ac-cĭpĭo — Lewis & Short
ac-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. (
I fut. perf. accepso = accepero, Pac. ap. Non. 74, 31, or Rib. Trag. Rel. 118) [capio], to accept.
I In gen., to take a person or thing to one's self: leno ad se accipiet hominem et aurum, will take the man and his money to himself (into his house), Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 51.
a Of things received by the hand, to take, receive: cette manus vestras measque accipite, Enn. ap. Non. 85, 1 (Trag. v. 320 ed. Vahl.):
ex tua accepi manu pateram,Plaut. Amph. 2, 2, 132; hence, trop. of the word given, the promise, with which a grasping of the hand was usually connected: accipe daque fidem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.; so in the Gr. pista\ dou=nai kai\ labei=n); cf. Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 87; so Verg. A. 8, 150;
in Ter. of a person to be protected: hanc (virginem) accepi, acceptam servabo,Ter. And. 1, 5, 62; cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 5, and Sall. C. 6, 5, —
b Of things received or taken by different parts of the body: accipite hoc onus in vestros collos, Cato ap. Non. 200, 23:
gremio,Verg. A. 1, 685:
oculis aut pectore noctem (i. e. somnum),id. ib. 4, 531.—
c In gen., very freq.,
(a) as implying action, to take, to take possession of, to accept (Gr. de/xesqai);
(b) of something that falls to one's share, to get, to receive, to be the recipient of (Gr. lamba/nein).—
(a) To take, accept:
hanc epistulam accipe a me,take this letter from me, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 52; 4, 2, 26; cf. id. Ep. 3, 4, 26:
persuasit aliis, ut pecuniam accipere mallent,Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82:
condicionem pacis,Caes. B. G. 2, 15:
armis obsidibusque acceptis Crassus profectus est,after he had taken into his possession the arms and hostages, id. ib. 3, 23:
divitias,Nep. Epam. 4, 3:
aliquid a patre,to inherit, id. Timoth. 1, 1; id. Att. 1:
accipe et haec, manuum tibi quae monumenta mearum sint,Verg. A. 3, 486 al.—Hence to receive or entertain as guest:
haec (tellus) fessos placidissima portu accipit,Verg. A. 3, 78:
Laurentes nymphae, accipite Aenean,id. ib. 8, 71; 155; Ov. M. 8, 655 al.—Of admittance to political privileges:
Nomentani et Pedani in civitatem accepti,Liv. 8, 14; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35:
magnifice volo summos viros accipere,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 34:
in loco festivo sumus festive accepti,id. ib. 5, 19; so id. Cist. 1, 1, 12; id. Men. 5, 2, 44; id. Pers. 1, 1, 32, etc.; Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 52; Lucr. 3, 907; Cic. Att. 16, 6; Ov. F. 2, 725 al.—Hence also ironically, to entertain, to treat, deal with:
ego te miseris jam accipiam modis,Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 3:
hominem accipiam quibus dictis maeret,id. Men. 5, 1, 7:
indignis acceptus modis,Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 12. Perh. also Lucil. ap. Non. 521, 1: adeo male me accipiunt decimae, treat or use me ill, deal harshly with me; and ib. 240, 8: sic, inquam, veteratorem illum vetulum lupum Hannibalem acceptum (Non. explains the latter in a very unusual manner, by deceptum).—
(b) To get, to receive, to be the recipient of, Pac. ap. Non. 74, 31; Lucr. 1, 819, 909; 2, 762, 885, 1009:
ictus,id. 4, 1048 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 243: vulnera accipiunt tergo): aridior nubes accipit ignem, takes or catches fire, Lucr. 6, 150; Caes. B. G. 1, 48:
humanitatem iis tribuere debemus, a quibus accepimus,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9:
pecuniam ob rem judicandam,Cic. Verr. 1, 38:
luna lumen solis accipit,id. de Or. 3, 45; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 17:
praeclarum accepimus a majoribus morem,Cic. Off. 3, 10, 44: praecepta, Caes. B. G. 2, 6: accepi tuas litteras (in another sense than above), I have received your letter, it has reached me (allatae sunt ad me), Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 14; 2, 1, 1; 10, 1 al.:
acceptā injuriā ignoscere quam persequi malebant,Sall. C. 9, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 33:
calamitatem,ib. 1, 31:
detrimenta,ib. 5, 22; cf. Cic. Mur. 21, 44 al. So often of dignities and offices:
provinciam,id. Fam. 2, 10, 2:
consulatum,Suet. Aug. 10:
Galliam,id. Caes. 22 al.
II In partic.
A To take a thing by hearing, i. e.,
1 To hear, to perceive, to observe, to learn (cf. opp. do = I give in words, i. e. I say): hoc simul accipe dictum, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 204): quod ego inaudivi, accipite, Pac. ap. Non. 126, 22 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 81): hoc etiam accipe quod dico, Lucil. ap. Non. 240, 1:
carmen auribus,Lucr. 4, 983 (so id. 6, 164); 1, 270; cf. Verg. A. 2, 65:
voces,Lucr. 4, 613 (so 6, 171):
si te aequo animo ferre accipiet,Ter. And. 2, 3, 23:
quae gerantur, accipies ex Pollione,Cic. Fam. 1, 6; 1, 9, 4; Liv. 1, 7. —Hence very freq. in the histt., to get or receive intelligence of any thing, to learn:
urbem Romam, sicuti ego accepi, condidere atque habuere initio Trojani,as I have learned, Sall. C. 6, 1, and so al.—
2 To comprehend or understand any thing communicated:
haud satis meo corde accepi querelas tuas,Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 18:
et si quis est, qui haec putet arte accipi posse,Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114:
ut non solum celeriter acciperet, quae tradebantur, etc.,Nep. Att. 1, 3; so Quint. 1, 3, 3; 2, 9, 3 al.—
3 With the accessory idea of judging, to take a thing thus or thus, to interpret or explain, usually constr. with ad or in c. acc.:
quibus res sunt minus secundae . . . ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis,the more unfortunate one is, the more inclined is he to regard every thing as an insult, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 15:
in eam partem accipio,id. Eun. 5, 2, 37; cf. Cic. Fam. 10, 6; id. Att. 16, 6; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 2:
non recte accipis,you put a wrong construction upon this, id. And. 2, 2, 30:
quae sibi quisque facilia factu putat, aequo animo accipit,Sall. C. 3, 2.— Hence: accipere aliquid omen, or in omen, to regard a thing as a (favorable) omen, to accept the omen (cf. de/xesqai to\n oi)wno/n), Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103; 2, 40, 83; Liv. 1, 7, 11; 21, 63 fin.; Tac. H. 1, 62; id. A. 1, 28; 2, 13; Flor. 4, 12, 14 al.—Hence poet.:
accipio agnoscoque deos,Verg. A. 12, 260; cf. Ov. M. 7, 620.—
B To take a thing upon one's self, to undertake (syn. suscipio):
accipito hanc ad te litem,Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 23: meā causā causam accipite, Ter. Hec. alt. prol. 47; cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 24; so Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 22; Quint. 20 al.—Hence also,
C To bear, endure, suffer any thing disagreeable or troublesome:
hanccine ego ut contumeliam tam insignem ad me accipiam!Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 1:
nil satis firmi video, quamobrem accipere hunc me expediat metum,id. Heaut. 2, 3, 96; 5, 1, 59; id. Eun. 4, 6, 24; id. Ad. 2, 1, 53; id. Ph. 5, 2, 4; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 56:
calamitatem,id. Off. 3, 26:
injuriam,id. ib. 1, 11 al.—
D To accept a thing, to be satisfied with, to approve: dos, Pamphile, est decem talenta; Pam.:
Accipio,Ter. And. 5, 4, 48:
accepit condicionem, dein quaestum accipit,id. ib. 1, 1, 52:
visa ista ... accipio iisque interdum etiam assentior, nec percipio tamen,Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:
preces suas acceptas ab dis immortalibus ominati,Liv. 42, 30, 8 Drak. Cf. Herz, Caes. B. G. 5, 1:
equi te esse feri similem, dico. Ridemus et ipse Messius: accipio.I allow it, Exactly so, Hor. S. 1, 5, 58.—
E In mercant. lang., t. t., to receive or collect a sum:
pro quo (frumento) cum a Varinio praetore pecuniam accepisset,Cic. Fl. 45; hence subst.: acceptum, i, n., the receipt, and in account-books the credit side:
in acceptum referre alicui,to carry over to the credit side, to place to one's credit, Cic. Verr. 1, 36, 57; id. Rosc. Com. 2; id. Phil. 2, 16; id. Caec. 6, 17; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 234 (opp. datum or expensum).—Hence also trop., to owe or be indebted to one, in a good or a bad sense:
ut esset nemo qui non mihi vitam suam, liberos, remp. referret acceptam,Cic. Phil. 2, 5:
omnia mala, quae postea vidimus, uni accepta referemus Antonio,ascribe, id. ib. 22; Caes. B. G. 8, 58; id. B. C, 3, 57: Acceptum refero versibus, esse nocens, Ov. Trist. 2, 10. —
F In the gram m., to take a word or phrase thus or thus, to explain a word in any manner:
adversus interdum promiscue accipitur,Charis. p. 207 P. al.—(Syn. nanciscor and adipiscor: he to whom something is given, accipit; he who gets by a fortunate occurrence, nanciscitur; he who obtains it by exertion, adipiscitur.
Sumimus ipsi: accipimus ab alio,Vel. Long. p. 2243 P.—
Inter tenere, sumere et accipere hoc interest, quod tenemus quae sunt in nostra potestate: sumimus posita: accipimus data,Isid. Diff. 1).—Hence, acceptus, a, um, P. a., welcome, agreeable, acceptable (syn. gratus. Acceptus is related to gratus, as the effect to the cause; he who is gratus, i. e. dear, is on that account acceptus, welcome, acceptable;
hence the usual position: gratus atque acceptus).—First, of persons: essetne apud te is servus acceptissimus?Plaut. Cap. 3, 5, 56:
plebi acceptus erat,Caes. B. G. 1, 13;
acceptus erat in oculis,Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 5.—
Of things: dis et hominibus est acceptum quod, etc.,Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 5:
quod vero approbaris. id gratum acceptumque habendum,Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45:
munus eorum gratum acceptumque esse,Nep. Hann. 7, 3:
quorum mihi dona accepta et grata habeo,Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 56:
rem populo Romano gratam acceptamque,Cic. Phil. 13, 50;
tempore accepto exaudivi,Vulg. 2 Cor. 6, 2.—Comp., Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 96; Cic. Rep. 6, 13; Tac. A. 6, 45 al.—Sup., see above.—Adv. accepte does not occur.