to grasp, seize
→
to look
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Late Latin | |
| lexeme 1 | capto, captare | |
| lexeme 2 | catto, cattare | |
| meaning 1 | to grasp, seize | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to look at, see | Hunc vulgus cattum a captura vocant. Alii dicunt quod cattat, id est videt. (Isidore, Etymologiae) Commoners call [the cat] cattus, from the word captura ['catching']. Others say [that they call it so] because it 'cats', that is, it sees. |
| reference | Adams 2007: 427 | |
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