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
- P
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...puellam dono quidam mercator dedit ex Attica hinc abreptam. PH. civemne? TH. arbitror; certum non scimu': matri' nomen..." - T
Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fluctibus naues ceteros omnes caelestes maritimosque terrores, postremo abreptam tempestate ab Africa classem ad insulam Aegimurum, inde aegre..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...populi Romani, velut bello captam, ab complexu patris abreptam ministro cubiculi sui clienti dono dederit; ubi crudeli decreto..."