corripiat
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. 3rd
Examples
XVII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...virus praesentaneum paro, quod statim, quod subito corripiat? at quemadmodum mihi supersit ulla defensio? an lentum et quod..."Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...exterritum Gotarzen proturbat; neque cunctatur quin proximas praefecturas corripiat, solis Seleucensibus dominationem eius abnuentibus. in quos ut patris..."