User:Lily Brustkern/Notepad/concipio vs. percipio

Note title	concipio vs. percipio
Concept(s)
Page(s) link(s)	Page:FC 1042.djvu/358
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con-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take or lay hold of, to take to one’s self, to take in, take, receive, etc. (class. in prose and poetry). Can mean specifically: to perceive in mind.

1. to comprehend intellectually, to take in, imagine, conceive, think

per-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio], to take wholly, to seize entirely (cf. occupo).

1. To peceive
2. To feel
3. To learn, know, conceive, comprehend, understand, perceive

The substitution of percipio for concipio suggests an emphasis on understanding via the heart as opposed to a purely intellectual understanding.

References

Lewis & Short