adjective

comprĕhensĭbĭlis

neut. comprĕhensĭbĭle

(), , comprehendo

that can be seized; laid hold of

that can be seized or laid hold of (very rare; prob. first used by Cic.).

Prop.: comprehensibile et solidum corpus, Lact. 7, 12, 2.—As subst.:… •

Prop.: comprehensibile et solidum corpus, Lact. 7, 12, 2.—As subst.: comprĕ-hensĭbĭle, is, n. (opp. incomprehensibile), Tert. Apol. 48.—

figuratively

Trop. *

Perceptible by the senses, evident •

Perceptible by the senses, evident: comprehensibilia oculis foramina, Sen. Q. N. 6, 24, 1.—*

Perceptible to the mind, conceivable, intelligible •

Perceptible to the mind, conceivable, intelligible: id autem visum, cum ipsum per se cerneretur, comprehensibile, feretis haec? Nos vero, inquit, quonam enim modo καταληπτόν diceres? etc., * Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 41: natura non comprehensibilis, Cels. 1 pr. § 46: causae, Arn. 1, p. 37.

Perseus ID: n9676 Key: comprehensibilis