arreptae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →arrepo, arrepere, arrepsi, arreptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
creep/move stealthily towards, steal up; feel one's way, worm one's way (trust);; take hold of; seize (hand/tooth/claw), snatch; arrest; assail; pick up, absorb;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...Aiaxque secundus; nos quoque—sed Mavors et Troia arrepta probabunt. illum neglectis—pudet heu!—ductoribus omnes belligerum..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ipsa carina. frangere nec tali puppim statione recuso arrepta tellure semel.' quae talia postquam effatus Tarchon, socii consurgere..."Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...subter murum hostium ad cohortes auehitur atque eas arreptas, effusis omnibus ad sequendos Suessetanos, qua silentium ac solitudo..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pugnae melius rem geri quam apud se videret, arrepta signa ab signiferis ipse inferre, quaedam iacere etiam..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...licentia impune probra et invidiam in bonos excitandi arrepta imagine Caesaris: libertique etiam ac servi, patrono vel domino..."