abreptam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abripio, abripere, abripui, abreptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
drag/snatch/carry/remove away by force; wash/blow away (storm); abduct, kidnap;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...puellam dono quidam mercator dedit ex Attica hinc abreptam. PH. civemne? TH. arbitror; certum non scimu': matri' nomen..."Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fluctibus naues ceteros omnes caelestes maritimosque terrores, postremo abreptam tempestate ab Africa classem ad insulam Aegimurum, inde aegre..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...populi Romani, velut bello captam, ab complexu patris abreptam ministro cubiculi sui clienti dono dederit; ubi crudeli decreto..."