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
- G
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..."- P
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..." - T
Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...indignatus Hannibal dici ea in tali tempore audirique arreptum Gisgonem manu sua ex superiore loco detraxit. quae insueta..." - T
Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...hostium] erat cohors Paeligna, cuius praefectus Uibius Accaus arreptum uexillum trans uallum hostium traiecit. exsecratus inde seque..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...signo ex equo desilit et proximum signiferum manu arreptum secum in hostem rapit "Infer, miles" clamitans, "signum." Quod..." - T
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inrupit in proxima urbis, caedeque facta ignem temere arreptum imminentibus muro aedificiis iniecit. Clamor inde oppidanorum mixtus muliebri..."