corripias
Dictionary entries
- Entry →corripio, corripere, corripui, correptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
seize/grasp/snatch up, lay hold of; sweep off; carry away; appropriate/arrogate;; censure/reproach/rebuke/chastise; shorten/abridge; hasten (upon); catch (fire);
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Satura X
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...mater usque ad delicias uotorum. 'cur tamen' inquit 'corripias? pulchra gaudet Latona Diana.' sed uetat optari faciem Lucretia..."X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...solacium, puta vanum et supervacuum? nolo iudices, nolo corripias; scires, quantum esset hoc, si tantundem doleres. res indignior..."