per-cĭpĭo — Lewis & Short
per-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (old form of the
I pluperf. percepset for percepisset, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 26, 98; v. Trag. Rel. p. 207 Rib.), v. a. capio, to take wholly, to seize entirely (cf. occupo).
I Lit.
A To take possession of, to seize, occupy:
mihi horror misero membra percipit dictis tuis,Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 66:
priusquam percipit (eum) insania,id. Men. 5, 5, 22; id. Stich. 2, 2, 17:
neque urbis odium me umquam percipit,Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 2:
vitae percipit humanos odium,Lucr. 3, 80; 5, 605.—
B To take to one's self, to assume:
varii sensus animantibus insunt, quorum quisque suam proprie rem percipit in se,Lucr. 6, 985:
rigorem,Ov. M. 4, 745:
colorem,Plin. 21, 5, 13, § 26:
sucum thymi,Col. 11, 3, 40.—
C To get, obtain, receive:
serere, percipere, condere fructus,to gather, collect, Cic. Sen. 7, 24:
praemia,Caes. B. C. 2, 32:
fructum ex oleā,Plin. 15, 1, 1, § 3:
civitatem ab aliquo,Just. 43, 5, 13:
hereditatem,Suet. Tib. 15; Petr. 141.—
II Trop. (so most freq. in class. lang.; syn.: sentio, intellego, comprehendo).
A To perceive, observe:
ne, quod hic agimus, erus percipiat fieri,Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 2:
quod neque oculis, neque auribus, neque ullo sensu percipi potest,Cic. Or. 2, 8:
crebraeque nunc querelae, nunc minae percipiebantur,were heard, Caes. B. C. 3, 84; Liv. 2, 3, 5:
quae dicam,i. e. hear, Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 27:
et aures, cum sonum percipere debeant,id. N. D. 2, 56, 141; so,
percipe auribus,hear, give ear, Vulg. Psa. 16, 1 et saep.—
B To feel:
neque majorem voluptatem ex infinito tempore aetatis percipi posse, quam ex hoc percipiatur,Cic. Fin. 1, 19, 63:
voluptatem,id. ib. 1, 11, 37:
luctus,id. Fam. 14, 11:
dolores,id. ib. 14, 11:
gaudia,Ov. P. 2, 1, 60.—
C To learn, know, conceive, comprehend, understand, perceive, etc.:
res percepta et cognita,Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44:
percipere et comprehendere,id. ib. 2, 8, 26:
cognosci et percipi posse,id. Fin. 1, 19, 64:
aliquid animo,id. de Or. 1, 28, 127:
artificium aliquod,id. ib. 1, 28, 127:
virtutem et humanitatem,id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10:
philosophiam,id. de Or. 1, 51, 219:
praecepta artis,id. Off. 1, 18, 60:
omnium civium nomina perceperat,knew, id. Sen. 7, 21:
nomen Graecum, sed perceptum usu a nostris,known, id. N. D. 2, 36, 91.—Hence, perceptus, a, um, P. a., perceived, observed.—Hence, subst.: percep-ta, ōrum, n., doctrines, principles, rules of an art or science: percepta appello, quae dicuntur Graecis qewrh/mata, Cic. Fat. 6, 11. —Sing.:
pro percepto liquere,as proved, certain, Gell. 14, 1, 11.