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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la prehendō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [deː.preˈ(ɦ)ɛn.doː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [de.preˈɛn.do]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dēprehendō''' (present infinitive dēprehendere, perfect active dēprehendī, supine dēprehēnsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ The contracted ''dēprendō'' is usual in verse for the metre.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[dē-]] and [[prehendō]] “to seize”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of catching someone.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to come upon suddenly and seize, catch, as in Plautus, and in Pliny the Elder to come upon, surprise.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to find something, in Ovid to detect, recognize, and in Livy of events to overtake.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''invenīre'' is to find in general, while ''reperīre'' and ''dēprehendere'' suppose that the thing was hidden.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to perceive, find, seize.^(Stelten 1995) It was borrowed into Spanish ''deprehender'' and [[en|deprehend]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of catching.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of finding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of detecting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To catch, seize.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To come upon, surprise.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To find.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|detect]], recognize.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To overtake.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[dēprehēnsiō]]
+ * [[dēprensa]]
+ * [[indēprēnsus]]
+ * [[dēprehēnsus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[apprehendō]]
+ * [[comprehendō]]
+ * [[prehendō]]
+ * [[reprehendō]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ Döderlein distinguishes it from [[inveniō]] and [[reperiō]].^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}