surripient
Dictionary entries
- Entry →surripio, surripere, surripui, surreptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
take away secretly; steal, filch;
pl. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...sciat. quis hanc iudices, inpudentiam ferat? negat caeco surripi potuisse gladium mulier, quae se quiete defendit; et quanto..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...foedum porrigine? quare, si quidvis satis est, peiuras, surripis, aufers undique? tun sanus? populum si caedere saxis incipias..."