deripit
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);
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...capillo hinc de curru deripit? imperium tuom demutat atque edictum Apollinis. SEN. Eu hercle morbum acrem ac durum..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...modestia uoti. ergo manu uittas damnataque uertice serta deripit abiectaque inhonorus fronde sacerdos inuiso de monte redit..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...mactat Ladona Pheretaque Demodocumque, Strymonio dextram fulgenti deripit ense elatam in iugulum, saxo ferit ora Thoantis ossaque dispersit..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...natam verbisque dolore retentis pendenti nitidum vagina deripit ensem; Myrrha fugit: tenebrisque et caecae munere noctis intercepta neci..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...funera narrat, et lacrimae fecere fidem. velamina Procne deripit ex umeris auro fulgentia lato induiturque atras vestes..."