direptam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →diripio, diripere, diripui, direptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pull/tear apart/to pieces/away; tear asunder/to shreds; pull out/off; divert;; grab; scramble for; snatch a share of; strive; run after, compete for (favor);; plunder, pillage, spoil, lay waste; seize and divide; steal/rob; distress;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...illam tempestatem Punici belli subterfugissent alteram captam ac direptam ab hostibus, alteram oppugnari; nec in exercitu suo satis..."Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...atque oppidanorum factam nec quicquam puberum arbitrari superesse; direptam urbem, bona locupletium donata. ad nuntium tam atrocem constitit..."