corripitur
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. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...correpta producitur, ut "Italiam fato profugus", seu longa corripitur, ut "unius ob noxam et furias", extra carmen..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fraternos currere Luna admiratur equos, ambustaque nubila fumant. corripitur flammis, ut quaeque altissima, tellus fissaque agit rimas..."Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...casum sapienter tolerans a centurione ad caedem misso corripitur; suadentique venas abrumpere animum quidem morti destinatum..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Cassio milite, qui ob insigne corporis robur adstabat, corripitur vinciturque. Mox eorundem indicio Subrius Flavus tribunus pervertitur, primo..."Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...aetate extrema (adeo incertae sunt potentium res) accusatione corripitur, deferente Iunio Lupo senatore. is crimina maiestatis et cupidinem..."Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...agebat, dum superfuit pater Lepidus: post a delatoribus corripitur ob servum adulterum, nec dubitabatur de flagitio: ergo omissa..."