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..."- P
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..." - T
Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...subter murum hostium ad cohortes auehitur atque eas arreptas, effusis omnibus ad sequendos Suessetanos, qua silentium ac solitudo..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pugnae melius rem geri quam apud se videret, arrepta signa ab signiferis ipse inferre, quaedam iacere etiam..." - P
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..."