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
- D
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..." - M
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..."