diripiendum
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. fut. pass. part.acc. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. sg. fut. pass. part.voc. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...oppugnare aggressus ante solis oocasum expugnavit et ad diripiendum militibus concessit statimque ab oppido castra movit et Metropolim..."de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...eius oppidi incolis ad unum interfectis dedisse oppidum diripiendum delendumque militibus. Caesar interim lustrato exercitu..."Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...emittitur militaris turba. oppidum deditum militibus datur diripiendum. Perseus una tantum spe Bisaltarum auxilii temptata, ad quos nequiquam..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uterque ex alterius sententia consul captum oppidum diripiendum militi dedit, exhaustis deinde tectis ignem iniecit; eodemque die Aquilonia..."