prehendo

Meaning

1. (conjugation-3) to lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take, catch
2. (conjugation-3) to detain someone in order to speak with them, accost, lay or catch hold of
3. (conjugation-3) to take by surprise, catch in the act
4. (conjugation-3) to take root
5. (conjugation-3, poetic) to reach, arrive at, attain
6. (conjugation-3, poetic) to take in, reach or embrace with the eye
7. (conjugation-3, figuratively, rare) to seize, apprehend, comprehend, grasp

Concepts

snatch

arrest

grasp

seize

steal

take

detain

grab

Synonyms

capio

sumo

aufero

Translations

greifen

αναστέλλω

arrestation

arresto

pegar

arresto

yakalamak

entwenden

prendre

قَبَضَ

plündern

Raub

stehlen

zusammenraffen

nehmen

Pronounced as (IPA)

[preˈ(ɦ)ɛn.doː]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *praiɣendō, equivalent to prae- (“fore-, pre-”) + *hendō (“to take, seize”) (not attested without prefix), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-; akin to Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “hold, contain”), and English get. The vowel probably underwent regular reduction in prefixed variants (*-praind- > -prēnd-) and was backported into the base form. Related to praeda (“prey”) and hedera (“ivy”).