diripiuntur
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;
pl. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...imbelli turba, ab armatis caesa est; Xyniae desertae diripiuntur. Cyphaera inde Aetoli capiunt, opportune Dolopiae imminens castellum. Haec..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...nihil praeter vitam petentes dictatori deduntur. Urbs castraque diripiuntur. Postero die singulis captivis ab equite ac centurione sorte..."