arripe
Dictionary entries
- Entry →arripio, arripere, arripui, arreptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
take hold of; seize (hand/tooth/claw), snatch; arrest; assail; pick up, absorb;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Viden hostis tibi adesse tuoque tergo obsidium? consule, arripe opem auxiliumque ad hanc rem: propere hoc, non placide..." 
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...saepe acri potior prudentia dextra. quam tulerit deus, arripe opem. iamque ultima nobis promere fata nefas. sileo prior..."- P
Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...nunc poscere currus. rumpe moras omnis et turbata arripe castra.' dixit, et in caelum paribus se sustulit alis..." - P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Pergameis erepte ruinis, ecce tibi Ausoniae tellus: hanc arripe velis. et tamen hanc pelago praeterlabare necesse est: Ausoniae..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...gaudens Bellona cruentis. nunc age luxuriam et Nomentanum arripe mecum. vincet enim stultos ratio insanire nepotes. hic simul..."