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
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...tuendo' 'tutor' et 'struendo' 'structor' productis, quae corripiebantur, uocalibus dicta sunt. IV Versus accepti ex Q. Ennii septimo..."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..."