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captio

captio · f

a catching

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Where it lives

Epidicus 2 · 3.07/10k
Mostellaria 2 · 2.08/10k
De Fato 1 · 2.02/10k
Noctes Atticae 16 · 1.43/10k
Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k
Pro P. Quinctio 1 · 1.16/10k
Lucullus 2 · 1.11/10k
De Partitione Oratoria 1 · 1.02/10k
Brutus 2 · 0.8/10k
De Divinatione 1 · 0.36/10k
de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1 · 0.2/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

captĭo — Lewis & Short

captĭo, ōnis, f.capio.

I Lit., a catching: pignoris, Gai Inst. 4, 12; 4, 29; cf. Gell. 7, 10, 3: odoris, Lact. Opif. Dei, 10.—

B A seizing, apprehension: domini, Ambros. Ob. Valent. 35.—

II Trop., a deceiving, deception, fraud, deceit, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 112; 5, 2, 36; id. Most. 5, 2, 23; id. Truc. 2, 7, 65: si in parvulā re captionis aliquid vererere, Cic. Quint. 16, 53: incidere in captionem, Dig. 4, 1, 1: consilium multis captionibus suppositum, ib. 4, 4, 1; Paul. Sent. 5, 33, 2.—

B Esp. freq. in dialectics, a fallacious argument, a sophism: omnes istius generis captiones eodem modo refelluntur, Cic. Fat. 13, 30: praestigiis quibusdam et captionibus depelli, id. Ac. 2, 14, 45: dialecticae, id. Fin. 2, 6, 17: captiones discutere, id. Ac. 2, 15, 46: metuere, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 45: induere se in captiones, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 41: in captione haerere, Gell. 16, 2, 5: explicare, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 41; id. Brut. 53, 198; cf. id. ib. § 197; id. Att. 10, 15, 2.—

C Meton. (causa pro effectu; cf.: fraudi esse), an injury, a disadvantage: ne quid captioni mihi sit, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 19 Lorenz ad loc.: mea captio est, si quidem ejus inopiā minus multa ad me scribis, Cic. Att. 5, 4, 4; Dig. 29, 3, 7; 50, 17, 200.

In the wild

captiost Plautus, Epidicus 5.2
captiost Plautus, Epidicus 2.2
captiones Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 7.13.7
captionem Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 6.10.3
captio Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 18.13.6
captiones Cicero, Letters to Atticus 10.15.2

6 of 35 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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