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
- T
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..." - P
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..."