corripiebantur
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);
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
- A
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...tuendo' 'tutor' et 'struendo' 'structor' productis, quae corripiebantur, uocalibus dicta sunt. IV Versus accepti ex Q. Ennii septimo..." - G
Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...mortuorum usquequaque quolibet et accusatore et crimine corripiebantur. Satis erat obici qualecumque factum dictumve adversus maiestatem principis. Confiscabantur..."