arripies
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. fut. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
- A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...esset. Ferentini ob eandem causam praetor noster quaestores arripi iussit: alter se de muro deiecit, alter prensus..." - L
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..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...multum afuerit quin impetu populi Caeso interiret. Verginius arripi iubet hominem et in vincula duci. Patricii vi contra..." - T
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...vindicem fore. Cum circumstaret cotidiana multitudo licentia accensa, arripi unum insignem ducem seditionum iussit. Ille cum a lictoribus..."