noun

prĕhensĭo

gen. prĕhensōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

or , , prehendo

a seizing; apprenending; the right of arresting any one

a seizing, apprenending.—Lit. (ante-class.): tribuni plebis prensionem habent, the right of arresting any one, Atei. Cap. ap. Gell. 13, 12, 4: in magistratu habent alii vocationem, alii prensionem, Varr. ib. (in Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 6, the true reading is pressionibus).

Perseus ID: n38247 Key: prehensio