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  • Plus capio voluptatis inde, quam spectandis in theatro ludis.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • [There shall lie] a levy of distress (_pignoris capio_) [69] against

    The Twelve Tables Anonymous

  • Suetonius; the form used by the Pontifex Maximus, when he took the novice from the hand of her father, being Te capio amata, "I have you, my dear," implying the forcible breach of former ties, as in the case of a captive taken in war.

    The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 02: Augustus Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

  • Whereof the Histories of the Emperors’ Lives are full: as of Albinus, the governor of our island, who in his childhood met with this verse, Arma amens capio, nec sat rationis in armis, and in his age performed it.

    The Defense of Poesy 1909

  • Entium, miserere mei; or drowning himself in Euripum, should say: Quia ego to non capio, to me capies, it was uncertain, but that God was Ens

    Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries 1880

  • And the seal, too, -- surely I know that griffin's head, and that stern motto, _Non rogo sed capio_.

    Charles O'Malley — Volume 2 Charles James Lever 1839

  • Latin's particular because had you been looking for the word 'ceperant' in your pocket dictionary you'd probably not think to look under 'capio' and may or may not find it. but with this LUT all that's done for you.

    The Code Project Latest Articles Christ Kennedy 2010

  • You might be curious to know what a 3rd Conjugation-IO verb is when you popup a dictionary form with the definition for the word 'capio, - ere' and scanning over the list of entries there you'll find exactly what you're looking for.

    The Code Project Latest Articles Christ Kennedy 2010

  • Latin's particular because had you been looking for the word 'ceperant' in your pocket dictionary you'd probably not think to look under 'capio' and may or may not find it. but with this LUT all that's done for you.

    The Code Project Latest Articles Christ Kennedy 2010

  • You might be curious to know what a 3rd Conjugation-IO verb is when you popup a dictionary form with the definition for the word 'capio, - ere' and scanning over the list of entries there you'll find exactly what you're looking for.

    The Code Project Latest Articles Christ Kennedy 2010

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