conprehensibilis

comprĕhensĭbĭlis ( conp- ), e, adj. [comprehendo], that can be seized or laid hold of (very rare; prob. first used by Cic.).

I.

Prop.:

comprehensibile et solidum corpus,

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

II.

Trop.

* A.

Perceptible by the senses, evident:

comprehensibilia oculis foramina,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 24, 1.—

* B.

Perceptible to the mind, conceivable, intelligible: id autem visum, cum ipsum per se cerneretur, comprehensibile, feretis haec? Nos vero, inquit, quonam enim modo katalêpton diceres? etc., * Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 41:

natura non comprehensibilis,

Cels. 1 pr. §

46: causae,

Arn. 1, p. 37.