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(ímpetu)

  • 1 ímpetu

    m.
    impetus, drive, energy, strength.
    * * *
    1 (fuerza) vigour (US vigor); (entusiasmo) enthusiasm; (energía) energy
    ■ empezaron con mucho ímpetu they started off eagerly, they started off with great gusto
    2 (impulso) impetus; (fuerza) force
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=impulso) impetus; (Mec) momentum
    2) (=acometida) rush, onrush
    3) [al hacer algo] (=impulsividad) impetuousness, impetuosity; (=violencia) violence
    * * *
    a) (Fís, Mec) impetus, momentum
    b) (energía, ardor) vigor*, energy

    con ímpetu — energetically, vigorously

    c) ( violencia) force
    * * *
    = impetus, momentum, sinew, eagerness.
    Ex. The original impetus has been diverted into specific applications.
    Ex. They were splendid starters of projects but like so many bibliographers poor sustainers of momentum.
    Ex. Such sentiments provide the heart, soul, and sinew of comics.
    Ex. The sense of alienation that had evolved over 50 years has gradually given way to a spirit of teamwork and eagerness to learn.
    ----
    * adquirir ímpetu = pick up + speed.
    * cobrar ímpetu = gain + momentum, gather + strength, gain + impetus.
    * dar ímpetu = lend + force, give + impetus.
    * ganar ímpetu = gather + momentum, gain + impetus, gather + strength, gather + steam, gather + pace.
    * mantener el ímpetu = maintain + momentum.
    * perder ímpetu = lose + momentum, run out of + steam, lose + impetus.
    * * *
    a) (Fís, Mec) impetus, momentum
    b) (energía, ardor) vigor*, energy

    con ímpetu — energetically, vigorously

    c) ( violencia) force
    * * *
    = impetus, momentum, sinew, eagerness.

    Ex: The original impetus has been diverted into specific applications.

    Ex: They were splendid starters of projects but like so many bibliographers poor sustainers of momentum.
    Ex: Such sentiments provide the heart, soul, and sinew of comics.
    Ex: The sense of alienation that had evolved over 50 years has gradually given way to a spirit of teamwork and eagerness to learn.
    * adquirir ímpetu = pick up + speed.
    * cobrar ímpetu = gain + momentum, gather + strength, gain + impetus.
    * dar ímpetu = lend + force, give + impetus.
    * ganar ímpetu = gather + momentum, gain + impetus, gather + strength, gather + steam, gather + pace.
    * mantener el ímpetu = maintain + momentum.
    * perder ímpetu = lose + momentum, run out of + steam, lose + impetus.

    * * *
    1 ( Fís, Mec) impetus, momentum
    2 (energía, ardor) vigor*, energy
    empezó con mucho ímpetu he started off very energetically o vigorously, he threw himself into it at first
    3 (violencia) force
    el ímpetu del ataque/de las olas the force of the attack/the waves
    * * *

    ímpetu sustantivo masculino
    a) (Fís, Mec) impetus, momentum

    b) (energía, ardor) vigor( conjugate vigor), energy


    ímpetu sustantivo masculino
    1 (violencia) violence
    2 (brío) energy
    ' ímpetu' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alma
    - fuerza
    English:
    forge
    - impetus
    - steam
    * * *
    1. [brusquedad] force;
    el ímpetu del tornado arrasó el pueblecito the force of the tornado flattened the village
    2. [energía] energy;
    empezó la carrera con gran ímpetu he started the race very energetically;
    perder ímpetu to lose momentum
    3. Fís momentum
    * * *
    m impetus
    * * *
    1) : impetus, momentum
    2) : vigor, energy
    3) : force, violence

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  • 2 ímpetu

    • eagerness
    • energy
    • forwardness
    • gnu
    • go a bear
    • impetus
    • momentum
    • strength
    • vigor
    • vigour
    • violence

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > ímpetu

  • 3 adquirir ímpetu

    (v.) = pick up + speed
    Ex. This natural ebb and flow necessarily picks up speed as change accelerates.
    * * *
    (v.) = pick up + speed

    Ex: This natural ebb and flow necessarily picks up speed as change accelerates.

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  • 4 cobrar ímpetu

    v.
    to gather head.
    * * *
    (v.) = gain + momentum, gather + strength, gain + impetus
    Ex. Research into information retrieval has been gaining momentum, but not enough attention is given to its basis.
    Ex. This north/south cooperation is a five-year-old initiative that is now gathering strength = Esta cooperación norte-sur es una iniciativa que cumple cinco años y que ahora está ganando fuerza.
    Ex. The trend towards globalisation in publishing has gained impetus from the European Community's plans to create a single market by the end of 1992.
    * * *
    (v.) = gain + momentum, gather + strength, gain + impetus

    Ex: Research into information retrieval has been gaining momentum, but not enough attention is given to its basis.

    Ex: This north/south cooperation is a five-year-old initiative that is now gathering strength = Esta cooperación norte-sur es una iniciativa que cumple cinco años y que ahora está ganando fuerza.
    Ex: The trend towards globalisation in publishing has gained impetus from the European Community's plans to create a single market by the end of 1992.

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  • 5 dar ímpetu

    (v.) = lend + force, give + impetus
    Ex. The scale of computerization lends new force to the arguments in favour of centralized cataloguing.
    Ex. Two concepts given much impetus lately through the increasing study of sociology have been 'communication' and 'class'.
    * * *
    (v.) = lend + force, give + impetus

    Ex: The scale of computerization lends new force to the arguments in favour of centralized cataloguing.

    Ex: Two concepts given much impetus lately through the increasing study of sociology have been 'communication' and 'class'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar ímpetu

  • 6 ganar ímpetu

    (v.) = gather + momentum, gain + impetus, gather + strength, gather + steam, gather + pace
    Ex. The incentive to make library services more relevant to the community became increasingly urgent from the mid-seventies as the attacks on local government finance gathered momentum.
    Ex. The trend towards globalisation in publishing has gained impetus from the European Community's plans to create a single market by the end of 1992.
    Ex. This north/south cooperation is a five-year-old initiative that is now gathering strength = Esta cooperación norte-sur es una iniciativa que cumple cinco años y que ahora está ganando fuerza.
    Ex. The groundswell of movement towards integrating previously unrelated technologies and markets is now gathering a reasonable head of steam.
    Ex. The author looks at the likely future shifts in economic structures in advanced economies, as the information age replaces the industrial era, and regionalism gathers pace.
    * * *
    (v.) = gather + momentum, gain + impetus, gather + strength, gather + steam, gather + pace

    Ex: The incentive to make library services more relevant to the community became increasingly urgent from the mid-seventies as the attacks on local government finance gathered momentum.

    Ex: The trend towards globalisation in publishing has gained impetus from the European Community's plans to create a single market by the end of 1992.
    Ex: This north/south cooperation is a five-year-old initiative that is now gathering strength = Esta cooperación norte-sur es una iniciativa que cumple cinco años y que ahora está ganando fuerza.
    Ex: The groundswell of movement towards integrating previously unrelated technologies and markets is now gathering a reasonable head of steam.
    Ex: The author looks at the likely future shifts in economic structures in advanced economies, as the information age replaces the industrial era, and regionalism gathers pace.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ganar ímpetu

  • 7 mantener el ímpetu

    (v.) = maintain + momentum
    Ex. Subsequent activities by a mobile information team are maintaining the momentum of the project.
    * * *
    (v.) = maintain + momentum

    Ex: Subsequent activities by a mobile information team are maintaining the momentum of the project.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mantener el ímpetu

  • 8 perder ímpetu

    (v.) = lose + momentum, run out of + steam, lose + impetus
    Ex. When the book was losing its momentum a new edition gave the volume new life.
    Ex. However, after making some progress the revision committee seems to have run out of steam, and no firm proposals have yet been made.
    Ex. The peace proposal is losing impetus dimming widespread hopes that the proposal had raised for an end to the 25-year guerrilla war.
    * * *
    (v.) = lose + momentum, run out of + steam, lose + impetus

    Ex: When the book was losing its momentum a new edition gave the volume new life.

    Ex: However, after making some progress the revision committee seems to have run out of steam, and no firm proposals have yet been made.
    Ex: The peace proposal is losing impetus dimming widespread hopes that the proposal had raised for an end to the 25-year guerrilla war.

    Spanish-English dictionary > perder ímpetu

  • 9 cobrar ímpetu

    • gather head

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > cobrar ímpetu

  • 10 primer ímpetu

    • onrush of waters
    • onset date
    • onside
    • onto

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > primer ímpetu

  • 11 salir con ímpetu

    • come out with force

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > salir con ímpetu

  • 12 primer ímpetu

    m.
    onset, onslaught.

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  • 13 tomar ímpetu

    v.
    to take momentum, to take impulse.

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  • 14 impetuoso agg

    [impetu'oso] impetuoso (-a)
    (gen) impetuous, (vento, corrente) raging, strong

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > impetuoso agg

  • 15 impetus

    impĕtus ( inp-), ūs (dat. impetu, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 3; no gen. plur.; abl. impetibus, Lucr. 1, 293; v. also impes), m. [impeto], an attack, assault, onset (freq. and class.; in sing. and plur. equally common).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    incursio atque impetus armatorum,

    Cic. Caecin. 15, 44:

    gladiis destrictis in eos impetum fecerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 2:

    impetum facere in aliquem,

    id. ib. 1, 46 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 4:

    in agros,

    Liv. 1, 5, 4:

    ad regem,

    id. 1, 5, 7; cf.:

    in hostes,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 22, 3:

    dare impetum in aliquem,

    Liv. 4, 28, 1; 2, 19, 7:

    capere impetum in aliquem,

    Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 91:

    hostes impetu facto celeriter nostros perturbaverunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 1:

    oppidum magno impetu oppugnare,

    id. ib. 2, 6:

    primo hostium impetu pulsi,

    id. ib. 2, 24, 1:

    impetus gladiorum excipere,

    id. ib. 1, 52, 4:

    impetum sustinere,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 4:

    ferre impetum,

    id. ib. 3, 19, 3:

    fracto impetu levissimi hominis,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2:

    impetum propulsare,

    id. Mur. 1, 2:

    nec primum quidem impetum, nec secundum, nec tertium, sustinere potuerunt,

    Flor. 3, 3, 4; Liv. 33, 36, 11:

    uno impetu,

    Curt. 8, 14, 18; Lact. 3, 26, 10; 5, 4, 1:

    coërcere,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 180:

    aquarum domare,

    id. 31, 6, 31, § 58:

    nec tantum (cupiditates) in alios caeco impetu incurrunt, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 44.— Poet.: biformato impetu Centaurus, with double - shaped attack, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 8 fin.; v. biformatus.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In medic. lang., an attack of a disease, a fit, paroxysm:

    febris,

    Cels. 2, 15:

    pituitae,

    Plin. 28, 12, 50, § 183:

    coeliacorum,

    id. 20, 14, 53, § 148: oculorum, i. e. inflammation, id. 20, 3, 8, § 16:

    thymum e vino tumores et impetus tollit,

    id. 21, 21, 89, § 157; so absol., id. 22, 25, 58, § 122. —
    2.
    In mechanics, the pressure of a load, Vitr. 6, 3.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen. (without reference to an object), violent impulse, violent or rapid motion, impetus, impetuosity, violence, fury, vehemence, vigor, force.
    A.
    Physical: labitur uncta carina, volat super impetus undas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.):

    in magno impetu maris atque aperto,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 8, 1:

    Hebri,

    Phaedr. 3, prol. 59:

    impetus caeli,

    i. e. rapid motion, Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Lucr. 5, 200. — Hence also poet.: quieti corpus nocturno impetu Dedi, in the nocturnal revolution, i. e. in the night, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44:

    impetus ipse animaï Et fera vis venti,

    Lucr. 6, 591; cf.:

    tantos impetus ventorum sustinere,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6.—
    B.
    Mental, impulse, vehemence, ardor, passion, etc.
    (α).
    Sing.:

    repentino quodam impetu animi incitatus,

    internal pressure, impulse, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49; cf.:

    ut tota mente omnique animi impetu in rem publicam incumbas,

    id. Fam. 10, 5, 2; id. Att. 11, 5, 1:

    impetu magis quam consilio,

    Liv. 42, 29, 11:

    aliter in oratione nec impetus ullus nec vis esse potest,

    Cic. Or. 68, 229; cf.:

    ad omnem impetum dicendi,

    id. Deiot. 2, 5:

    actiones quae recitantur impetum omnem caloremque perdunt,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 2:

    resumere impetum fractum omissumque,

    id. ib. 7, 9, 6:

    adulescens impetus ad bella maximi,

    Vell. 2, 55, 2:

    est prudentis, sustinere ut currum sic impetum benevolentiae,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 63:

    divinus impetus,

    id. Div. 1, 49, 111:

    si ex hoc impetu rerum nihil prolatando remittitur,

    Liv. 37, 19, 5:

    donec impetus famae et favor exercitus languesceret,

    Tac. Agr. 39 fin.:

    est mihi per saevas impetus ire feras,

    I feel an impulse, Ov. H. 4, 38:

    Bessus occidendi protinus regis impetum ceperat,

    had formed a sudden purpose, Curt. 5, 12, 1:

    statim moriendi impetum cepit,

    Suet. Oth. 9.—

    Prov.: Da spatium tenuemque moram, male cuncta ministrat impetus,

    haste makes waste, Stat. Th. 10, 704 sq. —
    (β).
    Plur.:

    animalia, quae habent suos impetus et rerum appetitus,

    impulses, instincts, Cic. Off. 2, 3, 11:

    an fortitudo, nisi insanire coeperit, impetus suos non habebit?

    id. Tusc. 4, 22, 50:

    temperantia est rationis in libidinem atque in alios non rectos impetus animi firma et moderata dominatio,

    id. Inv. 2, 54, 164:

    insanos atque indomitos impetus vulgi cohibere,

    id. Rep. 1, 5.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > impetus

  • 16 inpetus

    impĕtus ( inp-), ūs (dat. impetu, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 3; no gen. plur.; abl. impetibus, Lucr. 1, 293; v. also impes), m. [impeto], an attack, assault, onset (freq. and class.; in sing. and plur. equally common).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    incursio atque impetus armatorum,

    Cic. Caecin. 15, 44:

    gladiis destrictis in eos impetum fecerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 2:

    impetum facere in aliquem,

    id. ib. 1, 46 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 4:

    in agros,

    Liv. 1, 5, 4:

    ad regem,

    id. 1, 5, 7; cf.:

    in hostes,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 22, 3:

    dare impetum in aliquem,

    Liv. 4, 28, 1; 2, 19, 7:

    capere impetum in aliquem,

    Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 91:

    hostes impetu facto celeriter nostros perturbaverunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 1:

    oppidum magno impetu oppugnare,

    id. ib. 2, 6:

    primo hostium impetu pulsi,

    id. ib. 2, 24, 1:

    impetus gladiorum excipere,

    id. ib. 1, 52, 4:

    impetum sustinere,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 4:

    ferre impetum,

    id. ib. 3, 19, 3:

    fracto impetu levissimi hominis,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2:

    impetum propulsare,

    id. Mur. 1, 2:

    nec primum quidem impetum, nec secundum, nec tertium, sustinere potuerunt,

    Flor. 3, 3, 4; Liv. 33, 36, 11:

    uno impetu,

    Curt. 8, 14, 18; Lact. 3, 26, 10; 5, 4, 1:

    coërcere,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 180:

    aquarum domare,

    id. 31, 6, 31, § 58:

    nec tantum (cupiditates) in alios caeco impetu incurrunt, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 44.— Poet.: biformato impetu Centaurus, with double - shaped attack, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 8 fin.; v. biformatus.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In medic. lang., an attack of a disease, a fit, paroxysm:

    febris,

    Cels. 2, 15:

    pituitae,

    Plin. 28, 12, 50, § 183:

    coeliacorum,

    id. 20, 14, 53, § 148: oculorum, i. e. inflammation, id. 20, 3, 8, § 16:

    thymum e vino tumores et impetus tollit,

    id. 21, 21, 89, § 157; so absol., id. 22, 25, 58, § 122. —
    2.
    In mechanics, the pressure of a load, Vitr. 6, 3.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen. (without reference to an object), violent impulse, violent or rapid motion, impetus, impetuosity, violence, fury, vehemence, vigor, force.
    A.
    Physical: labitur uncta carina, volat super impetus undas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.):

    in magno impetu maris atque aperto,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 8, 1:

    Hebri,

    Phaedr. 3, prol. 59:

    impetus caeli,

    i. e. rapid motion, Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Lucr. 5, 200. — Hence also poet.: quieti corpus nocturno impetu Dedi, in the nocturnal revolution, i. e. in the night, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44:

    impetus ipse animaï Et fera vis venti,

    Lucr. 6, 591; cf.:

    tantos impetus ventorum sustinere,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 6.—
    B.
    Mental, impulse, vehemence, ardor, passion, etc.
    (α).
    Sing.:

    repentino quodam impetu animi incitatus,

    internal pressure, impulse, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49; cf.:

    ut tota mente omnique animi impetu in rem publicam incumbas,

    id. Fam. 10, 5, 2; id. Att. 11, 5, 1:

    impetu magis quam consilio,

    Liv. 42, 29, 11:

    aliter in oratione nec impetus ullus nec vis esse potest,

    Cic. Or. 68, 229; cf.:

    ad omnem impetum dicendi,

    id. Deiot. 2, 5:

    actiones quae recitantur impetum omnem caloremque perdunt,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 2:

    resumere impetum fractum omissumque,

    id. ib. 7, 9, 6:

    adulescens impetus ad bella maximi,

    Vell. 2, 55, 2:

    est prudentis, sustinere ut currum sic impetum benevolentiae,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 63:

    divinus impetus,

    id. Div. 1, 49, 111:

    si ex hoc impetu rerum nihil prolatando remittitur,

    Liv. 37, 19, 5:

    donec impetus famae et favor exercitus languesceret,

    Tac. Agr. 39 fin.:

    est mihi per saevas impetus ire feras,

    I feel an impulse, Ov. H. 4, 38:

    Bessus occidendi protinus regis impetum ceperat,

    had formed a sudden purpose, Curt. 5, 12, 1:

    statim moriendi impetum cepit,

    Suet. Oth. 9.—

    Prov.: Da spatium tenuemque moram, male cuncta ministrat impetus,

    haste makes waste, Stat. Th. 10, 704 sq. —
    (β).
    Plur.:

    animalia, quae habent suos impetus et rerum appetitus,

    impulses, instincts, Cic. Off. 2, 3, 11:

    an fortitudo, nisi insanire coeperit, impetus suos non habebit?

    id. Tusc. 4, 22, 50:

    temperantia est rationis in libidinem atque in alios non rectos impetus animi firma et moderata dominatio,

    id. Inv. 2, 54, 164:

    insanos atque indomitos impetus vulgi cohibere,

    id. Rep. 1, 5.

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  • 17 impetus (inp-)

        impetus (inp-) ūs, m    [1 in+PET-], an attack, assault, onset: armatorum: impetum facere in curiam, S.: ad regem, L.: hostes impetu facto nostros perturbaverunt, Cs.: impetum sustinere, Cs.: terrere eum impetu, S.: me in hos impetūs obicere: continenti impetu, without a pause, Cs. —An impulse, rapid motion, impetus, impetuosity, violence, fury, rush, vehemence, vigor, force: eo impetu milites ierunt, ut, etc., Cs.: fugati terrore ipso impetuque hostium, Cs.: caeli, i. e. rapid motion: illam (navem) fert impetus ipse volantem, V.: quieti corpus nocturno impetu Dedi, i. e. in the night, Att. ap. C.: tantos impetūs ventorum sustinere, Cs.— Fig., impulse, vehemence, ardor, passion: repentino quodam impetu animi incitatus: impetu magis quam consilio, L.: in oratione: divinus: si ex hoc impetu rerum nihil prolatando remittitur, L.: famae, Ta.: Est mihi impetus ire, I feel an impulse, O.: imperii delendi: animalia, quae habent suos impetūs, impulses: non recti impetūs animi: offensionis, i. e. freshness, Ta.

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  • 18 refrenar

    v.
    1 to curb, to restrain.
    2 to repress, to bridle, to bridle up, to bring under control.
    María refrena su ira Mary represses her anger.
    3 to hold back, to rein back, to back-pedal, to hold.
    Refrenó sus resentimientos He bit back=held back his hard feelings.
    * * *
    1 (contener) to restrain, curb, control
    2 (al caballo) to rein in
    1 to restrain oneself
    * * *
    verb
    to restrain, curb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ caballo] to rein back
    2) [+ pasiones, ánimos] to restrain, hold in check
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <ímpetu/deseo> to hold back, restrain; < caballo> to rein in
    2.
    refrenarse v pron (refl) to restrain oneself
    * * *
    = check, rein in.
    Ex. They concluded that 'our citizens may rationally prefer to check crime and disorder by ounces of educational prevention, than by pounds of cure in the shape of large 'lockups' and expensive suits before the law'.
    Ex. If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.
    ----
    * refrenarse = hold back on.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <ímpetu/deseo> to hold back, restrain; < caballo> to rein in
    2.
    refrenarse v pron (refl) to restrain oneself
    * * *
    = check, rein in.

    Ex: They concluded that 'our citizens may rationally prefer to check crime and disorder by ounces of educational prevention, than by pounds of cure in the shape of large 'lockups' and expensive suits before the law'.

    Ex: If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.
    * refrenarse = hold back on.

    * * *
    refrenar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹ímpetu/deseo› to hold back, restrain, check
    2 ‹caballo› to rein in
    ( refl) to restrain oneself
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to curb, to restrain
    * * *
    v/t restrain, contain
    * * *
    1) : to rein in (a horse)
    2) : to restrain, to check

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  • 19 rapio

    răpĭo, pŭi, ptum, 3 (old perf. subj. rapsit, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; part. perf. fem. ex raptabus, Gell. ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), v. a. [root harp; Gr. harpê, a bird of prey, harpagê, harpazô; Lat. rapidus, rapax, rapina, etc.; cf. Sanscr. lup-, lumpāmi, rumpo; Gr. lupê], to seize and carry off, to snatch, tear, drag, draw, or hurry away, = violenter sive celeriter capio (freq. and class.; in Cæs. not at all, and in Cic. mostly in the trop. signif.; cf.: ago, fero, traho, capio, sumo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 15; 30; 31:

    quo rapitis me? quo fertis me?

    id. Men. 5, 7, 10; cf. Verg. A. 6, 845; Ov. M. 9, 121:

    quo me cunque rapit tempestas?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 15; cf. id. C. 3, 25, 1:

    sumasne pudenter an rapias,

    snatch, id. Ep. 1, 17, 45; cf. id. S. 1, 5, 76:

    hostes vivos rapere soleo ex acie: ex hoc nomen mihi est (sc. Harpax),

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 60:

    te ex lustris uxor,

    id. As. 5, 2, 84:

    volucri spe et cogitatione rapi a domo,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    ab aede rapuit funale,

    Ov. M. 12, 247:

    torrem ab aris,

    id. ib. 12, 271:

    deque sinu matris ridentem... Learchum... rapit,

    id. ib. 4, 516 (for which, simply sinu, id. ib. 13, 450):

    hastam, de vulnere,

    id. ib. 5, 137:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 486:

    repagula de posti,

    Ov. M. 5, 120:

    (frondes) altā rapit arbore ventus,

    id. ib. 3, 730:

    vi atque ingratis... rapiam te domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40:

    aliquem sublimem domum,

    id. As. 5, 2, 18; cf.:

    sublimem,

    id. Mil. 5, 1; id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Ter. And. 5, 2, 20:

    commeatum in naves rapiunt,

    Liv. 41, 3:

    aliquem in jus,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 21; so,

    in jus,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 56; Hor. S. 1, 9, 77; 2, 3, 72; cf.:

    in jus ad regem,

    Liv. 1, 26:

    in carcerem,

    Suet. Tib. 11; 61:

    aliquem ad cornuficem,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 156; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 37:

    ad praetorem,

    id. Aul. 4, 10, 30:

    ad supplicium ob facinus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 238:

    ad mortem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 138; id. Cat. 1, 10, 27:

    ad tortorem,

    id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    ad poenam,

    Suet. Claud. 10; 37; id. Vit. 14:

    ad consulem,

    Liv. 10, 20:

    matres, virgines, pueros ad stuprum,

    id. 26, 13:

    teneram virginem ad virum,

    Cat. 61, 3 (cf.:

    rapi simulatur virgo ex gremio matris, aut, si ea non est, ex proximā necessitudine, cum ad virum traditur, quod videlicet ea res feliciter Romulo cessit,

    Fest. p. 289 Müll.):

    illum (sc. lembum) in praeceps prono rapit alveus amni,

    Verg. G. 1, 203:

    nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divum rapiam,

    drag into open day, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13. — Poet.:

    Nasonis carmina rapti,

    i. e. torn from his home, borne far away, Ov. P. 4, 16, 1; cf. id. H. 13, 9; Stat. S. 3, 5, 6. —
    B.
    With the idea of swiftness predominating:

    Turnus rapit Totam aciem in Teucros,

    Verg. A. 10, 308:

    rapit agmina ductor,

    Luc. 1, 228:

    agmina cursu,

    Sil. 7, 116:

    legiones,

    Plin. Pan. 14:

    curru rapi,

    Sil. 1, 134:

    quattuor hinc rapimur raedis,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 86:

    Notus rapit biremes,

    Sil. 17, 276:

    carinas venti rapuere,

    Luc. 3, 46:

    rapit per aequora navem,

    hurries it away, Verg. A. 10, 660; cf.:

    ventis per aequora,

    Ov. M. 14, 470:

    missos currus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 114:

    pedes quo te rapiunt,

    id. C. 3, 11, 49:

    arma rapiat juventus,

    snatch up, Verg. A. 7, 340; so,

    arma,

    Ov. M. 2, 603:

    arma manu,

    Verg. A. 8, 220:

    bipennem dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 651:

    cingula,

    id. ib. 9, 364.—
    2.
    With reflex. pron., to hasten, hurry, tear one ' s self, etc.:

    ocius hinc te Ni rapis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 5, 29:

    se ad caedem optimi cujusque,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry off by force; to seize, rob, ravish; to plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by force, etc. (very freq.; cf.

    praedor),

    Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 11:

    erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

    tamquam pilam rapiunt inter se rei publicae statum tyranm ab regibus,

    id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    virgines rapi jussit... quae raptae erant, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 12; 2, 8, 14; so,

    virgines,

    to carry off, abduct, Sall. C. 51, 9; Liv. 1, 9; Quint. 7, 7, 3; 9, 2, 70; Hor. C. 2, 4, 8; Ov. M. 12, 225; id. A. A. 1, 680:

    raptus a dis Ganymedes,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

    ab Idā,

    Hor. C. 3, 20, 16:

    omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 52:

    alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

    pillage and plunder, Verg. A. 2, 374 (the Homeric agousi kai pherousi; for which, in prose, ferre et agere; v. ago); cf.:

    rapturus moenia Romae,

    Luc. 3, 99:

    Theumeson,

    to seize by force, Stat. Th. 4, 370:

    Armeniam,

    to plunder, lay waste, Tac. A. 13, 6:

    Karthaginem,

    Sil. 15, 401:

    urbem,

    Stat. Th. 7, 599:

    raptas ad litora vertere praedas,

    Verg. A. 1, 528.— Absol.:

    rapio propalam,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 10:

    ut Spartae, rapere ubi pueri et clepere discunt,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 5, 11 (Non. 20, 14):

    agunt, rapiunt, tenent,

    id. Rep. 3, 33, 45 Mos.; cf.

    along with trahere,

    Sall. C. 11, 4; id. J. 41, 5;

    with congerere, auferre,

    Mart. 8, 44, 9.— With the idea of rapidity predominating: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, to conquer rapidly (= raptim capere), Liv. 6, 23, 5 Drak.; so,

    castra,

    Flor. 3, 20, 4; 4, 12, 34:

    Bithyniam,

    id. 3, 5, 6:

    Hispaniam,

    id. 2, 17, 6:

    arces,

    Luc. 6, 14.— Part. perf. subst.
    (α).
    rapta, ae, f., the ravished one, the seduced:

    gratus raptae raptor fuit,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 680; id. H. 5, 97; 13, 55; 16, 339; id. F. 4, 607.—
    (β).
    raptum, i, n., the plunder, that which is stolen:

    rapto vivere,

    to live by robbery, Liv. 7, 25 fin.; 22, 39; 28, 24: Quint. 3, 7, 24; Sen. Ep. 70 fin.; Curt. 3, 10 fin.; Just. 41, 4, 7; Verg. A. 7, 749; Ov. M. 11, 291; id. Tr. 5, 10, 16;

    for which: ex rapto vivere,

    id. M. 1, 144; so,

    rapto gaudere,

    Liv. 29, 6, 3 Drak.:

    rapto potiri,

    Verg. A. 4, 217:

    rapto uti,

    Vell. 2, 73, 3:

    sine rapto vivere,

    id. 2, 32 fin. —
    2.
    To cut off, mutilate ( poet.):

    caput,

    Sil. 15, 807:

    ora gladio,

    id. 7, 704:

    rapuit non dente ferarum,

    Luc. 10, 517.—
    3.
    To carry off suddenly or prematurely by death, to snatch away ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 20; so id. ib. 2, 17, 5; 4, 2, 21; id. Ep. 1, 14, 7; Verg. A. 6, 428; Ov. P. 4, 11, 5; Stat. S. 2, 1, 208; 5, 3, 16; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 46; Suet. Calig. 7; Just. 2, 2, 13 (but Liv. 3, 50, 8: fato erepta, v. Drak.)— Absol.:

    et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis,

    i. e. hurries on, Verg. G. 3, 68:

    RAPTA EST = obiit,

    Inscr. Orell. 4475.
    II.
    Transf. ( poet.), of any action or motion which resembles seizing, snatching, etc.:

    flammanm,

    to catch quickly, Verg. A. 1, 176; Ov. M. 3, 374; cf.:

    incendia,

    id. ib. 15, 350: nigrum colorem, to take or assume quickly, id. ib. 7, 289; cf.:

    vim monstri,

    id. ib. 4, 744;

    and v. III.: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populos,

    leads hastily on, Verg. A. 7, 725; cf. id. ib. 10, 178: rapiuntque ruuntque; Litora deseruere, take hold, seize in haste (the cables, etc.), id. ib. 4, 581; cf.:

    scalas, Auct. B. Alex. 20, 4.—Of the gliding movement of a serpent nec rapit immensos orbes per humum,

    sweeps along, Verg. G. 2, 153:

    pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit,

    i. e. range quickly through, Verg. A. 6, 8 Heyne; cf.:

    acrior et campum sonipes rapit,

    Stat. Th. 5, 3.
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to snatch, force, or hurry away:

    fertur quasi torrens oratio, quamvis multa cujusquemodi rapiat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

    ipsae res verba rapiunt,

    carry along with them, id. ib. 3, 5, 19: aspice me quanto rapiat Fortuna periclo, carries away (the figure taken from a storm at sea), Prop. 1, 15, 3:

    aliquem in deteriorem viam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 54; cf.:

    (comoediam) in pejorem partem,

    i. e. to put a bad construction upon, to misconstrue, misrepresent, Ter. Ad. prol. 3: consilium meum in contrariam partem, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 2:

    aliquem in invidiam,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

    opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 43:

    si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve,

    Verg. A. 9, 211; Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    cum aliqua his ampla et honesta res objecta est, totos ad se convertit et rapit,

    seizes upon, appropriates, id. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf.:

    commoda ad se,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 22:

    victoriae gloriam in se,

    Liv. 33, 11 fin.:

    almum Quae rapit hora diem,

    snatches away, Hor. C. 4, 7, 8; cf.:

    simul tecum solatia rapta,

    Verg. E. 9, 18:

    impetus rapit huc, rapit illuc,

    Stat. Th. 12, 794.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry along or away with passion, to transport, ravish, captivate; and with a designation of the limit, to carry or hurry away, to attract strongly to any thing (usually in a bad sense):

    impetu raptus,

    Quint. 7, 2, 44:

    judicem rapere,

    id. 6, 2, 3; cf. id. 10, 1, 110; 12, 10, 61:

    praedae ac rapinarum cupiditas caeca te rapiebat,

    Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

    amentiā rapi,

    id. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

    furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa?

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13; cf.:

    in medias res auditorem,

    id. A. P. 149:

    utraque forma rapit,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 44:

    quem (sc. leonem) cruenta Per medias rapit ira caedes,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 12:

    rapit omnes ira,

    Sil. 14, 299: hormê, quae hominem huc et illuc rapit, Cic. Off. 1, 28 fin.; cf. Verg. A. 4, 286; 8, 21:

    ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38:

    animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapiebat,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    ea (cupiditas) ad oppugnandam Capuam rapit,

    Liv. 7, 30 et saep.—In a good sense:

    qui ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā omni studioque rapiantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111:

    rapi ad opes augendas generis humani,

    id. Rep. 1, 2, 3. — Poet., with inf. (for ad aliquid):

    (mundus) rapit aetherios per carmina pandere census,

    Manil. 1, 12.—
    2.
    To seize by violence, to snatch, steal ( poet.): Hippodameam raptis nactu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 398 Vahl.):

    oscula,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 28; Tib. 1, 4, 53; 55; [p. 1524] 1, 8, 58; cf.:

    Venerem incertam,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 109; cf.:

    sed rapiat sitiens Venerem,

    but may eagerly seize upon, Verg. G. 3, 137:

    illicitas voluptates,

    Tac. H. 3, 41:

    spem adoptionis acrius in dies,

    id. ib. 1, 13 fin.:

    quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit expediam,

    id. A. 4, 1; cf. id. H. 2, 6.—
    3.
    With the idea of rapidity or haste predominating, to snatch, seize, or lay hold of quickly, to hasten, precipitate ( poet.; in prose only since the Aug. per.): vive, Ulixes, dum licet: Oculis postremum lumen radiatum rape: non dixit cape, non pete; haberet enim moram sperantis diutius sese victurum;

    sed rape,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162 (from an old poet.):

    rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 3; so,

    occasionem,

    Juv. 15, 39:

    viam,

    to hasten, Ov. H. 19, 74 Loers; cf.

    iter,

    Sil. 12, 471:

    gressus,

    Luc. 3, 116:

    cursus,

    id. 5, 403:

    letum,

    id. 4, 345:

    bellum,

    to wage suddenly, id. 5, 403:

    nefas,

    to hasten, precipitate, id. 10, 428:

    ut limis rapias, quid prima secundo Cera velit versu,

    may hastily note, Hor. S. 2, 5, 53 al. —In prose:

    raptae prope inter arma nuptiae,

    Liv. 30, 14, 2 Drak.:

    repente impetu facto transitum rapuit,

    Front. Strat. 1, 4, 8:

    inter rapienda momenta periculorum communium,

    Amm. 18, 7, 7 et saep.—
    4.
    In late Lat., to strive for in purchasing:

    exemplaria litterarum certatim,

    Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

    librum totā certatim urbe,

    Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.

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  • 20 rapta

    răpĭo, pŭi, ptum, 3 (old perf. subj. rapsit, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22; part. perf. fem. ex raptabus, Gell. ap. Charis. p. 39 P.), v. a. [root harp; Gr. harpê, a bird of prey, harpagê, harpazô; Lat. rapidus, rapax, rapina, etc.; cf. Sanscr. lup-, lumpāmi, rumpo; Gr. lupê], to seize and carry off, to snatch, tear, drag, draw, or hurry away, = violenter sive celeriter capio (freq. and class.; in Cæs. not at all, and in Cic. mostly in the trop. signif.; cf.: ago, fero, traho, capio, sumo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 15; 30; 31:

    quo rapitis me? quo fertis me?

    id. Men. 5, 7, 10; cf. Verg. A. 6, 845; Ov. M. 9, 121:

    quo me cunque rapit tempestas?

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 15; cf. id. C. 3, 25, 1:

    sumasne pudenter an rapias,

    snatch, id. Ep. 1, 17, 45; cf. id. S. 1, 5, 76:

    hostes vivos rapere soleo ex acie: ex hoc nomen mihi est (sc. Harpax),

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 60:

    te ex lustris uxor,

    id. As. 5, 2, 84:

    volucri spe et cogitatione rapi a domo,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    ab aede rapuit funale,

    Ov. M. 12, 247:

    torrem ab aris,

    id. ib. 12, 271:

    deque sinu matris ridentem... Learchum... rapit,

    id. ib. 4, 516 (for which, simply sinu, id. ib. 13, 450):

    hastam, de vulnere,

    id. ib. 5, 137:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 486:

    repagula de posti,

    Ov. M. 5, 120:

    (frondes) altā rapit arbore ventus,

    id. ib. 3, 730:

    vi atque ingratis... rapiam te domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40:

    aliquem sublimem domum,

    id. As. 5, 2, 18; cf.:

    sublimem,

    id. Mil. 5, 1; id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Ter. And. 5, 2, 20:

    commeatum in naves rapiunt,

    Liv. 41, 3:

    aliquem in jus,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 21; so,

    in jus,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 56; Hor. S. 1, 9, 77; 2, 3, 72; cf.:

    in jus ad regem,

    Liv. 1, 26:

    in carcerem,

    Suet. Tib. 11; 61:

    aliquem ad cornuficem,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 156; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 37:

    ad praetorem,

    id. Aul. 4, 10, 30:

    ad supplicium ob facinus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 238:

    ad mortem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 138; id. Cat. 1, 10, 27:

    ad tortorem,

    id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    ad poenam,

    Suet. Claud. 10; 37; id. Vit. 14:

    ad consulem,

    Liv. 10, 20:

    matres, virgines, pueros ad stuprum,

    id. 26, 13:

    teneram virginem ad virum,

    Cat. 61, 3 (cf.:

    rapi simulatur virgo ex gremio matris, aut, si ea non est, ex proximā necessitudine, cum ad virum traditur, quod videlicet ea res feliciter Romulo cessit,

    Fest. p. 289 Müll.):

    illum (sc. lembum) in praeceps prono rapit alveus amni,

    Verg. G. 1, 203:

    nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divum rapiam,

    drag into open day, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13. — Poet.:

    Nasonis carmina rapti,

    i. e. torn from his home, borne far away, Ov. P. 4, 16, 1; cf. id. H. 13, 9; Stat. S. 3, 5, 6. —
    B.
    With the idea of swiftness predominating:

    Turnus rapit Totam aciem in Teucros,

    Verg. A. 10, 308:

    rapit agmina ductor,

    Luc. 1, 228:

    agmina cursu,

    Sil. 7, 116:

    legiones,

    Plin. Pan. 14:

    curru rapi,

    Sil. 1, 134:

    quattuor hinc rapimur raedis,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 86:

    Notus rapit biremes,

    Sil. 17, 276:

    carinas venti rapuere,

    Luc. 3, 46:

    rapit per aequora navem,

    hurries it away, Verg. A. 10, 660; cf.:

    ventis per aequora,

    Ov. M. 14, 470:

    missos currus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 114:

    pedes quo te rapiunt,

    id. C. 3, 11, 49:

    arma rapiat juventus,

    snatch up, Verg. A. 7, 340; so,

    arma,

    Ov. M. 2, 603:

    arma manu,

    Verg. A. 8, 220:

    bipennem dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 651:

    cingula,

    id. ib. 9, 364.—
    2.
    With reflex. pron., to hasten, hurry, tear one ' s self, etc.:

    ocius hinc te Ni rapis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 118; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 5, 29:

    se ad caedem optimi cujusque,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry off by force; to seize, rob, ravish; to plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by force, etc. (very freq.; cf.

    praedor),

    Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 11:

    erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

    tamquam pilam rapiunt inter se rei publicae statum tyranm ab regibus,

    id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

    virgines rapi jussit... quae raptae erant, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 12; 2, 8, 14; so,

    virgines,

    to carry off, abduct, Sall. C. 51, 9; Liv. 1, 9; Quint. 7, 7, 3; 9, 2, 70; Hor. C. 2, 4, 8; Ov. M. 12, 225; id. A. A. 1, 680:

    raptus a dis Ganymedes,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

    ab Idā,

    Hor. C. 3, 20, 16:

    omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 52:

    alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

    pillage and plunder, Verg. A. 2, 374 (the Homeric agousi kai pherousi; for which, in prose, ferre et agere; v. ago); cf.:

    rapturus moenia Romae,

    Luc. 3, 99:

    Theumeson,

    to seize by force, Stat. Th. 4, 370:

    Armeniam,

    to plunder, lay waste, Tac. A. 13, 6:

    Karthaginem,

    Sil. 15, 401:

    urbem,

    Stat. Th. 7, 599:

    raptas ad litora vertere praedas,

    Verg. A. 1, 528.— Absol.:

    rapio propalam,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 10:

    ut Spartae, rapere ubi pueri et clepere discunt,

    Cic. Rep. 4, 5, 11 (Non. 20, 14):

    agunt, rapiunt, tenent,

    id. Rep. 3, 33, 45 Mos.; cf.

    along with trahere,

    Sall. C. 11, 4; id. J. 41, 5;

    with congerere, auferre,

    Mart. 8, 44, 9.— With the idea of rapidity predominating: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, to conquer rapidly (= raptim capere), Liv. 6, 23, 5 Drak.; so,

    castra,

    Flor. 3, 20, 4; 4, 12, 34:

    Bithyniam,

    id. 3, 5, 6:

    Hispaniam,

    id. 2, 17, 6:

    arces,

    Luc. 6, 14.— Part. perf. subst.
    (α).
    rapta, ae, f., the ravished one, the seduced:

    gratus raptae raptor fuit,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 680; id. H. 5, 97; 13, 55; 16, 339; id. F. 4, 607.—
    (β).
    raptum, i, n., the plunder, that which is stolen:

    rapto vivere,

    to live by robbery, Liv. 7, 25 fin.; 22, 39; 28, 24: Quint. 3, 7, 24; Sen. Ep. 70 fin.; Curt. 3, 10 fin.; Just. 41, 4, 7; Verg. A. 7, 749; Ov. M. 11, 291; id. Tr. 5, 10, 16;

    for which: ex rapto vivere,

    id. M. 1, 144; so,

    rapto gaudere,

    Liv. 29, 6, 3 Drak.:

    rapto potiri,

    Verg. A. 4, 217:

    rapto uti,

    Vell. 2, 73, 3:

    sine rapto vivere,

    id. 2, 32 fin. —
    2.
    To cut off, mutilate ( poet.):

    caput,

    Sil. 15, 807:

    ora gladio,

    id. 7, 704:

    rapuit non dente ferarum,

    Luc. 10, 517.—
    3.
    To carry off suddenly or prematurely by death, to snatch away ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 20; so id. ib. 2, 17, 5; 4, 2, 21; id. Ep. 1, 14, 7; Verg. A. 6, 428; Ov. P. 4, 11, 5; Stat. S. 2, 1, 208; 5, 3, 16; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 46; Suet. Calig. 7; Just. 2, 2, 13 (but Liv. 3, 50, 8: fato erepta, v. Drak.)— Absol.:

    et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis,

    i. e. hurries on, Verg. G. 3, 68:

    RAPTA EST = obiit,

    Inscr. Orell. 4475.
    II.
    Transf. ( poet.), of any action or motion which resembles seizing, snatching, etc.:

    flammanm,

    to catch quickly, Verg. A. 1, 176; Ov. M. 3, 374; cf.:

    incendia,

    id. ib. 15, 350: nigrum colorem, to take or assume quickly, id. ib. 7, 289; cf.:

    vim monstri,

    id. ib. 4, 744;

    and v. III.: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populos,

    leads hastily on, Verg. A. 7, 725; cf. id. ib. 10, 178: rapiuntque ruuntque; Litora deseruere, take hold, seize in haste (the cables, etc.), id. ib. 4, 581; cf.:

    scalas, Auct. B. Alex. 20, 4.—Of the gliding movement of a serpent nec rapit immensos orbes per humum,

    sweeps along, Verg. G. 2, 153:

    pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit,

    i. e. range quickly through, Verg. A. 6, 8 Heyne; cf.:

    acrior et campum sonipes rapit,

    Stat. Th. 5, 3.
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to snatch, force, or hurry away:

    fertur quasi torrens oratio, quamvis multa cujusquemodi rapiat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

    ipsae res verba rapiunt,

    carry along with them, id. ib. 3, 5, 19: aspice me quanto rapiat Fortuna periclo, carries away (the figure taken from a storm at sea), Prop. 1, 15, 3:

    aliquem in deteriorem viam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 54; cf.:

    (comoediam) in pejorem partem,

    i. e. to put a bad construction upon, to misconstrue, misrepresent, Ter. Ad. prol. 3: consilium meum in contrariam partem, Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 2:

    aliquem in invidiam,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

    opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 43:

    si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve,

    Verg. A. 9, 211; Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    cum aliqua his ampla et honesta res objecta est, totos ad se convertit et rapit,

    seizes upon, appropriates, id. Off. 2, 10, 37; cf.:

    commoda ad se,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 22:

    victoriae gloriam in se,

    Liv. 33, 11 fin.:

    almum Quae rapit hora diem,

    snatches away, Hor. C. 4, 7, 8; cf.:

    simul tecum solatia rapta,

    Verg. E. 9, 18:

    impetus rapit huc, rapit illuc,

    Stat. Th. 12, 794.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To carry along or away with passion, to transport, ravish, captivate; and with a designation of the limit, to carry or hurry away, to attract strongly to any thing (usually in a bad sense):

    impetu raptus,

    Quint. 7, 2, 44:

    judicem rapere,

    id. 6, 2, 3; cf. id. 10, 1, 110; 12, 10, 61:

    praedae ac rapinarum cupiditas caeca te rapiebat,

    Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

    amentiā rapi,

    id. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

    furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa?

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13; cf.:

    in medias res auditorem,

    id. A. P. 149:

    utraque forma rapit,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 44:

    quem (sc. leonem) cruenta Per medias rapit ira caedes,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 12:

    rapit omnes ira,

    Sil. 14, 299: hormê, quae hominem huc et illuc rapit, Cic. Off. 1, 28 fin.; cf. Verg. A. 4, 286; 8, 21:

    ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38:

    animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapiebat,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    ea (cupiditas) ad oppugnandam Capuam rapit,

    Liv. 7, 30 et saep.—In a good sense:

    qui ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā omni studioque rapiantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111:

    rapi ad opes augendas generis humani,

    id. Rep. 1, 2, 3. — Poet., with inf. (for ad aliquid):

    (mundus) rapit aetherios per carmina pandere census,

    Manil. 1, 12.—
    2.
    To seize by violence, to snatch, steal ( poet.): Hippodameam raptis nactu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. v. 398 Vahl.):

    oscula,

    Hor. C. 2, 12, 28; Tib. 1, 4, 53; 55; [p. 1524] 1, 8, 58; cf.:

    Venerem incertam,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 109; cf.:

    sed rapiat sitiens Venerem,

    but may eagerly seize upon, Verg. G. 3, 137:

    illicitas voluptates,

    Tac. H. 3, 41:

    spem adoptionis acrius in dies,

    id. ib. 1, 13 fin.:

    quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit expediam,

    id. A. 4, 1; cf. id. H. 2, 6.—
    3.
    With the idea of rapidity or haste predominating, to snatch, seize, or lay hold of quickly, to hasten, precipitate ( poet.; in prose only since the Aug. per.): vive, Ulixes, dum licet: Oculis postremum lumen radiatum rape: non dixit cape, non pete; haberet enim moram sperantis diutius sese victurum;

    sed rape,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162 (from an old poet.):

    rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 3; so,

    occasionem,

    Juv. 15, 39:

    viam,

    to hasten, Ov. H. 19, 74 Loers; cf.

    iter,

    Sil. 12, 471:

    gressus,

    Luc. 3, 116:

    cursus,

    id. 5, 403:

    letum,

    id. 4, 345:

    bellum,

    to wage suddenly, id. 5, 403:

    nefas,

    to hasten, precipitate, id. 10, 428:

    ut limis rapias, quid prima secundo Cera velit versu,

    may hastily note, Hor. S. 2, 5, 53 al. —In prose:

    raptae prope inter arma nuptiae,

    Liv. 30, 14, 2 Drak.:

    repente impetu facto transitum rapuit,

    Front. Strat. 1, 4, 8:

    inter rapienda momenta periculorum communium,

    Amm. 18, 7, 7 et saep.—
    4.
    In late Lat., to strive for in purchasing:

    exemplaria litterarum certatim,

    Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

    librum totā certatim urbe,

    Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > rapta

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