praeripiat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praeripio, praeripere, praeripui, praereptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
snatch away (before the proper time); seize first; forestall;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...istam nunc times quae advectast ne illum talem praeripiat tibi. TH. ego[n] id timeo? PH. quid..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...Pieridum vates, non tua turba sumus. quid, si praeripiat flavae Venus arma Minervae, ventilet accensas flava Minerva faces..."