raptature
Dictionary entries
- Entry →rapto, raptare, raptavi, raptatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
drag violently off; ravage;
voc. sg. fut. act. part.
Examples
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Styga dilectum fugiens caput. inde per urbes raptatur Graias atque ardua flumina ripis, oblato donec paulum cunctata profundo..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...sepulcri?) protegis; ipse manu Tyria tibi captus Adrastus raptatur, teque ante alios, te uoce manuque inuocat; heu qualem..."- P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...picea caligine tectus nescit et arbitrio volucrum raptatur equorum. Sanguine tum credunt in corpora summa vocato Aethiopum populos..."