apprehendo

Latin

Alternative forms

• adprehendō
• apprendō

Etymology

From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ prehendō (“lay hold of, seize”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ap.preˈhen.doː/, [äpːreˈ(ɦ)ɛn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap.preˈen.do/, [äpːreˈɛn̪d̪o]

Verb

apprehendō (present infinitive apprehendere, perfect active apprehendī, supine apprehēnsum); third conjugation

1. to lay hold upon, grasp, seize, grab, take, take hold of; apprehend, arrest

   Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, prehendō, prehēnsō, capessō, sūmō, claudō, capio, teneo, inclūdō, possideō, arripiō, obsideo, retineo

2. to grasp with the mind, understand, comprehend

   Synonyms: comprehendō, dēprehendō, accipiō, cognōscō, concipiō, teneō, apīscor, capiō, complector, excipiō, exaudiō, cōnsequor

   Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō

3. to embrace, include

   Synonyms: complector, contineō, inclūdō, teneō, amplector

4. to take possession of, seize, secure, obtain

   Synonyms: potior, obsideō, teneo, adipīscor, comprehendo, capio, occupō, possideō

5. (Medieval Latin) to learn

Conjugation

Conjugation of apprehendō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	apprehendō	apprehendis	apprehendit	apprehendimus	apprehenditis	apprehendunt
	imperfect	apprehendēbam	apprehendēbās	apprehendēbat	apprehendēbāmus	apprehendēbātis	apprehendēbant
	future	apprehendam	apprehendēs	apprehendet	apprehendēmus	apprehendētis	apprehendent
	perfect	apprehendī	apprehendistī	apprehendit	apprehendimus	apprehendistis	apprehendērunt, apprehendēre
	pluperfect	apprehenderam	apprehenderās	apprehenderat	apprehenderāmus	apprehenderātis	apprehenderant
	future perfect	apprehenderō	apprehenderis	apprehenderit	apprehenderimus	apprehenderitis	apprehenderint
passive	present	apprehendor	apprehenderis, apprehendere	apprehenditur	apprehendimur	apprehendiminī	apprehenduntur
	imperfect	apprehendēbar	apprehendēbāris, apprehendēbāre	apprehendēbātur	apprehendēbāmur	apprehendēbāminī	apprehendēbantur
	future	apprehendar	apprehendēris, apprehendēre	apprehendētur	apprehendēmur	apprehendēminī	apprehendentur
	perfect	apprehēnsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	apprehēnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	apprehēnsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	apprehendam	apprehendās	apprehendat	apprehendāmus	apprehendātis	apprehendant
	imperfect	apprehenderem	apprehenderēs	apprehenderet	apprehenderēmus	apprehenderētis	apprehenderent
	perfect	apprehenderim	apprehenderīs	apprehenderit	apprehenderīmus	apprehenderītis	apprehenderint
	pluperfect	apprehendissem	apprehendissēs	apprehendisset	apprehendissēmus	apprehendissētis	apprehendissent
passive	present	apprehendar	apprehendāris, apprehendāre	apprehendātur	apprehendāmur	apprehendāminī	apprehendantur
	imperfect	apprehenderer	apprehenderēris, apprehenderēre	apprehenderētur	apprehenderēmur	apprehenderēminī	apprehenderentur
	perfect	apprehēnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	apprehēnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	apprehende	—	—	apprehendite	—
	future	—	apprehenditō	apprehenditō	—	apprehenditōte	apprehenduntō
passive	present	—	apprehendere	—	—	apprehendiminī	—
	future	—	apprehenditor	apprehenditor	—	—	apprehenduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		apprehendere	apprehendisse	apprehēnsūrum esse	apprehendī	apprehēnsum esse	apprehēnsum īrī
participles		apprehendēns	—	apprehēnsūrus	—	apprehēnsus	apprehendendus, apprehendundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		apprehendendī	apprehendendō	apprehendendum	apprehendendō	apprehēnsum	apprehēnsū

Derived terms

• apprehēnsibilis
• apprehēnsiō

Related terms

• comprehendō
• dēprehendō
• prehendō
• reprehendō

Descendants

• Aromanian: aprindu, aprindiri
• Asturian: aprender
• Bourguignon: aiprarre
• Franco-Provençal: aprendre
• Old French: aprendre
  • Middle French: apprendre
    • French: apprendre
  • Norman: apprendre
  • Walloon: aprinde
• Italian: apprendere
• Old Occitan: aprendre
  • Catalan: aprendre
  • Occitan:

    Gascon: apréner

    Languedocien: aprendre

• Old Galician-Portuguese: aprender
  • Galician: aprender
  • Portuguese: aprender
• Old Spanish: aprender
  • Ladino: aprender
  • Spanish: aprender
• Romanian: aprinde, aprindere
• Sicilian: apprènniri
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: aprehendre
  • → English: apprise
  • → Franco-Provençal: aprèhendar
  • → Old French: apprehender
    • French: appréhender
    • → English: apprehend
  • → Galician: aprehender
  • → Portuguese: apreender
  • → Romanian: aprehenda
  • → Spanish: aprehender

References

• apprehendo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “apprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “apprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• apprehendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.