subreptum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →subreptum:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
stealthily;
- Entry →subrepo, subrepere, subrepsi, subreptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
creep (under/up to); move stealthily; ooze/seep (liquid); insinuate self;; come on gradually/imperceptibly/by degrees (conditions); steal along/on;; snatch away, steal;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...conscia. credo aurum inspicere volt, ne subreptum siet. ACTVS I I.i EVCLIO Exi, inquam. age exi. exeundum hercle..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...cultum et in cubiculo habitum ac fraude liberti subreptum respondit. tabulas testamenti saepius a se et incustodia dierum..."
