I.a reaching after or catching at something (rare): “verborum,” Cic. Part. Or. 23, 81: “puerilis vocum similium,” Quint. 8, 3, 57: “testamenti,” legacy-hunting, Plin. 20, 14, 57, § 160; Quint. 8, 6, 51.—
II. In fencing, t. t., a feint, Quint. 5, 13, 54.