arreptos
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;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...praeterea clausa omnia repperisse; atque illum interim arrepto deductoque ad terram Stephano colluctatum diu, dum modo ferrum extorquere..."
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...dies, obnixa virum sic comminus haeret pugna nec arrepto pelli de corpore possunt. ut bovis exuvias multo..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...spumat amor, spectant hilares obstantque magistri. Occupat arrepto iam conscia tempore mater: 'Hasne inter simulare choros et bracchia..."Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...stagna loquacia cycni. 'immo,' ait 'o cives,' arrepto tempore Turnus, 'cogite concilium et pacem laudate sedentes; illi armis..."Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...bene de laxis cassibus exit aper. Saucius arrepto piscis teneatur ab hamo: Perprime temptatam, nec nisi victor..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...manasset ni C. Decimius Flauus tribunus militum signo arrepto primi hastati manipulum eius signi sequi se iussisset. duxit..."Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inclinatam ac trepidantes suos uidet, equo arrepto cum ducentis ferme equitibus effugit; cetera a fronte pulsa, inde..."Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fuit, cum in laevum cornu prope iam pulsum arrepto repente equo cum scuto pedestri advectus conspectu suo proelium..."