comprehensibilis (conp-), e, adj. comprehendo, 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.: compre-hensibile, is, n. (opp. incomprehensibile), Tert. Apol. 48.

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

—* 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.