deripuit
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...perquam indignis modis nosque ab signo intimo vi deripuit sua. sed nunc sese ut ferunt res fortunaeque nostrae..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...turbant sidera lucis equi) ramos ac uellera fronti deripuit, confessus auum, dirique nepotis incubuit stratis; iugulum mox caede..."