surrepta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →surrepo, surrepere, surrepsi, surreptus:
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;; take away secretly; steal, filch;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quasi tu nescias. * * * [palla mi est domo surrepta. MEN. Palla surrepta est tibi?] 639a MAT. Me rogas..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sacrilegium sit. Accusator, quia de templo surrepta sit pecunia, utitur hoc nomine: reus, quia privatam surripuerit, negat esse..."
