diripiendis
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;
abl. pl. fut. pass. part.dat. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...Cato exsurgit et optimos fidissimosque socios, quorum opibus diripiendis possidendisque non pauci ex summatibus viris intenti infensique erant..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...dextra equites, impedimenta per conuallem mediam traducit, ut diripiendis uelut desertis fuga dominorum castris occupatum impeditumque hostem opprimeret..."