2001 Translation

Sounds Like: KAH-pee-ens

Translations: taking, seizing, capturing, receiving, understanding, one who takes, one who receives

From the root: CAPIO

Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective, Noun

Explanation: CAPIENS is the present active participle of the Latin verb CAPIO, meaning 'to take', 'to seize', 'to capture', 'to receive', or 'to understand'. As a participle, it can function adjectivally, describing something that is in the act of taking or receiving. It can also be substantivized, meaning it acts as a noun, referring to 'one who takes' or 'one who receives'. It describes an ongoing action.

Inflection: Present Active Participle, Singular (Nominative, Accusative, Genitive, Dative, Ablative), Plural (Nominative/Accusative Neuter)

Instances

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 5:53
• Book Two — 5:53

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, CAPIO.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• CAPIO — take, seize, capture, grasp, understand, receive, obtain, hold, contain, choose, adopt, undertake, begin, suffer, experience, reach, arrive at
• CAPTA — taken, captured, seized, having been taken, having been captured, having been seized

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