direptos
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. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...haec in munera factos. hae glaebas, illae direptos arbore ramos, pars torquent silices; neu desint tela furori, forte..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cultoribus bello absumptis et inopia seruitiorum et pecore direpto uillisque dirutis aut incensis; magna tamen pars auctoritate consulum..."Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...versa in deterius Senecae deferrent. repertique accusatores direptos socios, cum Suillius provinciam Asiam regeret, ac publicae pecuniae peculatum..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...esse quam incolerent, et longe Germaniam virisque legionum; direptos vastatosque classe etiam quos cohortes alaeque protegerent. et aversi..."