raperetis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →rapio, rapere, rapui, raptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
drag off; snatch; destroy; seize, carry off; pillage; hurry;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Magne, diem, quo fati certus uterqueextremum tanti fructum raperetis amoris.tu uelut Ausonia uadis moriturus in urbe,illa rati..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...patriam ruentem nocte funesta, cum Dardana tecta Dorici raperetis ignes. non illa bello uicta, non armis, ut quondam..."