praeripiet
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praeripio, praeripere, praeripui, praereptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
snatch away (before the proper time); seize first; forestall;
sg. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...quidquid est uictum tibi hic uincet animus—capta praeripiet toros? adhuc timebam monstra, iam nullum est malum: cessere..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...creavit? iam feret Indicas messes odoratisque rara cinnama praeripiet Sabaeis. quis non in omni vertice Romuli reptasse dulcem..."