apprenso

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

apprenso (adp-), āre, v. freq. [apprendo, i. e. apprehendo],

to seize something with eagerness; of the air, to catch , snuff up : naribus auras, Grat. Cyn. 239 (cf. Verg. G. 1, 376: patulis captavit naribus auras).