capiuntur

Capiuntur is a Latin verb form meaning "they are captured" or "they are being captured." It is the third person plural present passive indicative of capio, capere, cepi, captum, a mixed-conjugation verb meaning "to seize" or "to take."

Morphology and related forms: capiuntur belongs to the third conjugation of -io verbs. The present passive paradigm for this verb includes capior, caperis, capitur, capimur, capimini, capiuntur. The present passive infinitive is capi, and the perfect passive participle is captus (with the appropriate agreement in gender and number, e.g., captus, captura, captum).

Usage: In classical Latin texts, capiuntur is used to describe prisoners or captives taken in battle or by other means. For example, milites capiuntur would translate as "the soldiers are being captured" or "the soldiers are captured." Beyond literal capture, capiuntur can appear in narrations of capture or seizure within military, political, or everyday contexts.

Etymology and related forms: The verb derives from capio, capere, cepi, captum, with captus as the past participle. Related forms include the present active capio, the active imperfect capiebam, and the various participles and infinitives derived from the same root. The present passive form capiuntur shares the characteristic endings of -io verbs in the present system.