prensio

prensĭo, ōnis, f. [prendo],

• a seizing, grasping, taking hold of: quoniam moribus majorum tribuni plebis prensionem haberent, had the right or office of seizure, Att. Cap. ap. Gell. 12, 12, 4; 6.

prēnsio, ōnis, f. (prendo = prehendo), das Anfassen, Ergreifen, habere prensionem, das Recht, einen zu ergreifen od. zu verhaften, Capito u. Varro fr. bei Gell. 13, 12. § 4 u. 6: ebenso habere potestatem prensionis, Varro fr. bei Gell. 13, 13, 4. – ➳ Caes. b. c. 2, 9, 5 jetzt pressionibus.

prensio [CL] 1 (act of) seizing or capturing. 1547 [a ship ‥ engaged in herring fishing] circa prencionem allecium CalPat 309. 2 (in gl.) payment, tax, tribute, or ? f. l. pensatio vel ~o [? l. pensio], taxatio, numeratio Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 471.

prēnsĭō, c. prehensio.