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comprehensio

comprehensio, a seizing, laying hold of

comprĕhensĭo (conp-), ōnis, f. [comprehendo], a seizing or laying hold of with the hands.
  • I Prop.
    • A In gen. (very rare): ingressus, cursus, sessio, comprehensio, Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 94; cf. id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 47, 145.—
    • B Esp., a hostile seizure, arresting, catching, apprehending: sontium, Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18.—
  • II Trop.
    • A In philos. lang., of a mental comprehending, perceiving; and in concr., a comprehension, perception, idea, transl. of the Gr. κατάληψις: mens amplectitur maxime cognitionem et istam κατάληψιν, quam, ut dixi, verbum e verbo exprimentes comprehensionem dicemus, cum ipsam per se amat, etc., Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 16, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 41 et saep.—In plur.: cogitationes comprehensionesque rerum, Cic. Fin. 3, 15, 49.—
      • 2 The power to unite and grasp as a whole things which belong together: quanta ... consequentium rerum cum primis conjunctio et comprehensio esset in nobis, Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 147 Schoem. ad loc.—
    • B In rhet.
      • 1 Expression, style, Cic. Or. 58, 198.—
      • 2 Esp., a period: ut comprehensio numerose et apte cadat, Cic. Or. 44, 149; cf. id. Brut. 44, 162; 8, 34; 37, 140 Orell. N. cr.; Quint. 9, 4, 124; 9, 115, 121 et saep.

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