take
take
v. trans.
P. and V. λαμβά̆νειν, αἱρεῖν ; see catch.
Take (a town): P. and V. αἱρεῖν.
Be taken: P. and V. ἁ̆λίσκεσθαι.
Help in taking: P. and V. σῠνεξαιρεῖν (acc.).
Easy to take, adj.: P. εὐάλωτος. P. and V. ἁ̆λώσῐμος, ἁ̆λωτός.
Take in the act: P. and V. αἱρεῖν, λαμβά̆νειν, κᾰτᾰλαμβά̆νειν (Eur. Cycl.); see catch.
Overtake: P. and V. κᾰτᾰλαμβά̆νειν.
Receive: P. and V. δέχεσθαι; see receive.
Carry: P. and V. φέρειν, κομίζειν, ἄ̆γειν ; see bring.
Lead: P. and V. ἄ̆γειν.
Choose: P. and V. αἱρεῖσθαι, ἐξαιρεῖν (or mid.); see choose.
Seize: P. and V. λαμβά̆νειν, ἁρπάζειν, ἀ̆ναρπάζειν, σῠναρπάζειν, V. κᾰθαρπάζειν, συμμάρπτειν (Eur. Cycl.), Ar. and V. μάρπτειν, συλλαμβά̆νειν ; see seize.Take as helper or ally: P. and V. προσλαμβά̆νειν (acc.).
Hire: Ar. and P. μισθοῦσθαι.
Use up: P. and V. ἀ̆νᾱλίσκειν.
This (cloak) has taken easily a talent’s worth of wool: Ar. αὕτη γέ τοι ἐρίων τάλαντον καταπέπωκε ῥᾳδίως (Vesp. 1146).
Take the road leading to Thebes: P. τὴν εἰς Θήβας φέρουσαν ὁδὸν χωρεῖν (Thuc. 3.24).
Take in thought, apprehend: P. καταλαμβά̆νειν, P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), σῠνῑέναι (acc. or gen.); see grasp.
Interpret in a certain sense: P. ἐκλαμβά̆νειν (acc.), ὑπολαμβά̆νειν (acc.); see construe.
Take advantage of, turn to account: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).
Enjoy: P. and V. ἀ̆πολαύειν (gen.).
Get the advantage of: P. πλεονεκτεῖν (gen.).
Take after, resemble: P. and V. ἐοικέναι (dat.) (rare P.), ὁμοιοῦσθαι (dat.), ἐξομοιοῦσθαι (dat.); see resemble.
Take arms: see take up arms.
Take away: P. and V. ἀ̆φαιρεῖν (or mid.), πᾰραιρεῖν (or mid.), ἐξαιρεῖν (or mid.), V. ἐξᾰφαιρεῖσθαι; see also deprive.
Remove: P. and V. μεθιστά̆ναι; see remove.
Lead away: P. and V. ἀ̆πά̆γειν.
Take away secretly: P. and V. ὑ̆πεκτί̆θεσθαι; see under remove.
Take away besides: P. προσαφαιρεῖσθαι.
Take care, take care of: see under care.
Take down, lit.: P. and V. κᾰθαιρεῖν.
Met., humble: P. and V. κᾰθαιρεῖν, συστέλλειν, Ar. and V. ἰσχναίνειν ; see humble.
Reduce in bulk: P. and V. ἰσχναίνειν (Plat.).
Take down in writing: P. and V. γρά̆φειν, Ar. and P. συγγρά̆φειν.
Take effect, gain one’s end: P. ἐπιτυγχάνειν.
Be in operation: use P. ἐνεργὸς εἶναι.
Take for, assume to be so and so: P. ὑπολαμβάνειν (acc.).
Take from: see take away.
Detract from: P. ἐλασσοῦν (gen.).
Take heart: P. and V. θαρσεῖν, θρᾰσύ̄νεσθαι, V. θαρσύ̄νειν, P. ἀναρρωσθῆναι (aor. pass. of ἀναρρωννύναι).
Take heed: see under heed, care.
Take hold of: see seize.
Take in, encluse: Ar. and P. περῐλαμβά̆νειν.
Furl: Ar. συστέλλειν, V. στέλλειν, κᾰθῑέναι.
Receive in one’s house: P. and V. δέχεσθαι; see receive.
Cheat: see cheat.
Take in hand: Ar. and P. μετᾰχειρίζειν (or mid.), P. and V. ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐπῐχειρεῖν (dat.), ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), ἀναιρεῖσθαι (acc.), αἴρεσθαι (acc.).
Take in preference: V. προλαμβά̆νειν (τι πρό τινος); see prefer.
Take leave of: P. and V. χαίρειν ἐᾶν (acc.), χαίρειν λέγειν (acc.); see under leave.
Take notice: see notice.
Take off, strip off: P. περιαιρεῖν.
Take off (clothes) from another: P. and V. ἐκδύ̄ειν, Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποδύ̄ειν.
From oneself: P. and V. ἐκδύ̄ειν.
From oneself: P. and V. ἐκδύ̄εσθαι, Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποδύ̄εσθαι.
Take off (shoes) for another: Ar. and P. ὑ̆πολύ̄ειν.
For oneself: Ar. and P. ὑ̆πολύ̄εσθαι.
Let one quickly take off my shoes: V. ὑπαί τις ἀρβύλας λύοι τάχος (Aesch. Ag. 944).
Imitate: P. and V. μῑμεῖσθαι: see imitate.
Parody: Ar. and P. κωμῳδεῖν (acc.).
Take on oneself: see undertake, assume.
Are these men to take on themselves the results of your brutality and evil-doing? P. οὗτοι τὰ τῆς σῆς ἀναισθησίας καὶ πονηρίας ἔργα ἐφʼ αὑτοὺς ἀναδέξωνται; (Dem. 613).
Take out, v. trans.: P. and V. ἐξά̆γειν.
Pick out: P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖν.
Extract: P. and V. ἐξέλκειν (Plat. but rare P.).
Take over: P. and V. πᾰρᾰλαμβά̆νειν, ἐκδέχεσθαι.
Take pains: P. and V. σπουδὴν ποιεῖσθαι, Ar. and P. μελετᾶν, V. σπουδὴν τί̆θεσθαι.
Take part in: see under part.
Take place: see under place.
Take root: P. ῥιζοῦσθαι (Xen.).
Take the air, walk: Ar. and P. περῐπᾰτεῖν.
Take the field: see under field.
Take time: see under time.
Take to, have recourse to: P. and V. τρέπεσθαι (πρός, acc. or εἰς, acc.).
Take to flight: see under flight.
When the Greeks took more to the sea: P. ἐπειδὴ οἱ Ἕλληνες μᾶλλον ἐπλώιζον (Thuc. 3.24).
Take a fancy to: P. φιλοφρονεῖσθαι (acc.) (Plat.).
Desire: P. and V. ἐπῐθῡμεῖν (gen.); see desire.
Take to heart: P. ἐνθύμιόν τι ποιεῖσθαι.
Be vexed at: P. and V. ἄχθεσθαι (dat.), P. χαλεπῶς φέρειν (acc.), V. πικρῶς φέρειν (acc.); see be vexed, under vex.
Take to wife: P. λαμβάνειν (acc.); see marry.
Take up: P. and V. ἀ̆ναιρεῖσθαι, P. ἀναλαμβάνειν.
Lift: P. and V. αἴρειν ; see lift.
Resume: P. ἀναλαμβάνειν, ἐπαναλαμβάνειν.
Succeed to: P. διαδέχεσθαι (acc.).
Take in hand: Ar. and P. μετᾰχειρίζειν (or mid.), P. and V. ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐπῐχειρεῖν (or dat.), ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), αἴρεσθαι (acc.), ἀ̆ναιρεῖσθαι (acc.).
Practise: P. and V. ἀσκεῖν, ἐπῐτηδεύειν: see practise.Use up: P. and V. ἀ̆νᾱλίσκειν.
Nor should we be able to useour whole force together since the protection of the walls has taken up a considerable part of our heavy-armed troops: P. οὐδὲ συμπάσῃ τῇ στρατιᾷ δυναίμεθʼ ἂν χρήσασθαι ἀπαναλωκυίας τῆς φυλακῆς τῶν τειχῶν μέρος τι τοῦ ὁπλιτικοῦ (Thuc. 7.11).
Take up arms: P. and V. πόλεμον αἴρεσθαι.
Take up arms against: V. ὅπλα ἐπαίρεσθαι (dat.).
v. trans.
P. and V. λαμβά̆νειν, αἱρεῖν ; see catch.
Take (a town): P. and V. αἱρεῖν.
Be taken: P. and V. ἁ̆λίσκεσθαι.
Help in taking: P. and V. σῠνεξαιρεῖν (acc.).
Easy to take, adj.: P. εὐάλωτος. P. and V. ἁ̆λώσῐμος, ἁ̆λωτός.
Take in the act: P. and V. αἱρεῖν, λαμβά̆νειν, κᾰτᾰλαμβά̆νειν (Eur. Cycl.); see catch.
Overtake: P. and V. κᾰτᾰλαμβά̆νειν.
Receive: P. and V. δέχεσθαι; see receive.
Carry: P. and V. φέρειν, κομίζειν, ἄ̆γειν ; see bring.
Lead: P. and V. ἄ̆γειν.
Choose: P. and V. αἱρεῖσθαι, ἐξαιρεῖν (or mid.); see choose.
Seize: P. and V. λαμβά̆νειν, ἁρπάζειν, ἀ̆ναρπάζειν, σῠναρπάζειν, V. κᾰθαρπάζειν, συμμάρπτειν (Eur. Cycl.), Ar. and V. μάρπτειν, συλλαμβά̆νειν ; see seize.Take as helper or ally: P. and V. προσλαμβά̆νειν (acc.).
Hire: Ar. and P. μισθοῦσθαι.
Use up: P. and V. ἀ̆νᾱλίσκειν.
This (cloak) has taken easily a talent’s worth of wool: Ar. αὕτη γέ τοι ἐρίων τάλαντον καταπέπωκε ῥᾳδίως (Vesp. 1146).
Take the road leading to Thebes: P. τὴν εἰς Θήβας φέρουσαν ὁδὸν χωρεῖν (Thuc. 3.24).
Take in thought, apprehend: P. καταλαμβά̆νειν, P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), σῠνῑέναι (acc. or gen.); see grasp.
Interpret in a certain sense: P. ἐκλαμβά̆νειν (acc.), ὑπολαμβά̆νειν (acc.); see construe.
Take advantage of, turn to account: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).
Enjoy: P. and V. ἀ̆πολαύειν (gen.).
Get the advantage of: P. πλεονεκτεῖν (gen.).
Take after, resemble: P. and V. ἐοικέναι (dat.) (rare P.), ὁμοιοῦσθαι (dat.), ἐξομοιοῦσθαι (dat.); see resemble.
Take arms: see take up arms.
Take away: P. and V. ἀ̆φαιρεῖν (or mid.), πᾰραιρεῖν (or mid.), ἐξαιρεῖν (or mid.), V. ἐξᾰφαιρεῖσθαι; see also deprive.
Remove: P. and V. μεθιστά̆ναι; see remove.
Lead away: P. and V. ἀ̆πά̆γειν.
Take away secretly: P. and V. ὑ̆πεκτί̆θεσθαι; see under remove.
Take away besides: P. προσαφαιρεῖσθαι.
Take care, take care of: see under care.
Take down, lit.: P. and V. κᾰθαιρεῖν.
Met., humble: P. and V. κᾰθαιρεῖν, συστέλλειν, Ar. and V. ἰσχναίνειν ; see humble.
Reduce in bulk: P. and V. ἰσχναίνειν (Plat.).
Take down in writing: P. and V. γρά̆φειν, Ar. and P. συγγρά̆φειν.
Take effect, gain one’s end: P. ἐπιτυγχάνειν.
Be in operation: use P. ἐνεργὸς εἶναι.
Take for, assume to be so and so: P. ὑπολαμβάνειν (acc.).
Take from: see take away.
Detract from: P. ἐλασσοῦν (gen.).
Take heart: P. and V. θαρσεῖν, θρᾰσύ̄νεσθαι, V. θαρσύ̄νειν, P. ἀναρρωσθῆναι (aor. pass. of ἀναρρωννύναι).
Take heed: see under heed, care.
Take hold of: see seize.
Take in, encluse: Ar. and P. περῐλαμβά̆νειν.
Furl: Ar. συστέλλειν, V. στέλλειν, κᾰθῑέναι.
Receive in one’s house: P. and V. δέχεσθαι; see receive.
Cheat: see cheat.
Take in hand: Ar. and P. μετᾰχειρίζειν (or mid.), P. and V. ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐπῐχειρεῖν (dat.), ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), ἀναιρεῖσθαι (acc.), αἴρεσθαι (acc.).
Take in preference: V. προλαμβά̆νειν (τι πρό τινος); see prefer.
Take leave of: P. and V. χαίρειν ἐᾶν (acc.), χαίρειν λέγειν (acc.); see under leave.
Take notice: see notice.
Take off, strip off: P. περιαιρεῖν.
Take off (clothes) from another: P. and V. ἐκδύ̄ειν, Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποδύ̄ειν.
From oneself: P. and V. ἐκδύ̄ειν.
From oneself: P. and V. ἐκδύ̄εσθαι, Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποδύ̄εσθαι.
Take off (shoes) for another: Ar. and P. ὑ̆πολύ̄ειν.
For oneself: Ar. and P. ὑ̆πολύ̄εσθαι.
Let one quickly take off my shoes: V. ὑπαί τις ἀρβύλας λύοι τάχος (Aesch. Ag. 944).
Imitate: P. and V. μῑμεῖσθαι: see imitate.
Parody: Ar. and P. κωμῳδεῖν (acc.).
Take on oneself: see undertake, assume.
Are these men to take on themselves the results of your brutality and evil-doing? P. οὗτοι τὰ τῆς σῆς ἀναισθησίας καὶ πονηρίας ἔργα ἐφʼ αὑτοὺς ἀναδέξωνται; (Dem. 613).
Take out, v. trans.: P. and V. ἐξά̆γειν.
Pick out: P. and V. ἐξαιρεῖν.
Extract: P. and V. ἐξέλκειν (Plat. but rare P.).
Take over: P. and V. πᾰρᾰλαμβά̆νειν, ἐκδέχεσθαι.
Take pains: P. and V. σπουδὴν ποιεῖσθαι, Ar. and P. μελετᾶν, V. σπουδὴν τί̆θεσθαι.
Take part in: see under part.
Take place: see under place.
Take root: P. ῥιζοῦσθαι (Xen.).
Take the air, walk: Ar. and P. περῐπᾰτεῖν.
Take the field: see under field.
Take time: see under time.
Take to, have recourse to: P. and V. τρέπεσθαι (πρός, acc. or εἰς, acc.).
Take to flight: see under flight.
When the Greeks took more to the sea: P. ἐπειδὴ οἱ Ἕλληνες μᾶλλον ἐπλώιζον (Thuc. 3.24).
Take a fancy to: P. φιλοφρονεῖσθαι (acc.) (Plat.).
Desire: P. and V. ἐπῐθῡμεῖν (gen.); see desire.
Take to heart: P. ἐνθύμιόν τι ποιεῖσθαι.
Be vexed at: P. and V. ἄχθεσθαι (dat.), P. χαλεπῶς φέρειν (acc.), V. πικρῶς φέρειν (acc.); see be vexed, under vex.
Take to wife: P. λαμβάνειν (acc.); see marry.
Take up: P. and V. ἀ̆ναιρεῖσθαι, P. ἀναλαμβάνειν.
Lift: P. and V. αἴρειν ; see lift.
Resume: P. ἀναλαμβάνειν, ἐπαναλαμβάνειν.
Succeed to: P. διαδέχεσθαι (acc.).
Take in hand: Ar. and P. μετᾰχειρίζειν (or mid.), P. and V. ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐπῐχειρεῖν (or dat.), ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), αἴρεσθαι (acc.), ἀ̆ναιρεῖσθαι (acc.).
Practise: P. and V. ἀσκεῖν, ἐπῐτηδεύειν: see practise.Use up: P. and V. ἀ̆νᾱλίσκειν.
Nor should we be able to useour whole force together since the protection of the walls has taken up a considerable part of our heavy-armed troops: P. οὐδὲ συμπάσῃ τῇ στρατιᾷ δυναίμεθʼ ἂν χρήσασθαι ἀπαναλωκυίας τῆς φυλακῆς τῶν τειχῶν μέρος τι τοῦ ὁπλιτικοῦ (Thuc. 7.11).
Take up arms: P. and V. πόλεμον αἴρεσθαι.
Take up arms against: V. ὅπλα ἐπαίρεσθαι (dat.).
TAKE
Transitively sumere (to remove that which is at rest; to take anything to one’s self in order to use or to enjoy it etc.): capere (to take hold of; then to make one’s self master of a thing in order to possess it: hence = to capture e.g. a town): rapere (to snatch away carry off hastily): arripere (to snatch to one’s self suddenly unexpectedly): accipere (to accept a thing offered; opposed to dare tradere etc.; but the former words rather denote a taking of one’s own accord): deprehendere (to catch take in the act; e.g. of stealing): tollere (to take up): promere depromere (to bring or fetch forth for the purpose of use): auferre (to bear or carry forth or away; hence also simply “to take ” in good or bad sense; and then = eripere surripere furari): eripere (to snatch out take with violence; implying resistance on the part of a person in possession): surripere (to purloin take by stealth): furari (to steal): expugnare (to take by storm; PROP. or figuratively). Not to take anything aliquid non accipere: aliquid accipere abnuo (courteously to refuse acceptance): to take to pieces dissolvere aliquid (e.g. movable towers turres ambulatorias Hirtius; hence of taking to pieces puzzles etc.): in memoria (sua) discerpere: to take in the hand in manum sumere; in manum capere (to seize with the hand): to take in hand (a book a writing etc.) in manus sumere (e.g. Epicurum): to take money pecuniam sumere (to take to one’s self for any use as Ter. Ad. 5 9 40 a me argentum quanti est sume): pecuniam capere (to take it whether the other party be willing to give it or not): pecuniam accipere (to take it when another offers it; hence also = to suffer one’s self to be bribed). To take up money on interest pecuniam mutuari or mutuam sumere.
To assume Vid: To take the name of king regium nomen sumere: regium nomen sibi asciscere. PHR. To take for granted [Vid: ASSUME (end of article)]. To take upon one’s self (α) To undertake a thing suscipere (not to decline; opposed to recusare): recipere (to undertake a thing readily and to answer for a good result; ☞ Müller Cic. De Or. 2 24 101). (β) To promise to answer for in se recipere (the proper word; e.g. periculum): praestare aliquid (e.g. culpam alicujus factum): I take it upon myself ad me recipio. To take out anything (i.e. to reach or fetch out or forth) promere depromere ex or de etc. (to fetch a thing out of a place in order to use it): eximere ex de etc. (to take away a thing whether for the purpose of removing it or of applying it to a different use): demere de or ex etc. (in order to remove it; e.g. secures e fascibus): auferre ex etc. (to take away a thing in order to gain possession of it; e.g. pecuniam ex aerario). That passage I have taken litterally from Dicaearchus istum ego locum totidem verbis a Dicaearcho transtuli. To take for anything; (α) To receive payment for anything accipere pro re. (β) To interpret; as accipere in aliquid (e.g. in contumeliam). To take (i.e. receive) into recipere in aliquid (e.g. in ordinem senatorium); assumere in aliquem (e.g. in societatem). To take with one aliquid auferre (to take away with one’s self): aliquem secum educere (to take out with one’s self): aliquem secum deducere (to lead anyone away from a place with one’s self): aliquem abducere (to lead or take anyone from one place to another). To take from a person or thing demere de etc. (from a thing PROP.): demere alicui aliquid eximere alicui aliquid or aliquem ex re (to take anything from a person figuratively; i.e. to free him from anything). To take a thing or person in anything = to make or compose anything out of a material facere or fingere or effingere or exprimere aliquid ex aliqua re. To take a thing or person to or as anything; (α) To apply to anything adhibere aliquem ad or in aliquid: (β) To choose one to anything sumere (only in the comic writers capere) aliquem with an accusative of that to which the person is chosen; e.g. to take one as an umpire aliquem arbitrum; to take one as a general aliquem imperatorem. To take to one’s self: (α) To receive into one’s house aliquem ad se domum ad se or simply domum suam recipere; aliquem tecto et mensa recipere to one’s house and to one’s table. (β) To put in connection with one’s self pecuniam in crumenam suam condere. (γ) To eat or drink sumere (food and liquids; e.g. venenum): cibum modicum cum aqua (Celsus): assumere (Lucr.; Celsus passim; e.g. nihil assumere nisi aquam): capere (food): potare or bibere (to drink; e.g. medicamentum): accipere (medicine poison etc.). To take nothing (no food) cibo se abs|tinere: to take a little (food) gustare (as a luncheon; Vid: Gierig. Plin. Ep. 3 5 11): to give one anything to take (to drink etc.) alicui aliquid potandum praebere. To take well or in good part in bonam partem accipere: belle ferre: boni or aeque bonique facere: boni consulere: to take ill or in bad part in malam partem accipere: aegre graviter moleste indigne ferre: male interpretari: to take kindly benigne audire (to listen kindly to) in mitiorem partem or mollius interpretari: mollius accipere (indulgently): to take thankfully grato animo interpretari: to take coolly aequo animo accipere: to take as a reproach accipere in or ad contumeliam: vertere ad contumeliam: to take anything said in joke as if said in earnest quod dictum est per jocum id serio praevertere (Plaut. Amph. 3 2 40): to take a thing differently from what was meant accipere in aliam partem ac dictum est. To take rest quiescere requiescere quiescere et respirare (general term): acquiescere conquiescere quietem capere quieti se dare (from bodily exertion): se reficere (fin exertion of body or mind). animum relaxare (of mind). To take root [Vid: ROOT]. To take a sketch of anything [Vid: SKETCH].
To put up with (an insult) accipere.
To catch Vid:
Intransitively. To succeed please Vid: TAKE AFTER i.e. to be like imitate follow similem fieri alicujus or alicui (to become like): aliquem imitari (to imitate): *alicujus ingenium or mores induere (to adopt the character or manners of anyone): to have taken after anyone alicujus mores referre: aliquem reddere et referre: to take after the father patris similem fieri (☞ comical patrissare); in anything patrem in aliqua re imitari: he takes more after his mother than after his father matris similior est quam patris.
Transitively sumere (to remove that which is at rest; to take anything to one’s self in order to use or to enjoy it etc.): capere (to take hold of; then to make one’s self master of a thing in order to possess it: hence = to capture e.g. a town): rapere (to snatch away carry off hastily): arripere (to snatch to one’s self suddenly unexpectedly): accipere (to accept a thing offered; opposed to dare tradere etc.; but the former words rather denote a taking of one’s own accord): deprehendere (to catch take in the act; e.g. of stealing): tollere (to take up): promere depromere (to bring or fetch forth for the purpose of use): auferre (to bear or carry forth or away; hence also simply “to take ” in good or bad sense; and then = eripere surripere furari): eripere (to snatch out take with violence; implying resistance on the part of a person in possession): surripere (to purloin take by stealth): furari (to steal): expugnare (to take by storm; PROP. or figuratively). Not to take anything aliquid non accipere: aliquid accipere abnuo (courteously to refuse acceptance): to take to pieces dissolvere aliquid (e.g. movable towers turres ambulatorias Hirtius; hence of taking to pieces puzzles etc.): in memoria (sua) discerpere: to take in the hand in manum sumere; in manum capere (to seize with the hand): to take in hand (a book a writing etc.) in manus sumere (e.g. Epicurum): to take money pecuniam sumere (to take to one’s self for any use as Ter. Ad. 5 9 40 a me argentum quanti est sume): pecuniam capere (to take it whether the other party be willing to give it or not): pecuniam accipere (to take it when another offers it; hence also = to suffer one’s self to be bribed). To take up money on interest pecuniam mutuari or mutuam sumere.
To assume Vid: To take the name of king regium nomen sumere: regium nomen sibi asciscere. PHR. To take for granted [Vid: ASSUME (end of article)]. To take upon one’s self (α) To undertake a thing suscipere (not to decline; opposed to recusare): recipere (to undertake a thing readily and to answer for a good result; ☞ Müller Cic. De Or. 2 24 101). (β) To promise to answer for in se recipere (the proper word; e.g. periculum): praestare aliquid (e.g. culpam alicujus factum): I take it upon myself ad me recipio. To take out anything (i.e. to reach or fetch out or forth) promere depromere ex or de etc. (to fetch a thing out of a place in order to use it): eximere ex de etc. (to take away a thing whether for the purpose of removing it or of applying it to a different use): demere de or ex etc. (in order to remove it; e.g. secures e fascibus): auferre ex etc. (to take away a thing in order to gain possession of it; e.g. pecuniam ex aerario). That passage I have taken litterally from Dicaearchus istum ego locum totidem verbis a Dicaearcho transtuli. To take for anything; (α) To receive payment for anything accipere pro re. (β) To interpret; as accipere in aliquid (e.g. in contumeliam). To take (i.e. receive) into recipere in aliquid (e.g. in ordinem senatorium); assumere in aliquem (e.g. in societatem). To take with one aliquid auferre (to take away with one’s self): aliquem secum educere (to take out with one’s self): aliquem secum deducere (to lead anyone away from a place with one’s self): aliquem abducere (to lead or take anyone from one place to another). To take from a person or thing demere de etc. (from a thing PROP.): demere alicui aliquid eximere alicui aliquid or aliquem ex re (to take anything from a person figuratively; i.e. to free him from anything). To take a thing or person in anything = to make or compose anything out of a material facere or fingere or effingere or exprimere aliquid ex aliqua re. To take a thing or person to or as anything; (α) To apply to anything adhibere aliquem ad or in aliquid: (β) To choose one to anything sumere (only in the comic writers capere) aliquem with an accusative of that to which the person is chosen; e.g. to take one as an umpire aliquem arbitrum; to take one as a general aliquem imperatorem. To take to one’s self: (α) To receive into one’s house aliquem ad se domum ad se or simply domum suam recipere; aliquem tecto et mensa recipere to one’s house and to one’s table. (β) To put in connection with one’s self pecuniam in crumenam suam condere. (γ) To eat or drink sumere (food and liquids; e.g. venenum): cibum modicum cum aqua (Celsus): assumere (Lucr.; Celsus passim; e.g. nihil assumere nisi aquam): capere (food): potare or bibere (to drink; e.g. medicamentum): accipere (medicine poison etc.). To take nothing (no food) cibo se abs|tinere: to take a little (food) gustare (as a luncheon; Vid: Gierig. Plin. Ep. 3 5 11): to give one anything to take (to drink etc.) alicui aliquid potandum praebere. To take well or in good part in bonam partem accipere: belle ferre: boni or aeque bonique facere: boni consulere: to take ill or in bad part in malam partem accipere: aegre graviter moleste indigne ferre: male interpretari: to take kindly benigne audire (to listen kindly to) in mitiorem partem or mollius interpretari: mollius accipere (indulgently): to take thankfully grato animo interpretari: to take coolly aequo animo accipere: to take as a reproach accipere in or ad contumeliam: vertere ad contumeliam: to take anything said in joke as if said in earnest quod dictum est per jocum id serio praevertere (Plaut. Amph. 3 2 40): to take a thing differently from what was meant accipere in aliam partem ac dictum est. To take rest quiescere requiescere quiescere et respirare (general term): acquiescere conquiescere quietem capere quieti se dare (from bodily exertion): se reficere (fin exertion of body or mind). animum relaxare (of mind). To take root [Vid: ROOT]. To take a sketch of anything [Vid: SKETCH].
To put up with (an insult) accipere.
To catch Vid:
Intransitively. To succeed please Vid: TAKE AFTER i.e. to be like imitate follow similem fieri alicujus or alicui (to become like): aliquem imitari (to imitate): *alicujus ingenium or mores induere (to adopt the character or manners of anyone): to have taken after anyone alicujus mores referre: aliquem reddere et referre: to take after the father patris similem fieri (☞ comical patrissare); in anything patrem in aliqua re imitari: he takes more after his mother than after his father matris similior est quam patris.
take:
A. Trans.:
I. To lay hold of, get possession of:
1. căpio, cēpi, captum, 3 (in nearly all senses of the Eng. word): t. stones in your hand, cape saxa manu, Virg. G. 3, 420: to t. food, c. cibum, Sall. J. 91: to t. cups of strong drink, c. acria pocula, Hor. Sat. 2, 6, 69: to t. a stag, cervum c., Phaedr. 1, 5, 5: nor have I t.n a single ounce of fish to day, neque piscium ullam unciam hodie pondo cepi, Pl. Rud. 4, 2, 8: to t. a town, oppidum c., Sall. J. 92: to t. tribute by right of war, c. stipendium jure belli, Caes. B. G. 1, 44: thieves change the marks of the things they have t.n, fures earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant, Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74: to t. moneys illegally, contra leges pecunias c., id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10: to t. arms, c. arma, Caes. B. C. 3, 11. Fig.: to t. its name from the disaster of the Roman people, ex calamitate populi Romani nomen c., id. B. G. 1, 13, ad fin.: a desire of ascending to the top of the mountain had t.n possession of him, cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi, Liv. 40, 21, ad init.: the flower t.s the shape which lilies t., flos capit formam quam lilia, Ov. M. 10, 212 captive Greece took prisoner her fierce conqueror, Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 156: t.n by the sweetness of her voice, captus dulcedine vocis, Ov. M. 1, 709: to be t.n captive by pleasure, voluptate capi, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 105. [N.B.--The foll. phr. should be noted: to t. counsel, c. consilium, Caes. B. G. 7, 10: to t. a dislike to, c. odium (with gen.), Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 22: to t. flight, c. fugam, Caes. B. G. 7, 26: that the state may t. no harm, ne quid detrimenti respublica capiat, Formula in Cic.: Caes.: to t. the opportunity, c. occasionem, Pl. Ps. 4, 3, 6: to t. pattern by, c. exemplum (de aliquo), Ter. Andr. 4, 1, 27: to t. pity upon, c. misericordiam (with gen.), Cic. Quint. 31, 97: to t. pleasure, c. voluptatem (quod), id. Planc. ad init.: laetitiam (ex aliquo), id. Att. 4, 18, ad fin.: c. gaudium, Plin. Ep. 6, 11, ad fin.: to t. rest, c. quietem, Caes. B. G. 6, 27: to t. sleep, c. somnum, Pl. Mil. 3, 1, 114: to t. warning by, c. documentum (ex aliquo), Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5.]
2. sūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (prop. to t. up, t. what lies before one, choose, assume): to t. a cudgel, fustem s., Pl. Am. 1, 1, 205: to t. into one's hands, in manus s., Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 8: to t. bread, s. panem, Suet. Aug. 77: to t. a light from a light, lumen de lumine s., Ov. A. A. 3, 93: to t. provisions for two days, alimenta in biduum s., Curt. 7, 11, 14: to t. money on loan, pecuniam mutuam s., Cic. Flac. 20, 46: to t. the toga virilis, s. togam virilem, id. Am. 1, 1 (see Dict. Ant.): to t. the diadem, s. diadema, Suet. Cal. 22: to t. arms, s. arma, Quint. 5, 10, 71. Fig.: to t. courage, s. animum, Ov. Fast. 1, 147: to t. pleasure, s. gaudium, id. R. Am. 401: to t. as a certainty, s. pro certo, pro non dubio, Cic. Div. 2, 50, 104; Liv. 39, 28: let us t. a man (as an instance), sumatur nobis vir, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 68: t. a theme equal to your powers, sumite materiam aequam viribus, Hor. A. P. 38: words t.n from common life, verba de medio sumpta, Cic. Or. 49, 163: v.TAKE UP , CHOOSE , ASSUME .
3. prĕhendo, (prendo), di, sum, 3 (to grasp): to t. by the ears, p. auriculis, Pl. As. 3, 3, 78: to t. one by the hand, p. aliquem manu, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240: to t. in the act of theft, p. in furto, Pl. As. 3, 2, 17; manifesto furto, Gell. 11, 18: t.n by a storm on the Aegaean sea, prensus in Aegaeo, Hor. Od. 2, 16, 2: also in freq. form, prĕhenso (prenso): v.GRASP .
4. răpio, pui, ptum, 3 (to t. hurriedly): to t. a firebrand from the altars, r. torrem ab aris, Ov. M. 12, 271. Fig.: to t. camps and towns at the first onset, castra urbesque primo impetu r., Liv. 6, 23 (a very strong expr.): to t. the opportunity, r. occasionem, Juv. 15, 39: v.SEIZE , SNATCH .
5. căpesso, īvi (rarely ii), ītum, 3 (to lay hold of with eagerness and zeal: stronger than capio): to t. food with the teeth, cibum dentibus c., Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122: to t. arms, c. arma, Virg. Aen. 3, 234. Fig.: to t. to flight, c. fugam, Liv. 1, 25, ad med.: to t. part in the war, c. partem belli, id. 31, 28: to t. the supreme command, c. imperium, Tac. Ann. 14, 26.
6. occŭpo, 1 (to t. possession of): to t. the supreme power, o. imperium, Cic. Am. 12, 41: cities easy to be t.n, opportunae ad occupandum urbes, Liv. 33, 31. Fig.: "plague t. the hindmost," occupet extremum scabies, Hor. A. P. 417: he more justly t.s the name of happy, rectius occupat nomen beati, id. Od. 4, 9, 46: so great superstition took hold of their minds, tanta superstitio mentes occupavit, Cic. Verr. 4, 51, 113: lest laughter t. the place of hatred, ne odii locum risus occupet, id. Or. 26, 88.
7. comprĕhendo (comprendo), di, sum, 3 (to lay hold of, grasp): the forceps t.s hold of the tooth, forceps dentem comprehendit, Cels. 7, 12, 1: what is the use of hands, if nothing is to be t.n hold of? quid opus est manibus, si nihil est comprehendendum? Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92: he took the man and delivered him into safe custody, is hominem comprehendit, et in custodiam tradidit, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, 14: hired vehicles being t.n for conveyance, comprehensis ad deportandum meritoriis, Suet. Cal. 39: the cottages took fire, casae ignem comprehenderunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 43: to t. some one from the crowd of elders, ex seniorum turba c. aliquem, Sen. Brev. Vit. 3: to t. thieves, c. fures, Catul. 62, 35.
8. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to t. to oneself, esp. what is offered): what he gives we t.. quod dat accipimus, Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 2: the stomach t.s food, stomachus accipit cibos, Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 6: to t. to one's bosom, a. gremio, Virg. Aen. 1, 685: to t. money, a. pecuniam, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82: to t. a name, a. nomen, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, extr.: to t. another colour, colorem alienum a., Plin. 11, 38, 91. Fig.: to t. an excuse, a. excusationem, Cic. Fam. 2, 14: to t. as an omen, a. omen (with acc.), id. Div. 1, 46, 103: I t. you at your word, accipio, Hor. Sat. 1, 5, 58: v.RECEIVE .
9. assūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (to t. in addition, adopt): to t. meat, apples, carnem, poma a., Cels. 1, 3, ad fin.: he t.s to himself what he has t.n from another, id quod alteri detraxerit, sibi assumit, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 23: to t. into one's counsels, a. in consilium, Plin. Ep. 3, 19: the rites of Ceres had been t.n from Greece, sacra Cereris essent assumpta de Graecia, Cic. Balb. 24, 55: I even t. in addition some part of the night, aliquantum jam etiam noctis assumo, id. Fam. 7, 25, extr.
10. arrĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (to t. to oneself with eagerness or haste): having t.n my hand, arrepta manu, Hor. Sat. 1, 9, 4: to t. one's hat, a. pileum, Suet. Ner. 26: to t. round the waist, medium a., Liv. 1, 48. Fig.: to t. an opportunity of injuring, a. facultatem laedendi, Cic. Flac. 8, 18: to t. advantage of an obstacle, impedimentum pro occasione a., Liv. 3, 35: voice and gesture cannot be suddenly adopted and t.n from some other quarter, vox et gestus subito sumi, et aliunde arripi non potest, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252: whatever head of a family you might have t.n, he would have given the same answer, quemcunque patremfamilias arripuissetis, eadem respondisset, id. 1, 34, 159.
11. apprehendo (poet. apprendo), di, sum, 3 (to seize): to t. hold of by the cloak, a. pallio, Ter. Ph. 5, 6, 23: vines t. hold of the props with their tendrils, as with hands, vites sic claviculis adminicula tanquam manibus apprehendunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120. Fig.: whatever I had t.n hold of the accuser immediately wrested out of my hands, quidquid apprehenderam statim accusator extorquebat e manibus, id. Clu. 19, 52: v.SEIZE .
12. dēprĕhendo (dēprendo), di, sum, 3 (to catch, overtake, detect): to be t.n in adultery, in adulterio deprehendi, Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275: to t. a quantity of shields and swords, scutorum, gladiorum multitudinem d., Cic. Mil. 24, 64: those who are t.n unawares exhibit their bashfulness by some absurd remark, deprehensi pudorem suum ridiculo aliquo explicant, Quint. 6, 3, 100: the south wind t.s the vessel on the sea, auster deprendit in aequore navim, Ov. M. 11, 663: v.CATCH .
13. excĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to capture, receive): to t. anything in wine, aliquid vino e., Cels. 5, 25, 5 (med. t. t.): the attendants t. him in their hands, ministri manu (eum) excipiunt, Curt. 3, 5, 4: to t. a buck in a snare, e. caprum insidiis, Virg. E. 3, 18: they t. many scattered fugitives, multos ex fuga dispersos excipiunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 35: v.CAPTIVE .
14. concĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to t. to oneself): the earth t.s their falling tears, terra caducas concepit lacrimas, Ov. M. 6, 397: to t. the medicine into one's veins, medicamentum venis c., Curt. 3, 6, 11: to t. fire, c. flammam, Caes. B. C. 2, 14 ignem, Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190.
15. rĕcĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (prop. to t. back): the horse took the bridle, equus frenum recepit, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36. Phr.: to t. the air on a sunny terrace, aggere in aprico spatiari, id. Sat. 1, 8, 15: cf. Sen. Tranq. 17, 8: to t. breath, colligere spiritum, Quint. 11, 3, 53: to t. poison intended for another, venenum intercipere, Cic. Clu. 60, 166: to t. (= drink) a cup, tangere calicem, Pl. Mil. 3, 2, 10: to t. food with the fingers, carpere cibum digitis, Ov. A. A. 3, 755: to t. cold, frigus colligere, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 13: to be t.n with fever, febre corripi, Plin. 7, 51, 52: to t. a colour (in dyeing), colorem bibere, id. 8, 48, 73, ad fin.: to t. leave, jubere valere, Cic. Att. 5, 2, ad med.: to t. an oath, sacramentum dicere, Caes. B. C. 1, 23, ad fin.: to t. pains, operam et laborem consumere (in aliqua re), Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 234: to t. moveable towers to pieces, turres ambulatorias dissolvere, Vitr. 10, 13, 3: to t. a proposition to pieces, rem quasi in membra discerpere, Cic. Top. 5, 28: to t. place, v.HAPPEN : to t. rest, sleep, carpere quietem, soporem, Virg. Aen. 7, 414; 4. 522: to t. root, radices agere, Ov. R. Am. 106: to t. a fort by storm, castellum expugnare, Caes. B. G. 2. 9: to t. a snack, gustare, Cic. Mur. 35, 74: to t. a taste, tangere saporem, Ov. F. 3, 745: to t. a view over the sea, prospectum pelago (dat.) petere, Virg. Aen. 1, 181: to t. one's way, carpere viam, id. Aen. 6, 629: to t. one's last journey, carpere supremum iter, Hor. Od. 2, 17, 12. [N.B.--It may often be translated by the verb nearest in sense to the acc. that follows it: as, to t. care, curare: to t. refuge, refugere: to t. offence, offendi, etc.]
II. To fetch, conduct: dūco, xi, ctum, 3: to t. the rest with him as hostages, reliquos obsidum loco secum d., Caes. B. G. 5, 5: you could have t.n me to your home, in vestras potuisti ducere sedes, Catul. 64, 160: I will ask him about t.ing water through his estate, de aqua per fundum ejus ducenda rogabo, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, 4. The foll. phr. should be noted: to t. in marriage, d., (said of the man), v.MARRY : to t. a name, d. nomen, id. Acad. 1, 11, 41: to t. a beginning from, d. principium, exordium (ab aliquo), id. N. D. 2, 21, 57: to t. breath (= live), d. spiritum, id. Fam. 10, 1, 1: to t. (= drink) cups of wine, d. pocula, Hor. Od. 1, 17, 22: to t. a form, d. formam, Ov. M. 1, 402: v. LEAD , CONDUCT : he t.s no account of his own profit in any way, non ullius rationem sui commodi ducit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128.
III. To regard, consider:
1. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (with ad or in with acc.: also with an adv. or an abl.): to t. in good part, in bonam partem a., Cic. Att. 11, 7, ad fin.: to t. otherwise than is intended, in aliam partem ac dictum sit a., Auct. Her. 2, 26, 40: to t. a kindness as an insult, a. beneficium in contumeliam, Cic. Att. 15, 11, ad init.: these things must be t.n in a friendly spirit when they are done with a kind intention, haec accipienda amice cum benevole fiunt, id. Am. 24, 88: to t. a thing as a joke, per jocum a., id. Fam. 4, 4, 1: so that I care less how you t. it, ut quam in partem accipias minus laborem, id. Fam. 3, 7, 6: I am trying how you will t. it, tento te quo animo accipias, id. Fam. 15, 16, 3: the word "adversus," is sometimes t.n indifferently, adversus interdum promiscue accipitur, Charis. p. 207 (gram. t. t.): v.CONSIDER , VIEW .
2. interprĕtor, 1 (to put a construction upon): to t. in a bad sense what was said in a good one, bene dicta male i., Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 77: to t. in a milder point of view, in mitiorem partem i., id. Mur. 31, 64: consider whether I t. this opinion in the right light, animadverte rectene hanc sententiam interpreter, id. Fin. 2, 7, 20. Phr.: to t. as a certainty, pro certo ponere, Liv. 10, 9, ad fin.: to t. as right and fair, aequi boni facere, Cic. Att. 7, 7: to t. in earnest what was said in joke, quod dictum est per jocum id serio praevertere, Pl. Am. 3, 2, 39 (R. and A.).
IV. To put up with:
1. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: to t. an insult, a. contumeliam, Caes. B. G. 7, 10: contumeliam in se a., Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 1.
2. expr. by fĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3, with adv.: to t. easily, leviter f., Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1: to t. ill, moleste f., id. Am. 24, 90: to t. misfortunes to heart, casus graviter f., id. Fam. 5, 16, 2: to t. with equanimity, aequo animo f., id. de Or. 2, 33, 144: v.PUT UP WITH , ENDURE .
V. postŭlo, 1: v.REQUIRE .
VI. condūco, xi, ctum, 3: v.HIRE .
B. Intrans.:
I. To move in any direction: expr. by conferre se: v.BETAKE ONESELF TO : or, simply, TO GO . Phr.: to t. to some quiet pursuit, in studium aliquod quietum se tradere, Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4: to t. wholly to pleasure, voluptati se totum tradere, id. Am. 23, 86: (to t. to public life, ad rempublicam se conferre, id. ib.): to t. to the ships, naves petere, Nep. Milt. 5, 5: a misfortune has made you t. to your bed, casus lecto te affixit, Hor. Sat. 1, 1, 81.
II. To produce a result: expr. by the context, or by a phr.: a remedy that t.s well, praesens auxilium, Virg. G. 2, 127: Plin.: to try on a slave whether the poison would t., vim veneni in servo experiri, Cic. Coel. 24, 58: v.OPERATE , WORK .
III. To be successful: v.SUCCEED , ATTRACT : of plays and actors, stare: when a new play took, cum stetit nova (fabula), Ter. Ph. prol. 9: of an actor or writer, id. Hec. prol. 2, 7: Hor. S. 1, 10, 17.
A. Trans.:
I. To lay hold of, get possession of:
1. căpio, cēpi, captum, 3 (in nearly all senses of the Eng. word): t. stones in your hand, cape saxa manu, Virg. G. 3, 420: to t. food, c. cibum, Sall. J. 91: to t. cups of strong drink, c. acria pocula, Hor. Sat. 2, 6, 69: to t. a stag, cervum c., Phaedr. 1, 5, 5: nor have I t.n a single ounce of fish to day, neque piscium ullam unciam hodie pondo cepi, Pl. Rud. 4, 2, 8: to t. a town, oppidum c., Sall. J. 92: to t. tribute by right of war, c. stipendium jure belli, Caes. B. G. 1, 44: thieves change the marks of the things they have t.n, fures earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant, Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74: to t. moneys illegally, contra leges pecunias c., id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10: to t. arms, c. arma, Caes. B. C. 3, 11. Fig.: to t. its name from the disaster of the Roman people, ex calamitate populi Romani nomen c., id. B. G. 1, 13, ad fin.: a desire of ascending to the top of the mountain had t.n possession of him, cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi, Liv. 40, 21, ad init.: the flower t.s the shape which lilies t., flos capit formam quam lilia, Ov. M. 10, 212 captive Greece took prisoner her fierce conqueror, Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 156: t.n by the sweetness of her voice, captus dulcedine vocis, Ov. M. 1, 709: to be t.n captive by pleasure, voluptate capi, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 105. [N.B.--The foll. phr. should be noted: to t. counsel, c. consilium, Caes. B. G. 7, 10: to t. a dislike to, c. odium (with gen.), Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 22: to t. flight, c. fugam, Caes. B. G. 7, 26: that the state may t. no harm, ne quid detrimenti respublica capiat, Formula in Cic.: Caes.: to t. the opportunity, c. occasionem, Pl. Ps. 4, 3, 6: to t. pattern by, c. exemplum (de aliquo), Ter. Andr. 4, 1, 27: to t. pity upon, c. misericordiam (with gen.), Cic. Quint. 31, 97: to t. pleasure, c. voluptatem (quod), id. Planc. ad init.: laetitiam (ex aliquo), id. Att. 4, 18, ad fin.: c. gaudium, Plin. Ep. 6, 11, ad fin.: to t. rest, c. quietem, Caes. B. G. 6, 27: to t. sleep, c. somnum, Pl. Mil. 3, 1, 114: to t. warning by, c. documentum (ex aliquo), Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5.]
2. sūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (prop. to t. up, t. what lies before one, choose, assume): to t. a cudgel, fustem s., Pl. Am. 1, 1, 205: to t. into one's hands, in manus s., Cic. Tusc. 2, 3, 8: to t. bread, s. panem, Suet. Aug. 77: to t. a light from a light, lumen de lumine s., Ov. A. A. 3, 93: to t. provisions for two days, alimenta in biduum s., Curt. 7, 11, 14: to t. money on loan, pecuniam mutuam s., Cic. Flac. 20, 46: to t. the toga virilis, s. togam virilem, id. Am. 1, 1 (see Dict. Ant.): to t. the diadem, s. diadema, Suet. Cal. 22: to t. arms, s. arma, Quint. 5, 10, 71. Fig.: to t. courage, s. animum, Ov. Fast. 1, 147: to t. pleasure, s. gaudium, id. R. Am. 401: to t. as a certainty, s. pro certo, pro non dubio, Cic. Div. 2, 50, 104; Liv. 39, 28: let us t. a man (as an instance), sumatur nobis vir, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 68: t. a theme equal to your powers, sumite materiam aequam viribus, Hor. A. P. 38: words t.n from common life, verba de medio sumpta, Cic. Or. 49, 163: v.
3. prĕhendo, (prendo), di, sum, 3 (to grasp): to t. by the ears, p. auriculis, Pl. As. 3, 3, 78: to t. one by the hand, p. aliquem manu, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240: to t. in the act of theft, p. in furto, Pl. As. 3, 2, 17; manifesto furto, Gell. 11, 18: t.n by a storm on the Aegaean sea, prensus in Aegaeo, Hor. Od. 2, 16, 2: also in freq. form, prĕhenso (prenso): v.
4. răpio, pui, ptum, 3 (to t. hurriedly): to t. a firebrand from the altars, r. torrem ab aris, Ov. M. 12, 271. Fig.: to t. camps and towns at the first onset, castra urbesque primo impetu r., Liv. 6, 23 (a very strong expr.): to t. the opportunity, r. occasionem, Juv. 15, 39: v.
5. căpesso, īvi (rarely ii), ītum, 3 (to lay hold of with eagerness and zeal: stronger than capio): to t. food with the teeth, cibum dentibus c., Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122: to t. arms, c. arma, Virg. Aen. 3, 234. Fig.: to t. to flight, c. fugam, Liv. 1, 25, ad med.: to t. part in the war, c. partem belli, id. 31, 28: to t. the supreme command, c. imperium, Tac. Ann. 14, 26.
6. occŭpo, 1 (to t. possession of): to t. the supreme power, o. imperium, Cic. Am. 12, 41: cities easy to be t.n, opportunae ad occupandum urbes, Liv. 33, 31. Fig.: "plague t. the hindmost," occupet extremum scabies, Hor. A. P. 417: he more justly t.s the name of happy, rectius occupat nomen beati, id. Od. 4, 9, 46: so great superstition took hold of their minds, tanta superstitio mentes occupavit, Cic. Verr. 4, 51, 113: lest laughter t. the place of hatred, ne odii locum risus occupet, id. Or. 26, 88.
7. comprĕhendo (comprendo), di, sum, 3 (to lay hold of, grasp): the forceps t.s hold of the tooth, forceps dentem comprehendit, Cels. 7, 12, 1: what is the use of hands, if nothing is to be t.n hold of? quid opus est manibus, si nihil est comprehendendum? Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92: he took the man and delivered him into safe custody, is hominem comprehendit, et in custodiam tradidit, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, 14: hired vehicles being t.n for conveyance, comprehensis ad deportandum meritoriis, Suet. Cal. 39: the cottages took fire, casae ignem comprehenderunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 43: to t. some one from the crowd of elders, ex seniorum turba c. aliquem, Sen. Brev. Vit. 3: to t. thieves, c. fures, Catul. 62, 35.
8. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to t. to oneself, esp. what is offered): what he gives we t.. quod dat accipimus, Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 2: the stomach t.s food, stomachus accipit cibos, Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 6: to t. to one's bosom, a. gremio, Virg. Aen. 1, 685: to t. money, a. pecuniam, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82: to t. a name, a. nomen, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, extr.: to t. another colour, colorem alienum a., Plin. 11, 38, 91. Fig.: to t. an excuse, a. excusationem, Cic. Fam. 2, 14: to t. as an omen, a. omen (with acc.), id. Div. 1, 46, 103: I t. you at your word, accipio, Hor. Sat. 1, 5, 58: v.
9. assūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (to t. in addition, adopt): to t. meat, apples, carnem, poma a., Cels. 1, 3, ad fin.: he t.s to himself what he has t.n from another, id quod alteri detraxerit, sibi assumit, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 23: to t. into one's counsels, a. in consilium, Plin. Ep. 3, 19: the rites of Ceres had been t.n from Greece, sacra Cereris essent assumpta de Graecia, Cic. Balb. 24, 55: I even t. in addition some part of the night, aliquantum jam etiam noctis assumo, id. Fam. 7, 25, extr.
10. arrĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (to t. to oneself with eagerness or haste): having t.n my hand, arrepta manu, Hor. Sat. 1, 9, 4: to t. one's hat, a. pileum, Suet. Ner. 26: to t. round the waist, medium a., Liv. 1, 48. Fig.: to t. an opportunity of injuring, a. facultatem laedendi, Cic. Flac. 8, 18: to t. advantage of an obstacle, impedimentum pro occasione a., Liv. 3, 35: voice and gesture cannot be suddenly adopted and t.n from some other quarter, vox et gestus subito sumi, et aliunde arripi non potest, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252: whatever head of a family you might have t.n, he would have given the same answer, quemcunque patremfamilias arripuissetis, eadem respondisset, id. 1, 34, 159.
11. apprehendo (poet. apprendo), di, sum, 3 (to seize): to t. hold of by the cloak, a. pallio, Ter. Ph. 5, 6, 23: vines t. hold of the props with their tendrils, as with hands, vites sic claviculis adminicula tanquam manibus apprehendunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120. Fig.: whatever I had t.n hold of the accuser immediately wrested out of my hands, quidquid apprehenderam statim accusator extorquebat e manibus, id. Clu. 19, 52: v.
12. dēprĕhendo (dēprendo), di, sum, 3 (to catch, overtake, detect): to be t.n in adultery, in adulterio deprehendi, Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275: to t. a quantity of shields and swords, scutorum, gladiorum multitudinem d., Cic. Mil. 24, 64: those who are t.n unawares exhibit their bashfulness by some absurd remark, deprehensi pudorem suum ridiculo aliquo explicant, Quint. 6, 3, 100: the south wind t.s the vessel on the sea, auster deprendit in aequore navim, Ov. M. 11, 663: v.
13. excĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to capture, receive): to t. anything in wine, aliquid vino e., Cels. 5, 25, 5 (med. t. t.): the attendants t. him in their hands, ministri manu (eum) excipiunt, Curt. 3, 5, 4: to t. a buck in a snare, e. caprum insidiis, Virg. E. 3, 18: they t. many scattered fugitives, multos ex fuga dispersos excipiunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 35: v.
14. concĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to t. to oneself): the earth t.s their falling tears, terra caducas concepit lacrimas, Ov. M. 6, 397: to t. the medicine into one's veins, medicamentum venis c., Curt. 3, 6, 11: to t. fire, c. flammam, Caes. B. C. 2, 14 ignem, Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190.
15. rĕcĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (prop. to t. back): the horse took the bridle, equus frenum recepit, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36. Phr.: to t. the air on a sunny terrace, aggere in aprico spatiari, id. Sat. 1, 8, 15: cf. Sen. Tranq. 17, 8: to t. breath, colligere spiritum, Quint. 11, 3, 53: to t. poison intended for another, venenum intercipere, Cic. Clu. 60, 166: to t. (= drink) a cup, tangere calicem, Pl. Mil. 3, 2, 10: to t. food with the fingers, carpere cibum digitis, Ov. A. A. 3, 755: to t. cold, frigus colligere, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 13: to be t.n with fever, febre corripi, Plin. 7, 51, 52: to t. a colour (in dyeing), colorem bibere, id. 8, 48, 73, ad fin.: to t. leave, jubere valere, Cic. Att. 5, 2, ad med.: to t. an oath, sacramentum dicere, Caes. B. C. 1, 23, ad fin.: to t. pains, operam et laborem consumere (in aliqua re), Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 234: to t. moveable towers to pieces, turres ambulatorias dissolvere, Vitr. 10, 13, 3: to t. a proposition to pieces, rem quasi in membra discerpere, Cic. Top. 5, 28: to t. place, v.
II. To fetch, conduct: dūco, xi, ctum, 3: to t. the rest with him as hostages, reliquos obsidum loco secum d., Caes. B. G. 5, 5: you could have t.n me to your home, in vestras potuisti ducere sedes, Catul. 64, 160: I will ask him about t.ing water through his estate, de aqua per fundum ejus ducenda rogabo, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, 4. The foll. phr. should be noted: to t. in marriage, d., (said of the man), v.
III. To regard, consider:
1. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (with ad or in with acc.: also with an adv. or an abl.): to t. in good part, in bonam partem a., Cic. Att. 11, 7, ad fin.: to t. otherwise than is intended, in aliam partem ac dictum sit a., Auct. Her. 2, 26, 40: to t. a kindness as an insult, a. beneficium in contumeliam, Cic. Att. 15, 11, ad init.: these things must be t.n in a friendly spirit when they are done with a kind intention, haec accipienda amice cum benevole fiunt, id. Am. 24, 88: to t. a thing as a joke, per jocum a., id. Fam. 4, 4, 1: so that I care less how you t. it, ut quam in partem accipias minus laborem, id. Fam. 3, 7, 6: I am trying how you will t. it, tento te quo animo accipias, id. Fam. 15, 16, 3: the word "adversus," is sometimes t.n indifferently, adversus interdum promiscue accipitur, Charis. p. 207 (gram. t. t.): v.
2. interprĕtor, 1 (to put a construction upon): to t. in a bad sense what was said in a good one, bene dicta male i., Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 77: to t. in a milder point of view, in mitiorem partem i., id. Mur. 31, 64: consider whether I t. this opinion in the right light, animadverte rectene hanc sententiam interpreter, id. Fin. 2, 7, 20. Phr.: to t. as a certainty, pro certo ponere, Liv. 10, 9, ad fin.: to t. as right and fair, aequi boni facere, Cic. Att. 7, 7: to t. in earnest what was said in joke, quod dictum est per jocum id serio praevertere, Pl. Am. 3, 2, 39 (R. and A.).
IV. To put up with:
1. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: to t. an insult, a. contumeliam, Caes. B. G. 7, 10: contumeliam in se a., Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 1.
2. expr. by fĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3, with adv.: to t. easily, leviter f., Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1: to t. ill, moleste f., id. Am. 24, 90: to t. misfortunes to heart, casus graviter f., id. Fam. 5, 16, 2: to t. with equanimity, aequo animo f., id. de Or. 2, 33, 144: v.
V. postŭlo, 1: v.
VI. condūco, xi, ctum, 3: v.
B. Intrans.:
I. To move in any direction: expr. by conferre se: v.
II. To produce a result: expr. by the context, or by a phr.: a remedy that t.s well, praesens auxilium, Virg. G. 2, 127: Plin.: to try on a slave whether the poison would t., vim veneni in servo experiri, Cic. Coel. 24, 58: v.
III. To be successful: v.
λαμβάνω
λαμβάνω, λήψομαι, ἔλαβον, εἴληφα, εἴλημμαι, ἐλήφθην, take
αἱρέω
αἱρέω, αἱρήσω, εἷλον, ᾕρηκα, ᾕρημαι, ᾑρέθην, take, capture; (mid) choose
δέχομαι
to take, accept, receive
παραλαμβάνω
παραλαμβάνω, take, receive from (verb); παραλαμβάνω, undertake, take from (verb) (19d (12i))
ἀπολαμβάνω
ἀπολαμβάνω, take (verb)
ἀλλάσσω
...(+ gen. of thing received in return); (mid.) take in exchange (+ gen. of thing given in return)
μεταχειρίζω
to take in hand, have in hand, conduct, pursue, treat
to take, take off, take hold of
αὐθεντίζω
take in hand
γυΐζω
take in the hand
λάζομαι
to take, seize, grasp
ναυτολογέω
to take on board
παρεισδέχομαι
take in beside
παρεκδέχομαι
take in a wrong sense, misconstrue
πηχύνω
take in one’s arms, embrace
προσαγκαλίζομαι
take in one’s arms
προσαναλαμβάνω
to take in besides
προσανατίθημι
offer besides; take on an additional burden; take counsel
προσπηχύνομαι
take in one’s arms
πρωκτίζω
take in the ass
συνεκδέχομαι
take on oneself a share of
χειραπτάζω
to touch with the hand, take in hand, handle
ἀκροθινιάζομαι
to take of the best, pick out for oneself
ἀντιφορτίζω
take in a return cargo
ἐκνοσφίζομαι
to take for one’s own
ἐναγκαλίζομαι
to take in one’s arms
ἐναποτιμάω
take in payment at a valuation
ὠμίζομαι
take on one’s shoulders
ὑφαιρέομαι
ὑφαιρέομαι, steal, take for oneself by stealth (verb)
λαμβάνω, λήψομαι, ἔλαβον, εἴληφα, εἴλημμαι, ἐλήφθην, take
αἱρέω
αἱρέω, αἱρήσω, εἷλον, ᾕρηκα, ᾕρημαι, ᾑρέθην, take, capture; (mid) choose
δέχομαι
to take, accept, receive
παραλαμβάνω
παραλαμβάνω, take, receive from (verb); παραλαμβάνω, undertake, take from (verb) (19d (12i))
ἀπολαμβάνω
ἀπολαμβάνω, take (verb)
ἀλλάσσω
...(+ gen. of thing received in return); (mid.) take in exchange (+ gen. of thing given in return)
μεταχειρίζω
to take in hand, have in hand, conduct, pursue, treat
appearing fewer than 50 times
αἴνυμαιto take, take off, take hold of
αὐθεντίζω
take in hand
γυΐζω
take in the hand
λάζομαι
to take, seize, grasp
ναυτολογέω
to take on board
παρεισδέχομαι
take in beside
παρεκδέχομαι
take in a wrong sense, misconstrue
πηχύνω
take in one’s arms, embrace
προσαγκαλίζομαι
take in one’s arms
προσαναλαμβάνω
to take in besides
προσανατίθημι
offer besides; take on an additional burden; take counsel
προσπηχύνομαι
take in one’s arms
πρωκτίζω
take in the ass
συνεκδέχομαι
take on oneself a share of
χειραπτάζω
to touch with the hand, take in hand, handle
ἀκροθινιάζομαι
to take of the best, pick out for oneself
ἀντιφορτίζω
take in a return cargo
ἐκνοσφίζομαι
to take for one’s own
ἐναγκαλίζομαι
to take in one’s arms
ἐναποτιμάω
take in payment at a valuation
ὠμίζομαι
take on one’s shoulders
ὑφαιρέομαι
ὑφαιρέομαι, steal, take for oneself by stealth (verb)
capio
to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp
affero
to bring, fetch, carry, convey, take, deliver
sumo
to take, take up, take in hand, lay hold of, assume
suscipio
to take, catch, take up, receive; defend; undertake
incipio
to take hold, take in hand, begin
defero
to bring away, carry off, take down, carry, take, remove
porto
to bear, carry, convey, take
concipio
to take hold of, take up, take in, take, receive
eruo
to cast forth, throw out, root up, dig out, take
vescor
to use as food, take for food, take food, feed upon, eat
adigo
to drive, urge, bring by force, take
prehendo
to lay hold of, grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take
retracto
to handle again, take in hand again, undertake anew
to take, receive
adbibo
to take in by drinking
delibo
to take, enjoy, pluck, gather
desumo
to take, choose, select
insumo
to take for, apply, expend
to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp
affero
to bring, fetch, carry, convey, take, deliver
sumo
to take, take up, take in hand, lay hold of, assume
suscipio
to take, catch, take up, receive; defend; undertake
incipio
to take hold, take in hand, begin
defero
to bring away, carry off, take down, carry, take, remove
porto
to bear, carry, convey, take
concipio
to take hold of, take up, take in, take, receive
eruo
to cast forth, throw out, root up, dig out, take
vescor
to use as food, take for food, take food, feed upon, eat
adigo
to drive, urge, bring by force, take
prehendo
to lay hold of, grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take
retracto
to handle again, take in hand again, undertake anew
appearing fewer than 50 times
acceptoto take, receive
adbibo
to take in by drinking
delibo
to take, enjoy, pluck, gather
desumo
to take, choose, select
insumo
to take for, apply, expend