arreptus
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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...noctem adsedisset, cum hilaris cenasset, genere valetudinis praecipiti arreptus, angina, vix conpressum artatis faucibus spiritum traxit in lucem..."Vitellius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...condemnavitque, ac post praeturae honorem inter Seiani conscios arreptus et in custodiam fratri datus scalpro librario venas sibi..."Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...statim quaestor eius in praeiudicium aliquot criminibus arreptus est. Mox et ipse a Lucio Antistio tr. pl. postulatus..."Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...arbitrio inimicorum se locuturum in vincla duci iussit. Arreptus a viatore "Iuppiter" inquit, "optime maxime Iunoque regina..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...habebat; tamen et tribunos appellavit et, nullo morante arreptus a viatore, 'provoco' inquit. Audita vox una vindex libertatis..."