captivus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

captīvus (-vos) adj.

CAP-, taken prisoner, captive : cives: servi: multitudo servorum, L.: pubes, H.: matres. O.— Of captives : sedes: sanguis, V.: lacerti, O.— Caught, taken : pisces, O.: ferae, O.— Captured, plundered, taken as spoil, taken by force : naves, Cs.: pecunia, L.: vestis, V.: portatur ebur, captiva Corinthus, H.: caelum, O.: captiva mens, i. e. by love , O.—As subst m., a captive, prisoner : sine eis captivis: ut ex captivis comperit, Cs.: vendere captivum, H.: captivo victor potitus, O.

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