ab-rumpo

irrumpo ( inr-), rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. n. and a. [in-rumpo], to break, burst, or rush in or into.

Lit.

With advv. or prepp.:

cesso huc intro inrumpere?

Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 26:

nec inrumpo, quo non licet ire,

Ov. P. 1, 7, 23:

quocunque,

id. Tr. 2, 305:

qua irrumpens oceanus, etc.,

Plin. 3 prooem. §

3: in castra,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 50; Caes. B. G. 4, 14; 6, 36:

in eam partem hostium,

id. ib. 5, 43:

in medios hostes,

id. ib. 7, 50:

in castellum,

id. B. C. 3, 67:

cum telis ad aliquem,

Sall. C. 50, 2:

ad regem,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 3, 26:

mare in aversa Asiae,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

intra tecta,

Sen. Oct. 732:

tellurem irrumpentem in sidera,

Sil. 15, 167: se in curiam, Varr. ap. Non. 263, 21:

irrumpentis in curiam turbae,

Suet. Calig. 14:

in Macedoniam,

Just. 24, 6, 1:

vacuos in agros,

Luc. 2, 441.—

With acc.:

quin oppidum irrumperent,

Caes. B. C. 2, 13. 4:

domum alicujus,

id. ib. 3, 111, 1:

portam,

Sall. J. 58, 1; 25, 9:

castra,

Just. 2, 11, 15:

interiora domus irrumpit limina,

Verg. A. 4, 645:

moenia Romae,

Sil. 13, 79:

stationes hostium,

Tac. H. 3, 9:

Italiam,

id. ib. 4, 13:

Karthaginem,

Plin. 35, 4, 7, § 23:

cubiculum,

Suet. Claud. 37:

triclinium,

id. Vesp. 5:

vacuam arcem,

Sil. 2, 692.—

With dat.:

thalamo,

Verg. A. 6, 528:

templo,

Sil. 2, 378:

trepidis,

id. 9, 365:

sacris muris,

id. 10, 368:

tectis,

id. 13, 176.—

Absol.:

cum irrumpere nostri conarentur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67:

ad primum gemitum,

upon the first groan, Suet. Oth. 11:

dixit et irrupit,

Ov. F. 6, 453:

cognoscit hostes pluribus agminibus inrupturos,

Tac. Agr. 25.—

Trop., to break or rush in or upon; to intrude upon, invade, attack, interrupt:

quo modo in Academiam irruperit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 136:

imagines in animos per corpus irrumpunt,

id. ib. 2, 40, 125:

in alicujus patrimonium,

id. de Or. 3, 27, 108:

luxuries in domum irrupit,

id. ib. 3, 42, 168:

in nostrum fletum,

id. Lig. 5, 13:

calamitates, quae ad me irruperunt,

Sen. Ep. 117:

irrumpet adulatio,

Tac. H. 1, 15: grammatici ad prosopopoeias usque... irrumpunt, venture upon, i. e. presume to teach, Quint. 2, 1, 2:

Deos,

i. e. boldly inquire the will of the gods, Stat. Achill. 1, 508:

Phoebe, hanc dignare irrumpere mentem,

to enter, inspire, id. Th. 10, 341:

animos populi,

Luc. 1, 470; 5, 167:

extremique fragor convexa irrupit Olympi,

id. 7, 478.—

To break, violate:

foedus,

Lact. 1, 18, 17; Vulg. 2 Macc. 13, 25:

institutum, Lact. de Ira Dei, 14, 6: legem,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 20:

pacem,

Cassiod. Var. 5, 43.

irruptus, ūs, m. [id.], an irruption (late Lat.), Fab. Claud. Gord. Fulg. Aet. Mund. 11, p. 141.

irruptus ( inr-), a, um, Part., from irrumpo.

irruptus ( inr-), a, um, adj. [2. in-rumpo], unbroken, unsevered:

copula,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 18.

inter-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (in tmesi:

inter quasi rumpere,

Lucr. 5, 287:

inter quasi rupta,

id. 5, 299), v. a., to break apart or asunder, break to pieces, break up (class., esp. in part. pass.).

Lit.:

contingere idem terrae necesse est, ut nihil interrumpat, quo labefactari possit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116:

interrupta et impervia itinera,

Tac. A. 3, 31:

acies,

Liv. 40, 40:

ignes,

scattered about, here and there, Verg. A. 9, 239.—Of bridges, etc.:

pontem fluminis,

to destroy, Caes. B. C. 1, 16; 1, 48; id. B. G. 7, 34; Plaut. Cas. prol. 66; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3; Liv. 2, 10; Just. 2, 13, 5.—Of the ranks of an army, esp. the enemy's line:

interrupta acies,

Liv. 40, 40:

extremum agmen,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64:

aciem hostium,

Liv. 44, 41. —

Trop., to break off, interrupt:

orationem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

iter amoris et officii,

Cic. Att. 4, 2:

ordinem,

Col. 11, 2, 25:

sermonem,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 25:

contextum,

Quint. 11, 3, 39:

querelas,

Ov. M. 11, 420:

possessionem,

Dig. 41, 3, 5:

somnos,

Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 55:

ni medici adventus nos interrupisset,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 1:

somnum,

Suet. Aug. 78.—Hence, interruptus, a, um, P. a., interrupted:

officium,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8:

consuetudo,

id. ib. 15, 14:

voces,

id. Cael. 24:

dictio silentio,

Quint. 9, 2, 71:

sermo,

Tac. H. 2, 41. — Adv.: interruptē, interruptedly:

narrare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 329.

inter-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (in tmesi:

inter quasi rumpere,

Lucr. 5, 287:

inter quasi rupta,

id. 5, 299), v. a., to break apart or asunder, break to pieces, break up (class., esp. in part. pass.).

Lit.:

contingere idem terrae necesse est, ut nihil interrumpat, quo labefactari possit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116:

interrupta et impervia itinera,

Tac. A. 3, 31:

acies,

Liv. 40, 40:

ignes,

scattered about, here and there, Verg. A. 9, 239.—Of bridges, etc.:

pontem fluminis,

to destroy, Caes. B. C. 1, 16; 1, 48; id. B. G. 7, 34; Plaut. Cas. prol. 66; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3; Liv. 2, 10; Just. 2, 13, 5.—Of the ranks of an army, esp. the enemy's line:

interrupta acies,

Liv. 40, 40:

extremum agmen,

Caes. B. C. 1, 64:

aciem hostium,

Liv. 44, 41. —

Trop., to break off, interrupt:

orationem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

iter amoris et officii,

Cic. Att. 4, 2:

ordinem,

Col. 11, 2, 25:

sermonem,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 25:

contextum,

Quint. 11, 3, 39:

querelas,

Ov. M. 11, 420:

possessionem,

Dig. 41, 3, 5:

somnos,

Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 55:

ni medici adventus nos interrupisset,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 1:

somnum,

Suet. Aug. 78.—Hence, interruptus, a, um, P. a., interrupted:

officium,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8:

consuetudo,

id. ib. 15, 14:

voces,

id. Cael. 24:

dictio silentio,

Quint. 9, 2, 71:

sermo,

Tac. H. 2, 41. — Adv.: interruptē, interruptedly:

narrare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 329.

irrumpo ( inr-), rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. n. and a. [in-rumpo], to break, burst, or rush in or into.

Lit.

With advv. or prepp.:

cesso huc intro inrumpere?

Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 26:

nec inrumpo, quo non licet ire,

Ov. P. 1, 7, 23:

quocunque,

id. Tr. 2, 305:

qua irrumpens oceanus, etc.,

Plin. 3 prooem. §

3: in castra,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 50; Caes. B. G. 4, 14; 6, 36:

in eam partem hostium,

id. ib. 5, 43:

in medios hostes,

id. ib. 7, 50:

in castellum,

id. B. C. 3, 67:

cum telis ad aliquem,

Sall. C. 50, 2:

ad regem,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 3, 26:

mare in aversa Asiae,

Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:

intra tecta,

Sen. Oct. 732:

tellurem irrumpentem in sidera,

Sil. 15, 167: se in curiam, Varr. ap. Non. 263, 21:

irrumpentis in curiam turbae,

Suet. Calig. 14:

in Macedoniam,

Just. 24, 6, 1:

vacuos in agros,

Luc. 2, 441.—

With acc.:

quin oppidum irrumperent,

Caes. B. C. 2, 13. 4:

domum alicujus,

id. ib. 3, 111, 1:

portam,

Sall. J. 58, 1; 25, 9:

castra,

Just. 2, 11, 15:

interiora domus irrumpit limina,

Verg. A. 4, 645:

moenia Romae,

Sil. 13, 79:

stationes hostium,

Tac. H. 3, 9:

Italiam,

id. ib. 4, 13:

Karthaginem,

Plin. 35, 4, 7, § 23:

cubiculum,

Suet. Claud. 37:

triclinium,

id. Vesp. 5:

vacuam arcem,

Sil. 2, 692.—

With dat.:

thalamo,

Verg. A. 6, 528:

templo,

Sil. 2, 378:

trepidis,

id. 9, 365:

sacris muris,

id. 10, 368:

tectis,

id. 13, 176.—

Absol.:

cum irrumpere nostri conarentur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67:

ad primum gemitum,

upon the first groan, Suet. Oth. 11:

dixit et irrupit,

Ov. F. 6, 453:

cognoscit hostes pluribus agminibus inrupturos,

Tac. Agr. 25.—

Trop., to break or rush in or upon; to intrude upon, invade, attack, interrupt:

quo modo in Academiam irruperit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 136:

imagines in animos per corpus irrumpunt,

id. ib. 2, 40, 125:

in alicujus patrimonium,

id. de Or. 3, 27, 108:

luxuries in domum irrupit,

id. ib. 3, 42, 168:

in nostrum fletum,

id. Lig. 5, 13:

calamitates, quae ad me irruperunt,

Sen. Ep. 117:

irrumpet adulatio,

Tac. H. 1, 15: grammatici ad prosopopoeias usque... irrumpunt, venture upon, i. e. presume to teach, Quint. 2, 1, 2:

Deos,

i. e. boldly inquire the will of the gods, Stat. Achill. 1, 508:

Phoebe, hanc dignare irrumpere mentem,

to enter, inspire, id. Th. 10, 341:

animos populi,

Luc. 1, 470; 5, 167:

extremique fragor convexa irrupit Olympi,

id. 7, 478.—

To break, violate:

foedus,

Lact. 1, 18, 17; Vulg. 2 Macc. 13, 25:

institutum, Lact. de Ira Dei, 14, 6: legem,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 20:

pacem,

Cassiod. Var. 5, 43.

irruptus, ūs, m. [id.], an irruption (late Lat.), Fab. Claud. Gord. Fulg. Aet. Mund. 11, p. 141.

irruptus ( inr-), a, um, Part., from irrumpo.

irruptus ( inr-), a, um, adj. [2. in-rumpo], unbroken, unsevered:

copula,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 18.

per-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. n. and a., to break through.

Neutr., to break or rush through, to force one's way through:

per medios hostes perrumpunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 39:

in vestibulum templi,

Liv. 3, 18:

in urbem,

id. 10, 41:

in triclinium usque,

Suet. Oth. 8.— Impers. pass.:

nec per castra eorum perrumpi ad Capuam posse,

Liv. 26, 7. —

In gen., to break through any thing:

ut rates perrumperet,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

perrumpitur concretus aër,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

bipenni Limina,

Verg. A. 2, 479:

laterum cratem,

Ov. M. 12, 370:

costam,

Cels. 8, 9.—

In partic., to force one's way through any thing:

paludem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

acie perruptā,

Vell. 2, 112, 6; Tac. H. 2, 44:

perruptus hostis,

id. A. 1, 51:

Acheronta,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 36.—

Trop., to break through, break down, overcome:

leges,

Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36:

periculum,

id. Part. 32, 112:

quaestiones,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 13:

perrumpi affectu aliquo,

Tac. A. 3, 15:

magistratus, qui te invito perrumpunt,

overcome your modesty, id. ib. 4, 40:

fastidia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 25.

prae-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. a., to break or tear off before or in front (class.):

retinacula classis,

Ov. M. 14, 547:

funes praerumpebantur,

were broken off, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

uncus praerumpitur,

Col. 3, 18, 2. —

Trop., to wrench, tear to pieces (late Lat.):

purgativa medicamina praerumpunt corpora,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 21, 128.—Hence, prae-ruptus, a, um, P. a., broken or torn off; hence, of places, steep, abrupt, rugged (syn.: abscisus, abruptus).

Lit.:

saxa,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145:

loca,

Caes. B. G. 7, 86:

praeruptum atque asperum jugum,

id. B. C. 2, 24:

praeruptum undique oppidum,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 40:

praeruptus et difficilis descensus,

id. ib.:

nemus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 91:

mons,

Verg. A. 1, 105:

rupes,

Suet. Tib. 40:

fossae,

Tac. H. 2, 41.— Absol.: praerupta, ōrum, n., steep or rugged places:

praerupta collium,

Just. 41, 1, 11:

petere,

Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 156.—In sing.:

ad praeruptum petrae,

Vulg. 2 Par. 25, 12.— Comp.:

praeruptior collis,

Col. 3, 13.— Sup.:

omnes oppidi partes praeruptissimis saxis munitae,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33.—

Trop., hasty, rash, precipitate (post-Aug.).

Of persons:

juvenis animo praeruptus,

Tac. A. 16, 7.—

Of things:

praerupta audacia, tanta temeritas ut non procul abhorreat ab insaniā,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

dominatio,

hard, stern, Tac. A. 5, 3:

praeruptum atque anceps periculum,

critical, extreme, Vell. 2, 2, 3:

seditio,

dangerous, Dig. 28, 3, 6.—Hence, praerūpium, ii, n. [prae - rupes], the rocky wall, line, or wall of rocks (late Lat.):

fluminis,

App. Mag. 8, p. 278 med. (dub.; al. praeripia, q. v.); Serv. Verg. A. 6, 704; sing., Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 38.

prae-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. a., to break or tear off before or in front (class.):

retinacula classis,

Ov. M. 14, 547:

funes praerumpebantur,

were broken off, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

uncus praerumpitur,

Col. 3, 18, 2. —

Trop., to wrench, tear to pieces (late Lat.):

purgativa medicamina praerumpunt corpora,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 21, 128.—Hence, prae-ruptus, a, um, P. a., broken or torn off; hence, of places, steep, abrupt, rugged (syn.: abscisus, abruptus).

Lit.:

saxa,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145:

loca,

Caes. B. G. 7, 86:

praeruptum atque asperum jugum,

id. B. C. 2, 24:

praeruptum undique oppidum,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 40:

praeruptus et difficilis descensus,

id. ib.:

nemus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 91:

mons,

Verg. A. 1, 105:

rupes,

Suet. Tib. 40:

fossae,

Tac. H. 2, 41.— Absol.: praerupta, ōrum, n., steep or rugged places:

praerupta collium,

Just. 41, 1, 11:

petere,

Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 156.—In sing.:

ad praeruptum petrae,

Vulg. 2 Par. 25, 12.— Comp.:

praeruptior collis,

Col. 3, 13.— Sup.:

omnes oppidi partes praeruptissimis saxis munitae,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33.—

Trop., hasty, rash, precipitate (post-Aug.).

Of persons:

juvenis animo praeruptus,

Tac. A. 16, 7.—

Of things:

praerupta audacia, tanta temeritas ut non procul abhorreat ab insaniā,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

dominatio,

hard, stern, Tac. A. 5, 3:

praeruptum atque anceps periculum,

critical, extreme, Vell. 2, 2, 3:

seditio,

dangerous, Dig. 28, 3, 6.—Hence, praerūpium, ii, n. [prae - rupes], the rocky wall, line, or wall of rocks (late Lat.):

fluminis,

App. Mag. 8, p. 278 med. (dub.; al. praeripia, q. v.); Serv. Verg. A. 6, 704; sing., Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 38.

prae-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. a., to break or tear off before or in front (class.):

retinacula classis,

Ov. M. 14, 547:

funes praerumpebantur,

were broken off, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

uncus praerumpitur,

Col. 3, 18, 2. —

Trop., to wrench, tear to pieces (late Lat.):

purgativa medicamina praerumpunt corpora,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 21, 128.—Hence, prae-ruptus, a, um, P. a., broken or torn off; hence, of places, steep, abrupt, rugged (syn.: abscisus, abruptus).

Lit.:

saxa,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145:

loca,

Caes. B. G. 7, 86:

praeruptum atque asperum jugum,

id. B. C. 2, 24:

praeruptum undique oppidum,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 40:

praeruptus et difficilis descensus,

id. ib.:

nemus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 91:

mons,

Verg. A. 1, 105:

rupes,

Suet. Tib. 40:

fossae,

Tac. H. 2, 41.— Absol.: praerupta, ōrum, n., steep or rugged places:

praerupta collium,

Just. 41, 1, 11:

petere,

Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 156.—In sing.:

ad praeruptum petrae,

Vulg. 2 Par. 25, 12.— Comp.:

praeruptior collis,

Col. 3, 13.— Sup.:

omnes oppidi partes praeruptissimis saxis munitae,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33.—

Trop., hasty, rash, precipitate (post-Aug.).

Of persons:

juvenis animo praeruptus,

Tac. A. 16, 7.—

Of things:

praerupta audacia, tanta temeritas ut non procul abhorreat ab insaniā,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

dominatio,

hard, stern, Tac. A. 5, 3:

praeruptum atque anceps periculum,

critical, extreme, Vell. 2, 2, 3:

seditio,

dangerous, Dig. 28, 3, 6.—Hence, praerūpium, ii, n. [prae - rupes], the rocky wall, line, or wall of rocks (late Lat.):

fluminis,

App. Mag. 8, p. 278 med. (dub.; al. praeripia, q. v.); Serv. Verg. A. 6, 704; sing., Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 38.

prō-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to thrust or cast forth, to cause to break, burst, or rush forth, to send forth:

(Aetna) atram prorumpit ad aethera nubem,

Verg. A. 3, 572:

proruptus pons,

broken down, Tac. H. 1, 86 (al. proruto).—With se, to burst forth, dash forth:

cerva in fugam sese prorupit,

Gell. 15, 22, 6.—Mid.: prorumpi, to rush or burst forth:

hinc prorumpitur in mare venti vis,

Lucr. 6, 436:

mare proruptum,

Verg. A. 1, 246:

proruptum exundat pelagus,

Sil. 3, 51:

proruptus corpore sudor,

Verg. A. 7, 459:

prorupto sanguine,

Stat. Th. 2, 626.—

Neutr., to rush or break forth, to burst out.

Lit.:

per medios audacissime proruperunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 15:

in hostes,

Verg. A. 10, 379:

obsessi omnibus portis prorumpunt,

Tac. H. 4, 34. —

Transf., of things, to break out, break or burst forth, make its appearance:

cum diu cohibitae lacrimae prorumperent,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5:

vis morbi in unum intestinum prorupit,

Nep. Att. 21, 3:

incendium proruperat,

a fire had broken out, Tac. A. 15, 40:

stercora,

Vulg. Judic. 3, 22:

prorumpit in auras vox,

Sil. 3, 699:

nihil prorupit, quo conjuratio intellegeretur,

became known, Tac. H. 4, 55.—

Trop., to break out, burst forth:

illa pestis prorumpet,

Cic. Mur. 39, 85:

eo prorumpere hominum cupiditatem, ut, etc.,

id. Rosc. Am. 5, 12:

in bellum,

to break out, Just. 24, 1, 1:

in scelera ac dedecora,

Tac. A. 6, 51:

ad minas,

to break out into threats, id. ib. 11, 35:

ad quod victo silentio prorupit reus,

at which he broke silence and burst forth, id. ib. 11, 2; 12, 54; 13, 12.

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).

Lit.

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. —

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.—

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.—

In partic.

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.

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.—

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. —

To cut off, mutilate ( poet.):

caput,

Sil. 15, 807:

ora gladio,

id. 7, 704:

rapuit non dente ferarum,

Luc. 10, 517.—

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.

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.

Trop.

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.—

In partic.

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.—

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.—

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.—

In late Lat., to strive for in purchasing:

exemplaria litterarum certatim,

Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

librum totā certatim urbe,

Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.

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).

Lit.

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. —

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.—

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.—

In partic.

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.

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.—

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. —

To cut off, mutilate ( poet.):

caput,

Sil. 15, 807:

ora gladio,

id. 7, 704:

rapuit non dente ferarum,

Luc. 10, 517.—

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.

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.

Trop.

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.—

In partic.

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.—

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.—

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.—

In late Lat., to strive for in purchasing:

exemplaria litterarum certatim,

Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

librum totā certatim urbe,

Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.