(verb) : dē-prĕhendo or dēprendo (v. prehendo; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 59), di, sum, 3
* 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.).
* 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.
* In a wider sense, to catch, overtake, surprise, apprehend, detect, find out, discover any one, esp. in doing any thing wrong.
* 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.
* With the predominant idea of restricting the free movement of an object, to impede, to check, to bring into a strait.
* Trop.
* 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.
* 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.
* To overtake, equal, imitate: juvenemque puer deprehende parentem,Stat. S. 4, 4, 74.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.

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