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Meaning of captito | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

to strive eagerly after, snatch at any thing

conjugation-1, rare

Examples

“ta enim apud Platonem, ne quisquam arbitretur omina eum uulgo loquentium captitasse”

for so it says in Plato, in case anyone supposes that he was striving eagerly after omens in ordinary talk

“"capio captus," "captito"; “facio factus,” “factito.” Sic igitur “actito” producte in prima syllaba pronuntiandum, quoniam ex eo fit quod est “ago” et “actus.””

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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