corripuissent
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. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...tempus clademque futuram. Illud in his rebus ne corripuisse rearis me mihi, quod terram atque ignem mortalia sumpsi..."Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Camillam, ingruere infensos hostis et Marte secundo omnia corripuisse, metum iam ad moenia ferri. ille furens (et saeva..."