Significatio vocis captito | Babel Free

Definitiones

to strive eagerly after, snatch at any thing

conjugation-1, rare

Exempla

“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.””

Gradus CEFR