dē-prĕhendo — Lewis & Short
dē-prĕhendo or dēprendo (v. prehendo; cf. di, sum, 3, v. a.
Quint. 9, 4, 59),I To take or snatch away, esp. any thing which is in motion; to seize upon, catch (freq. and class.—For syn. cf.: invenio, reperio, nanciscor; offendo, aperio, patefacio, detego; incido, consequor, assequor, etc.).
A Lit.:
deprehensus ex itinere Cn. Magius,Caes. B. C. 1, 24, 4:
in ipso fluminis vado deprehensus,id. B. G. 5, 58, 6:
in agris,id. ib. 6, 30:
in ponte,Sall. C. 45:
nuntiorum pars deprehensa,Caes. B. G. 5, 45; cf.:
deprehensis internuntiis,id. B. C. 3, 112 fin.: tabellarios deprendere litterasque intercipere, Cassius ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12; and:
litterae deprehensae,intercepted, Liv. 2, 4:
onerarias naves,to seize, take possession of, Caes. B. C. 1, 36, 2; so id. B. G. 7, 58, 4; id. B. C. 1, 26 al.:
volucres jaculis,Sil. 16, 566:
cursu deprendere telum,Stat. Th. 6, 568:
subito deprehensus locutus est,taken by surprise, Sen. Ep. 11, 1.—
B Transf. of inanimate subjects. So, esp. freq. of storms:
deprensa navigia,caught, overtaken by, Lucr. 6, 429; cf. Catull. 25, 13; Verg. A. 5, 52; id. G. 4, 421; Ov. M. 11, 663; Curt. 7, 4 et saep.—
II In a wider sense, to catch, overtake, surprise, apprehend, detect, find out, discover any one, esp. in doing any thing wrong.
A Lit.:
deprehendi in aliquo manifesto scelere,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43; so,
in maximo scelere,Sall. C. 46, 2; 50, 4:
in facinore manifesto,Cic. Brut. 68 fin.:
in alio maleficio,id. Inv. 2, 4, 14:
in adulterio,id. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Vulg. Johan. 8, 3 et saep.:
dolis deprehensus,Plaut. Bac. 4, 9, 26:
nocte ferro deprehensus,Quint. 7, 6, 8:
sine duce et sine equitatu deprehensis hostibus,Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2:
(mulier) deprensa,caught in the act, Hor. S. 1, 2, 131; 134; 1, 4, 114:
in mendacio,Quint. 5, 7, 30:
aliquos flentes,id. ib. 7, 9, 11: agendi subita necessitate deprehensi, id. 1, 12, 4; 1, 8, 21:
aliquem occisum, Suet,Caes. 35 et saep.—
b Of inanimate objects:
venenum,Cic. Clu. 7, 20; cf. id. ib. 16, 47 sq.; Liv. 42, 17:
res furtiva in domo deprehensa,Quint. 5, 13, 49; cf.
sacrilegium,id. 8, 6, 26.—
B Trop.
1
(a) To comprehend, perceive, understand, detect, discover, discern, observe (chiefly post-Aug. in prose, esp. in Quint.):
cujus ego facinora oculis prius quam opinione, manibus ante quam suspicione deprehendi,Cic. Cael. 6 fin.:
quid si me stultior ipso deprenderis?Hor. S. 2, 7, 43:
hominum erga se mentes,Suet. Calig. 60:
falsas gemmas,Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198:
quam naturam ejus Pythagoras Samius primus deprehendit,id. 2, 8, 6, § 37; 2, 9, 6, § 43; 9, 28, 44, § 86; Cels. 3, 18; 7 praef.; Plin. Ep. 4, 20, 3:
falsa facilius deprehendere et refellere,Quint. 12, 1, 34:
quod vix a lectore deprehenditur,id. 4, 2, 59:
in Livio Patavinitatem,id. 1, 5, 56; cf. id. 3, 8, 69; 5, 13, 23 et saep.—
(b) With acc. et inf.:
species diversas esse facile est deprehendere,Quint. 9, 2, 44:
quosdam mitti,Suet. Aug. 44:
deprehenditur vitiose loqui,Quint. 1, 6, 7.—
2 To overtake, equal, imitate:
juvenemque puer deprehende parentem,Stat. S. 4, 4, 74.—
3 To find, discover, come upon (always implying mental action, post-Aug.):
extra carmen non deprendas,Quint. 1, 5, 18:
quod in epistolis Augusti deprehenditur,id. 1, 7, 22; 8, 6, 71:
apud Ciceronem mira figurarum mixtura deprehenditur,id. 9, 3, 40.—
III With the predominant idea of restricting the free movement of an object, to impede, to check, to bring into a strait.
A Lit.:
inter quas (latebras) deprehensus hostis,Curt. 7, 4, 4:
in fovea,id. 5, 3, 19:
flamina deprensa silvis,i. e. impeded, confined, Verg. A. 10, 98:
viae deprensus in aggere serpens,id. ib. 5, 273; cf. id. ib. 8, 247; Quint. 12, 2, 14. —
B Trop., to bring into a strait, to embarrass:
deprehensum me plane video atque sentio,Cic. de Or. 1, 48; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12 fin.:
deprensi pudorem explicant,Quint. 6, 3, 100:
(testes) plus deprehensi nocent, quam firmi et interriti profuissent,id. 5, 7, 11 al.