surpuit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →surpo, surpere, surpui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Early
take away secretly; steal, filch; (archaic form of surripere);
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...fuerunt filii nati duo; alterum quadrimum puerum servos surpuit eumque hinc profugiens vendidit in Alide patri huius..."Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Cretatam praetor cum vellet mittere mappam, Praetori mappam surpuit Hermogenes. Attulerat mappam nemo, dum furta timentur: Mantele..."