captito

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

captĭto, āvi, 1, v. freq. a. [capto, capio],

to strive eagerly after , to snatch at any thing (very rare), Ap. Deo Socr. p. 52; cf. Gell. 9, 6, 3.