deprehendo

Latin

Alternative forms

• dēprendō

Etymology

From dē- +‎ prēhendo (“seize, catch”); from pre- (“before”) +‎ *hendo (used only in comp.); akin to Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “hold, contain”) and English get.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.preˈhen.doː/, [d̪eːpreˈ(ɦ)ɛn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.preˈen.do/, [d̪epreˈɛn̪d̪o]

Verb

dēprehendō (present infinitive dēprehendere, perfect active dēprehendī, supine dēprehēnsum); third conjugation

1. to take away, seize, snatch, catch

   Synonyms: comprehendō, apprehendō, prehēnsō, prehendō, capiō, possideō, occupō, potior, arripiō, corripiō, capessō, sūmō

2. to overtake
3. to surprise, apprehend, detect, find out, discover

   Synonyms: opprimō, prehendō

4. to confine
5. to embarrass
6. to comprehend, understand, perceive, detect, discover, discern, observe

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

   Antonyms: nesciō, ignōrō

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēprehendō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēprehendō	dēprehendis	dēprehendit	dēprehendimus	dēprehenditis	dēprehendunt
	imperfect	dēprehendēbam	dēprehendēbās	dēprehendēbat	dēprehendēbāmus	dēprehendēbātis	dēprehendēbant
	future	dēprehendam	dēprehendēs	dēprehendet	dēprehendēmus	dēprehendētis	dēprehendent
	perfect	dēprehendī	dēprehendistī	dēprehendit	dēprehendimus	dēprehendistis	dēprehendērunt, dēprehendēre
	pluperfect	dēprehenderam	dēprehenderās	dēprehenderat	dēprehenderāmus	dēprehenderātis	dēprehenderant
	future perfect	dēprehenderō	dēprehenderis	dēprehenderit	dēprehenderimus	dēprehenderitis	dēprehenderint
passive	present	dēprehendor	dēprehenderis, dēprehendere	dēprehenditur	dēprehendimur	dēprehendiminī	dēprehenduntur
	imperfect	dēprehendēbar	dēprehendēbāris, dēprehendēbāre	dēprehendēbātur	dēprehendēbāmur	dēprehendēbāminī	dēprehendēbantur
	future	dēprehendar	dēprehendēris, dēprehendēre	dēprehendētur	dēprehendēmur	dēprehendēminī	dēprehendentur
	perfect	dēprehēnsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēprehēnsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēprehēnsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēprehendam	dēprehendās	dēprehendat	dēprehendāmus	dēprehendātis	dēprehendant
	imperfect	dēprehenderem	dēprehenderēs	dēprehenderet	dēprehenderēmus	dēprehenderētis	dēprehenderent
	perfect	dēprehenderim	dēprehenderīs	dēprehenderit	dēprehenderīmus	dēprehenderītis	dēprehenderint
	pluperfect	dēprehendissem	dēprehendissēs	dēprehendisset	dēprehendissēmus	dēprehendissētis	dēprehendissent
passive	present	dēprehendar	dēprehendāris, dēprehendāre	dēprehendātur	dēprehendāmur	dēprehendāminī	dēprehendantur
	imperfect	dēprehenderer	dēprehenderēris, dēprehenderēre	dēprehenderētur	dēprehenderēmur	dēprehenderēminī	dēprehenderentur
	perfect	dēprehēnsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēprehēnsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēprehende	—	—	dēprehendite	—
	future	—	dēprehenditō	dēprehenditō	—	dēprehenditōte	dēprehenduntō
passive	present	—	dēprehendere	—	—	dēprehendiminī	—
	future	—	dēprehenditor	dēprehenditor	—	—	dēprehenduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēprehendere	dēprehendisse	dēprehēnsūrum esse	dēprehendī	dēprehēnsum esse	dēprehēnsum īrī
participles		dēprehendēns	—	dēprehēnsūrus	—	dēprehēnsus	dēprehendendus, dēprehendundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēprehendendī	dēprehendendō	dēprehendendum	dēprehendendō	dēprehēnsum	dēprehēnsū

Derived terms

• dēprehēnsiō
• dēprehēnsus

Related terms

• apprehendō
• comprehendō
• prehendō
• reprehendō

Descendants

• Asturian: deprender
• Catalan: deprendre
• English: deprehend
• Extremaduran: desprendel
• Galician: deprender
• Italian: disprendere
• Mirandese: çprender
• Portuguese: depreender
• Romanian: deprinde, deprindere
• Spanish: deprehender

References

• “deprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “deprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• deprehendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to take forcible possession of a letter: epistulam deprehendere
    
  • to catch a person, find him out: deprehendere aliquem (in aliqua re)
    
  • to take a person in the act: deprehendere aliquem in manifesto scelere
    
  • to capture a boat: navem capere, intercipere, deprehendere