dereptis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deripio, deripere, deripui, dereptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
seize/grab/snatch/take away; tear/pull off/down; remove (violently);
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...Lenaee, ueni, nudataque musto tinge nouo mecum dereptis crura coturnis. Principio arboribus uaria est natura creandis. namque aliae..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...infelix quae matri bracchia tendat, trunca sed ostendens dereptis vulnera membris 'adspice, mater!' ait. visis ululavit Agaue collaque..."