arripiant
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;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...esset. Ferentini ob eandem causam praetor noster quaestores arripi iussit: alter se de muro deiecit, alter prensus..."de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...praesens pertinet tempus, quod tam breue est ut arripi non possit, et id ipsum illis districtis in multa..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...multum afuerit quin impetu populi Caeso interiret. Verginius arripi iubet hominem et in vincula duci. Patricii vi contra..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...vindicem fore. Cum circumstaret cotidiana multitudo licentia accensa, arripi unum insignem ducem seditionum iussit. Ille cum a lictoribus..."