abreptos
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. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Miltiades
Cornelius Nepos
"...appulsa celeriter Eretriam ceperunt omnesque eius gentis cives abreptos in Asiam ad regem miserunt. Inde ad Atticam accesserunt..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...securus pelagi Chiron rogat udaque celat lumina et abreptos subito iamiamque latentes erecto prospectat equo, qua cana parumper..."