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per-cĭpĭo , cēpi, ceptum, 3 (old form of the
I.pluperf. percepset for percepisset, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 26, 98; v. Trag. Rel. p. 207 Rib.), v. a. capio, to take wholly, to seize entirely (cf. occupo).
I. Lit.
C. To get, obtain, receive: “serere, percipere, condere fructus,to gather, collect, Cic. Sen. 7, 24: “praemia,Caes. B. C. 2, 32: “fructum ex oleā,Plin. 15, 1, 1, § 3: “civitatem ab aliquo,Just. 43, 5, 13: “hereditatem,Suet. Tib. 15; Petr. 141.—
II. Trop. (so most freq. in class. lang.; syn.: sentio, intellego, comprehendo).
B. To feel: “neque majorem voluptatem ex infinito tempore aetatis percipi posse, quam ex hoc percipiatur,Cic. Fin. 1, 19, 63: “voluptatem,id. ib. 1, 11, 37: “luctus,id. Fam. 14, 11: “dolores,id. ib. 14, 11: “gaudia,Ov. P. 2, 1, 60.—
C. To learn, know, conceive, comprehend, understand, perceive, etc.: “res percepta et cognita,Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44: “percipere et comprehendere,id. ib. 2, 8, 26: “cognosci et percipi posse,id. Fin. 1, 19, 64: “aliquid animo,id. de Or. 1, 28, 127: “artificium aliquod,id. ib. 1, 28, 127: “virtutem et humanitatem,id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10: “philosophiam,id. de Or. 1, 51, 219: “praecepta artis,id. Off. 1, 18, 60: “omnium civium nomina perceperat,knew, id. Sen. 7, 21: “nomen Graecum, sed perceptum usu a nostris,known, id. N. D. 2, 36, 91.—Hence, perceptus , a, um, P. a., perceived, observed.—Hence, subst.: percep-ta , ōrum, n., doctrines, principles, rules of an art or science: percepta appello, quae dicuntur Graecis θεωρήματα, Cic. Fat. 6, 11. —Sing.: “pro percepto liquere,as proved, certain, Gell. 14, 1, 11.
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