praereptum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praeripio, praeripere, praeripui, praereptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
snatch away (before the proper time); seize first; forestall;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...urbanis rebus te apstines? Huc mihi uenisti sponsam praereptum meam. Abi rus, abi dierectus tuam in prouinciam..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Phoebum crede dari. quae spes nymphis aufertur Achaeis, praereptum quanto proles Boebeia questu audiet et flavi quam tristis..."