captus.
capacity/ability/potentiality; comprehension; action/result of taking/grasping;
Meaning & usage
captured, having been captured, seized, having been seized, taken, having been taken
taken on, having been taken on
taken in, having been taken in, understood, having been understood
afflicted, having been afflicted
a prisoner, captive
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Indo-European *kaptós Proto-Italic *kaptos Latin captus Inherited from Proto-Italic *kaptos, from Proto-Indo-European *kaptós (“seized, held”). Synchronically, perfect passive participle of capiō (“seize, take”).
a taking, seizing
the power to comprehend, capacity
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin captus From capiō + -tus (forming action nouns).
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