehensus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | prehensus + 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 | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | prehendere | prehendisse | prehensūrus esse | prehendī | prehensus esse | prehensum īrī | |
| participles | prehendēns | — | prehensūrus | — | prehensus | prehendendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| prehendere | prehendendī | prehendendō | prehendendum | prehensum | prehensū | ||
Derived terms
- apprehendō
- comprehendō
- dēprehendō
- *imprehendō
- prehensiō / prensiō
- prehensō / prensō
- prehensus / prensus
- reprehendō
Descendants
- Aromanian: prindu, prindiri
- Bourguignon: prarre
- Catalan: prendre
- Dalmatian: prendar
- English: prehend, prender, pern (via pernancy)
- Franco-Provençal: prendre
- French: prendre
- Galician: prender
- Italian: prendere
- Norman: prende, prenre
- Occitan: prene, préner, prendre
- Portuguese: prender
- Romanian: prinde, prindere
- Romansch: prender
- Sardinian: prèndere, prènnere
- Sicilian: prènniri, prinniri
- Spanish: prender
- Walloon: prinde
References
- 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