arripio
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. ind. 1st
Examples
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...amores? Cvrc. Tace parumper. iacit volturios quattuor. talos arripio, invoco almam meam nutricem Herculem, iacto basilicum; propino magnum..."Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quaerere occepi * * * Dum gladium quaero ne habeat, * arripio * * capulum. Sed quom cogito, non habuit gladium: nam esset frigidus..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...aetatis meae saxa? Iratus illi proximam occasionem stomachandi arripio. 'Apparet' inquam 'has platanos neglegi: nullas habent frondes. Quam..."