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captĭo, ōnis, f. [capio].

  1. I. Lit., a catching: pignoris, Gai Inst. 4, 12; 4, 29; cf. Gell. 7, 10, 3: odoris, Lact. Opif. Dei, 10.
    1. B. A seizing, apprehension: domini, Ambros. Ob. Valent. 35.
  2. II. Trop., a deceiving, deception, fraud, deceit, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 112; 5, 2, 36; id. Most. 5, 2, 23; id. Truc. 2, 7, 65: si in parvulā re captionis aliquid vererere, Cic. Quint. 16, 53: incidere in captionem, Dig. 4, 1, 1: consilium multis captionibus suppositum, ib. 4, 4, 1; Paul. Sent. 5, 33, 2.
    1. B. Esp. freq. in dialectics, a fallacious argument, a sophism: omnes istius generis captiones eodem modo refelluntur, Cic. Fat. 13, 30: praestigiis quibusdam et captionibus depelli, id. Ac. 2, 14, 45: dialecticae, id. Fin. 2, 6, 17: captiones discutere, id. Ac. 2, 15, 46: metuere, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 45: induere se in captiones, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 41: in captione haerere, Gell. 16, 2, 5: explicare, Cic. Div. 2, 17, 41; id. Brut. 53, 198; cf. id. ib. § 197; id. Att. 10, 15, 2.
    2. C. Meton. (causa pro effectu; cf.: fraudi esse), an injury, a disadvantage: ne quid captioni mihi sit, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 19 Lorenz ad loc.: mea captio est, si quidem ejus inopiā minus multa ad me scribis, Cic. Att. 5, 4, 4; Dig. 29, 3, 7; 50, 17, 200.

captĭōsē, adv., v. captiosus fin.

captĭōsus, a, um, adj. [captio].

  1. I. Fallacious, deceptive: societas, Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 29: beneficium, Dig. 46, 5, 8 pr.: liberalitas, ib. 2, 15, 8.
    Comp., Cic. Rosc. Com. 17, 52.
  2. II. (Acc. to captio, I. B.) Captious, sophistical (most freq. in Cic.): animi fallacibus et captiosis interrogationibus circumscripti atque decepti, Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 46; so Gell. 16, 2, 13: probabilitas, Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 72: genus, id. Ac. 2, 16, 49; so in sup., id. ib.
    Subst.: captĭōsa, ōrum, n., sophisms, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22.
    Adv.: cap-tĭōsē, captiously, insidiously: interrogare, Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94.

captĭto, āvi, 1, v. freq. a. [capto, capio], to strive eagerly after, to snatch at any thing (very rare), App. de Deo Socr. p. 52; cf. Gell. 9, 6, 3.

captiuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [captio], a quirk, sophism, fallacy, Cic. Att. 15, 7 fin.; Gell. 16, 2, 8.

captīva, ae, f., v. captivus, I. A. 2 b.

captīvātĭo, ōnis, f. [captivo], a subjugation, enslavement: elephanti, Cassiod. Var. 10, 30.

* captīvātor, ōris, m. [captivo], he that takes captive, Aug. Ep. 199.

captīvĭtas, ātis, f. [captivus], the condition of captivus (post-Aug.; cf. Madvig. Cic. Cornel. Fragm. ap. Orell. V. 2, p. 71).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Of living beings, captivity, bondage, Sen. Ep. 85, 27; Tac. A. 12, 51; 4, 25; 11, 23; id. H. 5, 21; Just. 3, 5, 2; 4, 3. 3; 4, 5, 12; 11, 3, 7; 11, 14, 11.
      Also of animals, Plin. 8, 37, 56, § 134; Flor. 1, 18, 28.
    2. B. Collect.: nisi coetu alienigenarum, velut captivitas, inferatur, Tac. A. 11, 23.
    3. C. Of inanim. things, a taking, capture: urbium, Tac. A. 16, 16; id. H. 3, 83: Africae, Flor. 2, 6, 8.
      Also in plur.: urbium, Tac. H. 3, 70.
  2. II. (Acc. to capio. II. A. 2. a.) Oculorum, blindness, App. M. 1, p. 104, 36 Elm.

captīvo, āre, v. a. [captivus], to take captive (eccl. Lat.), Aug. Civ. Dei, 1, 1; Vulg. Rom. 7, 23.

captīvus, a, um, adj. [captus, capio, II. A. 1.].

  1. I. Of living beings.
    1. A. Of men, taken prisoner, captive.
      1. 1. In gen. (rare): urbs regi, captiva corpora Romanis cessere, Liv. 31, 46, 16; cf.: vix precibus, Neptune, tuis captiva resolvit Corpora, Ov. A. A. 2, 587: multitudo captiva servorum, Liv. 7, 27, 9: mancipia, id. 32, 26, 6: Tecmessa, Hor. C. 2, 4, 6: pubes, id. ib. 3, 5, 18: matres, Ov. M. 13, 560.
      2. 2. Subst.: cap-tīvus, i, m., a captive in war, a captive, prisoner (freq. and class.), Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 82; id. Phil. 8, 11, 32; id. Tusc. 3, 22, 54; id. Off. 1, 12, 38; 1, 13, 39; id. Fam. 5, 11, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 22; 1, 50; Nep. Hann. 7, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 115 al.; Verg. A. 9, 273; Hor. S. 1, 3, 89; id. Ep. 1, 16, 69; Ov. M. 13, 251; Juv. 7, 201.
        1. b. captīva, ae, f.: tristis captiva, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 39; id. M. 13, 471; Curt. 6, 2, 5; 8, 4, 26; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 264.
    2. B. Transf., poet., that pertains or belongs to captives: sanguis, Verg. A. 10, 520: cruor, Tac. A. 14, 30: crines, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 45: lacerti, id. M. 13, 667: colla, id. P. 2, 1, 43: sitis, Mart. 11, 96, 4: bracchia, Sen. Herc. Oet. 109 al.
    3. C. Of animals, caught or taken: pisces, Ov. M. 13, 932: ferae, id. ib. 1, 475: vulpes, id. F. 4, 705: crocodili, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 93: mullus, Mart. 10, 37 al.
  2. II. Of inanim. things, captured, plundered, taken as booty, spoiled, taken by force: naves, Caes. B. C. 2, 5; Liv. 26, 47, 3: navigia, id. 10, 2, 12: carpenta, id. 33, 23, 4: pecunia, id. 1, 53, 3; 10, 46, 6: aurum argentumque, id. 45, 40, 1: signa, id. 7, 37, 13: arma, id. 9, 40, 15: solum, id. 5, 30, 3: ager, id. 2, 48, 2; Tac. A. 12, 32: res, Plin. 33, 1, 3, § 7: vestis, Verg. A. 2, 765: portatur ebur, captiva Corinthus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 193: currus, Verg. A. 7, 184: caelum, Ov. M. 1, 184 al.
    1. B. Trop.: captiva mens, i.e. by love, Ov. Am. 1, 2, 30.