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