arreptum
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. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...aversum vulnerat paulum infra iugulum. Caesar Cascae brachium arreptum graphio traiecit conatusque prosilire alio vulnere tardatus est; utque..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...illud cui non iaculabile dextrae pondus?' et arreptum nullo conamine iecit in latus. absistunt procul attonitique fatentur cedere..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...facta manus in easdem porrigit undas; huius, ut arreptum laniabat vertice crinem, duratos subito digitos in crine videres..."Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...indignatus Hannibal dici ea in tali tempore audirique arreptum Gisgonem manu sua ex superiore loco detraxit. quae insueta..."Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...hostium] erat cohors Paeligna, cuius praefectus Uibius Accaus arreptum uexillum trans uallum hostium traiecit. exsecratus inde seque..."Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...signo ex equo desilit et proximum signiferum manu arreptum secum in hostem rapit "Infer, miles" clamitans, "signum." Quod..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inrupit in proxima urbis, caedeque facta ignem temere arreptum imminentibus muro aedificiis iniecit. Clamor inde oppidanorum mixtus muliebri..."