frondes arbore O

1) хватать ( arma manu V); вырывать ( telum de vulnēre V); выхватывать ( secūrim ah aliquo L)

2) обрывать, срывать ( frondes arbore O); сносить, отрубать ( caput Sil)

3) быстро доставать, выносить ( aliquid tectis V)

4) ускорять ( gressūs Lcn); спешно справлять ( nuptias L); быстро проходить (viam O; silvas V; campum St); быстро гнать ( navem per aequora V)

5)

а) быстро совершать ( fugam VF)

б) быстро убирать (scalas bAl; corpus alicujus L); ловить на лету (voluptates T; oscula H; occasionem H)

в) бегло описывать ( immensos orbes V); быстро раздувать ( ventus rapiens incendia Lcn)

6) быстро уносить (flumen rapit pecudes O); спешно увозить ( frumentum ex agris L)

7) уводить ( aliquem e carcere ad necem C); отнимать силой, похищать ( alicui aliquid L); умыкать ( Sabinas virgines C); угонять ( armenta stabulis O); грабить, опустошать ( castra urbesque L); насильно приводить ( aliquem in jus Pl)

8) завладевать, захватывать ( dominationem T); присваивать (gloriam victoriae in ser.L)

9)

а) увлекать ( cupidicas rapit aliquem C)

б) устремлять ( totam aciem in Teucros V); вовлекать ( in errorem rapi C); быстро вводить (auditorem in medias res r. H)

10) подвергать (чему-л.), делать жертвой (r. aliquem in adversum V; r. in invidiam C)

arbor ( arbŏs, Lucr. 1, 774; 6, 786 Lachm.; Ov. M. 2, 212; id. F. 1, 153 (but Merk. arbor, in both places); Verg. E. 3, 56; id. G. 2, 57; 2, 81; id. A. 3, 27; 6, 206 Rib. al.: acc. arbosem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 15 Müll.), ŏris, f. (m., INTER DVOS ARBORES, Inscr. Lyon, I. 27) [v. arduus].

In gen.: arbores serere, to plant, Caecil. Stat. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

poni,

Verg. G. 2, 278:

arbos se sustulit,

id. ib. 2, 57:

arbores putare,

Cato, R. R. 32, 1: arbores frondescere, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

arboribus frondes redeunt,

Ov. F. 3, 237:

arbos silvestris,

Verg. E. 3, 70:

ramosa,

Lucr. 5 [1096]:

umbrosa,

Verg. G. 2, 66; so Ov. P. 4, 5, 41:

ingens,

Verg. G. 2, 81:

alta,

Ov. M. 15, 404:

summa,

Verg. G. 4, 557; so Ov. M. 12, 15:

patula,

id. ib. 1, 106:

fertilis,

Verg. G. 4, 142:

in quibus (arboribus) non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 178:

sub ramis arboris altae,

Lucr. 2, 30, and Verg. A. 7, 108:

arborum rami,

Vulg. Sap. 17, 17:

arbor nuda sine frondibus,

Ov. M. 13, 690; Vulg. Marc. 11, 8:

arborum cortices,

Vulg. Job, 30, 4:

arbores ab radicibus subruere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130; Vulg. Matt. 3, 10:

quarum (arborum) baca,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31:

jacent sua quāque sub arbore poma,

Verg. E. 7, 54; Vulg. Lev. 26, 20:

fructus arborum,

Quint. 8, 5, 26; Vulg. Sap. 10, 7.—

Spec. with gen. of species: alni, the alder-tree, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 7:

fici,

the fig-tree, Cic. Fl. 17, 41; Vulg. Matt. 21, 19:

arbores ficorum,

Col. 11, 2, 59: arbor ficus (nom.), Vulg. Jud. 9, 10:

abietis arbores,

fir trees, Liv. 24, 3:

arbor palmae,

the palm-tree, Suet. Aug. 94:

cupressūs,

the cypress, id. Vesp. 5:

arbor sycomorus,

a sycamore, Vulg. Luc. 19, 4; so,

arbor morus,

ib. ib. 17, 6:

arbores olivarum,

olive trees, ib. Exod. 27, 20.— Poet.:

Jovis,

the oak-tree, Ov. M. 1, 106:

Phoebi,

the laurel-tree, id. F. 3, 139 (cf. id. ib. 6, 91:

Apollinea laurus): Palladis,

the olive-tree, id. A. A. 2, 518:

arbor Herculea,

the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66 (cf.:

Arborum genera numinibus suis dicata perpetuo servantur, ut Jovi aesculus, Apollini laurus, Minervae olea, Veneri myrtus, Herculi populus,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3; Phaedr. 3, 17) al.—

Meton.

Things made of wood (cf.: Mille sunt usus earum (arborum), sine quīs vita degi non possit. Arbore sulcamus, maria terrasque admovemus; arbore exaedificamus tecta;

arborea et simulacra numinum fuere etc.,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 5).

With mali:

adversique infigitur arbore mali,

Verg. A. 5, 504.—

Without mali, Luc. 9, 332; Sil. 3, 129; Paul. Sent. 1. 2, t. 3.—

The lever or bar of a press, press-beam, Cato, R. R. 18, 4; 18, 12; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—

An oar:

centenāque arbore fluctum Verberat adsurgens,

Verg. A. 10, 207.—

A ship:

Phrixeam petiit Pelias arbor ovem,

the ship Argo, Ov. H. 12, 8.—

The shaft of a javelin, a javelin, Stat. Th. 12, 769.—

Euphemist.: arbor infelix, a gallows, gibbet:

caput obnubito, arbori infelici suspendito,

Cic. Rab. 4 fin.; Liv. 1, 26, 7; cf. Plin. 16, 26, 45, § 108 (Niebuhr, Röm. Gesch. I. § 365, compares the words of the Fries. law: am argen vordern Baum henken; cf. in Engl. to hang on the accursed tree).—

The fabulous polypus, which was fancied to have arms like the branches of a tree:

In Gaditano Oceano arbor in tantum vastis dispansa armis, ut fretum numquam intrāsse credatur,

Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8.

Arbor infelix, a town and castle in Rhœtia, now Arbon, Tab. Peut.

arbor ( arbŏs, Lucr. 1, 774; 6, 786 Lachm.; Ov. M. 2, 212; id. F. 1, 153 (but Merk. arbor, in both places); Verg. E. 3, 56; id. G. 2, 57; 2, 81; id. A. 3, 27; 6, 206 Rib. al.: acc. arbosem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 15 Müll.), ŏris, f. (m., INTER DVOS ARBORES, Inscr. Lyon, I. 27) [v. arduus].

In gen.: arbores serere, to plant, Caecil. Stat. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

poni,

Verg. G. 2, 278:

arbos se sustulit,

id. ib. 2, 57:

arbores putare,

Cato, R. R. 32, 1: arbores frondescere, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69:

arboribus frondes redeunt,

Ov. F. 3, 237:

arbos silvestris,

Verg. E. 3, 70:

ramosa,

Lucr. 5 [1096]:

umbrosa,

Verg. G. 2, 66; so Ov. P. 4, 5, 41:

ingens,

Verg. G. 2, 81:

alta,

Ov. M. 15, 404:

summa,

Verg. G. 4, 557; so Ov. M. 12, 15:

patula,

id. ib. 1, 106:

fertilis,

Verg. G. 4, 142:

in quibus (arboribus) non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 178:

sub ramis arboris altae,

Lucr. 2, 30, and Verg. A. 7, 108:

arborum rami,

Vulg. Sap. 17, 17:

arbor nuda sine frondibus,

Ov. M. 13, 690; Vulg. Marc. 11, 8:

arborum cortices,

Vulg. Job, 30, 4:

arbores ab radicibus subruere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 130; Vulg. Matt. 3, 10:

quarum (arborum) baca,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 31:

jacent sua quāque sub arbore poma,

Verg. E. 7, 54; Vulg. Lev. 26, 20:

fructus arborum,

Quint. 8, 5, 26; Vulg. Sap. 10, 7.—

Spec. with gen. of species: alni, the alder-tree, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 7:

fici,

the fig-tree, Cic. Fl. 17, 41; Vulg. Matt. 21, 19:

arbores ficorum,

Col. 11, 2, 59: arbor ficus (nom.), Vulg. Jud. 9, 10:

abietis arbores,

fir trees, Liv. 24, 3:

arbor palmae,

the palm-tree, Suet. Aug. 94:

cupressūs,

the cypress, id. Vesp. 5:

arbor sycomorus,

a sycamore, Vulg. Luc. 19, 4; so,

arbor morus,

ib. ib. 17, 6:

arbores olivarum,

olive trees, ib. Exod. 27, 20.— Poet.:

Jovis,

the oak-tree, Ov. M. 1, 106:

Phoebi,

the laurel-tree, id. F. 3, 139 (cf. id. ib. 6, 91:

Apollinea laurus): Palladis,

the olive-tree, id. A. A. 2, 518:

arbor Herculea,

the poplar, Verg. G. 2, 66 (cf.:

Arborum genera numinibus suis dicata perpetuo servantur, ut Jovi aesculus, Apollini laurus, Minervae olea, Veneri myrtus, Herculi populus,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 3; Phaedr. 3, 17) al.—

Meton.

Things made of wood (cf.: Mille sunt usus earum (arborum), sine quīs vita degi non possit. Arbore sulcamus, maria terrasque admovemus; arbore exaedificamus tecta;

arborea et simulacra numinum fuere etc.,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 5).

With mali:

adversique infigitur arbore mali,

Verg. A. 5, 504.—

Without mali, Luc. 9, 332; Sil. 3, 129; Paul. Sent. 1. 2, t. 3.—

The lever or bar of a press, press-beam, Cato, R. R. 18, 4; 18, 12; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—

An oar:

centenāque arbore fluctum Verberat adsurgens,

Verg. A. 10, 207.—

A ship:

Phrixeam petiit Pelias arbor ovem,

the ship Argo, Ov. H. 12, 8.—

The shaft of a javelin, a javelin, Stat. Th. 12, 769.—

Euphemist.: arbor infelix, a gallows, gibbet:

caput obnubito, arbori infelici suspendito,

Cic. Rab. 4 fin.; Liv. 1, 26, 7; cf. Plin. 16, 26, 45, § 108 (Niebuhr, Röm. Gesch. I. § 365, compares the words of the Fries. law: am argen vordern Baum henken; cf. in Engl. to hang on the accursed tree).—

The fabulous polypus, which was fancied to have arms like the branches of a tree:

In Gaditano Oceano arbor in tantum vastis dispansa armis, ut fretum numquam intrāsse credatur,

Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8.

Arbor infelix, a town and castle in Rhœtia, now Arbon, Tab. Peut.

1) срывать, рвать, собирать (flores ab arbore и arbore frondes O; fructūs V)

2) щипать, есть (herbam V; carpunt gramen equi V; apes carpunt mel Vr); объедать, пожирать ( jecur O); подбирать, брать ( cibos digitis O)

3) вырывать, выщипывать (setas, vellera V); дёргать, теребить, прясть ( pensum H)

4) разрезать ( obsonium Pt); дробить, разделять, расщеплять, разлагать

5) перен. срывать, похищать (oscula Prp, O, Ph)

6) ирон. ощипывать, обирать (stolidum pleno vellere pecus Prp; amantem O)

7) вкушать, наслаждаться, ловить (breve ver O; molles somnos V; diem H; fugitiva gaudia M; auras V, Sil)

8) извлекать ( aliquid in legendo AG); выбирать ( paucos ad ignominiam C)

9) истощать, ослаблять, изнурять, утомлять, мучить

10) нападать, порицать, осуждать, хулить, поносить, клеветать (maligno sermone Su; maledico dente C)

11) пойти, отправиться

carpo, psi, ptum, 3 [cf.: rapio, harpazô, karpos; Engl. grab, grip, grasp].

Lit., of plants, flowers, fruits, etc., to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather (class.; in prose and poetry, esp. in the latter very freq.; syn. decerpere).

In gen.:

(flos) tenui carptus ungui,

Cat. 62, 43; Hor. C. 3, 27, 44; Ov. M. 9, 342:

ab arbore flores,

id. ib. 9, 380; cf.

infra, II.: rosam, poma,

Verg. G. 4, 134:

violas et papavera,

id. E. 2, 47:

violas, lilia,

Ov. M. 5, 392:

frondes uncis manibus,

id. G. 2, 366:

plenis pomaria ramis,

Ov. H. 4, 29:

vindemiam de palmite,

Verg. G. 2, 90:

fructus,

id. ib. 2, 501:

frumenta manu,

id. ib. 3, 176.—

Esp.

Of animals, to take something as nourishment (cf. Burm. ad Phaedr. 1, 28, 4); first, of nourishment from plants, to crop, pluck off, browse, graze on, etc. (syn. depascere); also of flesh, to eat, devour (rare):

alia (animalia) sugunt, alia carpunt, alia vorant, alia mandunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

carpunt gramen equi,

Verg. A. 9, 353; id. G. 2, 201; Ov. M. 1, 299:

herbam,

Verg. G. 3, 296; 3, 465; Ov. M. 13, 927:

pabula,

id. ib. 4, 217; id. F. 4, 750:

alimenta,

id. M. 15, 478:

apes carpunt ex oleā arbore ceram, e fico mel, etc.,

gather, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 24 sq.; cf.:

apis carpens thyma,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 29.— Poet.:

Invidia (personif. envy) summa cacumina carpit,

Ov. M. 2, 792:

nec carpsere jecur volucres,

id. ib. 10, 43; cf. Phaedr. 1, 28, 4.—Sometimes transf., of men:

prandium,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52:

carpe cibos digitis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 755: pisces, pulles, Mart. 3, 13, 1.—Also, to carve; hence the pun in Petr. 36 fin. —

Poet., of other things, to tear off, tear away:

summas carpens media inter cornua saetas,

Verg. A. 6, 245.—Of wool, to pluck; hence, poet., to spin:

vellera,

Verg. G. 4, 335:

pensa,

id. ib. 1, 390; Prop. 3 (4), 6, 16; Hor. C. 3, 27, 64:

lana carpta,

carded, Cels. 6, 6, 1 (hence, facete: stolidum pecus, to pluck, i. e. to fleece rich lovers, Prop. 2 (3), 16, 8; Ov. A. A. 1, 420):

ex collo furtim coronas,

to pull off, Hor. S. 2, 3, 256:

crinem genasque,

to tear, rend, lacerate, Val. Fl. 8, 7;

so acc. to Servius's inaccurate account, in a fragment of the Twelve Tables: mulier faciem ne carpito,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 606 (instead of the real words: MVLIERES. GENAS. NE. RADVNTO.; cf.

Dirks. Fragm. XII. Tab. p. 668): artus in parva frusta,

Sen. Thyest. 1061.—

Trop.

(Acc. to I. A.) To pluck, snatch, etc.:

ut omni ex genere orationem aucuper, et omnes undique flosculos carpam atque delibem,

Cic. Sest. 56, 119; id. de Or. 1, 42, 191:

atque in legendo carpsi exinde quaedam,

Gell. 9, 4, 5: oscula, to pluck, as it were, from the lips, to snatch, Prop. 1, 20, 27; Ov. H. 11, 117 Loers. N. cr.; id. M. 4, 358; Phaedr. 3, 8, 12 al.:

basia,

Mart. 5, 46, 1:

gaudia,

Ov. A. A. 3, 661:

dulcia,

Pers. 5, 151:

regni commoda carpe mei,

Ov. F. 3, 622:

fugitivaque gaudia carpe,

and snatch pleasures as they fly, Mart. 7, 47, 11:

delicias,

Prop. 2 (3), 34, 74.—

Esp.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) In a good sense, to enjoy, use, make use of (mostly poet.;

syn.: fruor, capio): breve ver et primos carpere flores,

Ov. M. 10, 85 (cf.:

flore aetatis frui,

Liv. 21, 3, 4):

illa mihi sedes, illic mea carpitur aetas,

spent, lived, passed, Cat. 68, 35:

diem,

Hor. C. 1, 11, 8:

honores virtutis,

Val. Fl. 1, 177:

auras vitales,

Verg. A. 1, 388; cf. Sil. 3, 712:

sub dio somnos,

Verg. G. 3, 435:

quietem,

id. A. 7, 414:

soporem,

id. ib. 4, 522:

noctes securas,

Val. Fl. 5, 48; a poet. circumlocution for vivere, degere, etc.—

In a bad sense.

To gnaw at or tear character or reputation, to carp at, slander, calumniate, revile:

more hominum invident, in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant: non illo inimico, sed hoc maledico dente carpunt,

Cic. Balb. 26, 57:

nam is carpebatur a Bibulo, Curione, Favonio,

id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

Paulum obtrectatio carpsit,

Liv. 45, 35, 5:

imperatorem,

id. 44, 38, 2:

quae non desierunt carpere maligni,

Quint. 11, 1, 24:

maligno sermone,

Suet. Aug. 27:

obliquis orationibus,

id. Dom. 2:

nonnihil vocibus,

Caes. B. G. 3, 17:

aliquem sermonibus,

Liv. 7, 12, 12:

sinistris sermonibus,

Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5:

Ciceronem in his,

Quint. 9, 4, 64:

te ficto quaestu,

Cat. 62, 36 and 37:

et detorquere recte facta,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 6:

famam vitamque,

id. Pan. 53, 4; Suet. Calig. 34.—

To rob of strength, to weaken, enfeeble, wear away, consume; or poet., with the idea extended (cf. absumo), to consume completely, to destroy:

vires,

Verg. G. 3, 215; Liv. 9, 27, 6:

quid si carpere singula (jura) et extorquere... patiemini,

id. 34, 3, 2;

esp. of in ward care, anxiety, longing, etc.: at regina, gravi jamdudum saucia curā, Volnus alit venis et caeco carpitur igni,

Verg. A. 4, 2; Ov. M. 3, 490; 10, 370:

solane perpetua maerens carpere juventā?

Verg. A. 4, 32:

curā carpitur ista mei,

Ov. A. A. 3, 680:

aegra assiduo mens carpitur aestu,

Val. Fl. 3, 305; Lucr. 9, 744; Sil. 15, 1:

invidia carpit et carpitur unā,

Ov. M. 2, 781; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 5, 3:

non ego Tot tuos patiar labores carpere lividas Obliviones,

to wear away, Hor. C. 4, 9, 33; cf.: otia corpus alunt, animus quoque pascitur illis;

Inmodicus contra carpit utrumque labor,

Ov. P. 1, 4, 21 sq.:

aras etiam templaque demolitur et obscurat oblivio, neglegit carpitque posteritas,

Plin. Pan. 55, 9:

totum potest excedere quod potest carpi,

Sen. N. Q. 2, 13, 2.—So,

In milit. lang., to inflict injury upon an enemy (esp. by single, repeated attacks), to weaken, harass:

agmen adversariorum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

hostes carpere multifariam vires Romanas,

Liv. 3, 5, 1; 22, 32, 2; 27, 46, 6; cf. id. 3, 61, 13 infra; Weissenb. ad Liv. 22, 16, 2; Tac. A. 12, 32; Luc. 4, 156:

novissimum agmen,

Caes. B. C. 1, 78 fin.:

novissimos,

Liv. 8, 38, 6:

extrema agminis,

id. 6, 32, 11. —

To separate a whole into single parts, to cut to pieces, divide (syn.: dividere, distribuere): neque semper utendum est perpetuitate, sed saepe carpenda membris minutioribus [p. 295] oratio est, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

in multas parvasque partes carpere exercitum,

Liv. 26, 38, 2:

summam unius belli in multa proelia parvaque,

id. 3, 61, 13:

Erymanthus... ab accolis rigantibus carpitur,

is drawn off into canals, Curt. 8, 9, 410. —With a reference to the meaning

supra:

si erunt plures qui ob innocentem condemnandum pecuniam acceperint, tu non animadvertes in omnis, sed carpes ut velis, et paucos ex multis ad ignominiam sortiere?

distinguish, single out, Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf.:

in multorum peccato carpi paucos ad ignominiam,

id. ib. —

Viam, iter, etc., or with definite local substantives, terram, mare, litora, etc., to go, tread upon, pass over, navigate, sail along or through, to take or pursue one ' s way (syn. ire):

viam,

Verg. A. 6, 629; Hor. S. 2, 6, 93; Ov. M. 8, 208; 11, 139:

iter,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 95; Ov. H. 18, 34; id. M. 2, 549; 10, 709:

supremum iter = mori,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 12:

gyrum,

to go in a circle, Verg. G. 3, 191:

fugam,

to fly, Sil. 10, 62; cf.:

prata fugā,

Verg. G. 3, 142:

pede viam,

Ov. A. A. 2, 230:

pede iter,

id. F. 3, 604:

pedibus terras, pontum remis,

Prop. 1, 6, 33:

pede campos,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 23:

mare,

id. M. 11, 752:

litora,

id. ib. 12, 196;

15, 507: aëra alis,

id. ib. 4, 616; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311:

aethera,

Ov. M. 8, 219:

carpitur acclivis per muta silentia trames,

id. ib. 10, 53.

rapio, rapuī, raptum, ere (vgl. ἁρπ-άζω, altind. rápaḥ, das Gebrechen, ahd. refsen, züchtigen, strafen), raffen, I) im allg.: A) eig.: a) (poet.) etwas an sich raffen, anraffen, erraffen, aufraffen, entraffen, wegraffen = haftig od. eilig ergreifen, -an sich nehmen, arma (manu), Verg.: bipennem dextrā, Verg.: so rapta hasta, raptum telum, Verg. – flammam in fomite, schnell auf dem Zunder auffangen, Verg.: ex taberna proxima cultrum, Liv. epit.: galeam tectis, aus dem Hause reißen (= rasch aus dem H. holen), Verg.: membra toris, die Gl., d.i. sich vom Lager aufraffen (= sich hastig erheben), Val. Flacc.; vgl. Medea rapta toris, nachdem sie sich aufgerafft vom L., Val. Flacc. – v. lebl. Subjj., r. nigrum colorem, rasch annehmen (v. Haar), Ov.: vim monstri, die Wunderkraft rasch einsaugen (v. Zweigen), Ov. – absol., rapiuntque ruuntque, sie raffen auf, -zusammen (die Taue usw.), Verg. Aen. 4, 581. – b) weg-, fortraffen, -reißen, hastig-, eilig wegnehmen, scalas (die Schiffsleitern), Auct. b. Alex.: corpus consulis, Liv. – ab aede funale, Ov.: repagula de poste, Ov. – c) fortraffen, -reißen = rasch-, eilig von dannen führen, fortführen, -entführen, zu- od. herbeiführen, rapi a domo longius, Cic.: alqm hinc, rasch entrücken (v. einer Gottheit), Liv.: u. so Aenean nube cavā, Verg.: imperatorem, Tac. (vgl. Heräus

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Tac. hist. 1, 27, 13). – v. Anführern, ex subsidiariis manipulos aliquot in primam aciem secum rapit, Liv.: totam aciem in Teucros, Verg.: legiones in Cattos, Tac.: per hoc omne spatium cum legiones duceres (tanta velocitas erat) raperes, fortrissest, Plin. pan.: agmen campo (übers G.), Verg.: Tumo mille populos, Verg. – per aequora navem, Verg.: rapit ungula currus, Hor.: quattuor viginti et milia rapimur raedis, durchfliegen, Hor. – commeatum in litore expositum in naves, eilig auf die Sch. schaffen, Liv.: variis obsita frondibus sub divum, ans Licht des Tages ziehen, Hor. – venandi studium homines per nives ac pruinas rapit (treibt), Liv. – refl., se r. hinc ocius, sich entraffen = forteilen, Hor.: r. se praecipiti fugā ad etc., fortstürzen, Vell.: inde se ad urbem, id est ad caedem optimi cuiusque, Cic. – d) prägn.: α) rasch-, schnell-, wie im Fluge erobern, castra urbesque primo impetu, Liv.: Bithyniam, Flor.: raptis a Caesare cunctis (sc. urbibus), Lucan. – β) in reißen- dem Laufe durcheilen, -durchirren, hastig durchrennen, densa ferarum tecta, silvas, Verg.: campum, Stat. – γ) rasch-, in rascher Bewegung machen, -beschreiben, immensos orbes per humum, v. der Schlange, Verg.

B) übtr.: a) erraffen = hastig ergreifen, sic tamen, ut limis rapias, quid etc., daß du hineinschielend rasch wegbekommst, was usw., Hor. sat. 2, 5, 53. –

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bes. = in Hast-, in Eile genießen, -benutzen, einer Sache nachjagen (s. Heräus Tac. hist. 1, 13, 18), Venerem, Verg.: Venerem incertam more ferarum, Hor.: illicitas voluptates, Tac.: occasionem de die, Hor.: occasionem in aliquanto viliore animali expiandae religionis, mit Freuden ergreifen, Val. Max.: occasionem turpitudinis ex verbis, Quint.: spem adoptionis statim conceptam acrius in dies, Tac. – b) etw. rasch-, schleunig vollführen, -vollziehen, beschleunigen, gressus, rasch zuschreiten, Lucan.; vgl. inde rapit cursus, enteilt, Lucan.: viam, Ov., iter, Sil., iter in proelia, Lucan.: transitum, Frontin.: nuptias, Liv.: auxilia, rasch zu Hilfsmitteln greifen, Cels.

II) mit dem Nbbgr. des Gewaltsamen, fortraffen, entraffen, A) eig.: a) entreißen, fortreißen, wegreißen, rapere pilam, Cic.: harpastum manu pulverulentā, Mārt.: aures, nares, abreißen, Verg.: oscula, Hor.: lanceam ex manibus alcis, Curt.: ossa ab ore canis, Hor.: frondes altā arbore, fortstöben, heranstöben (v. Winde), Ov.: stirpes, ausreißen (v. Flusse), Hor. – b) mit Gewalt fortführen, fortreißen, fortschleppen, fortschleifen, alqm ex lustris, Plaut.: hostes vivos ex acie, Plaut.: ducite istum; si non sequitur, rapite sublimem foras, Plaut.: u. so r. alqm domum, Plaut.: raptus Hector equis, geschleist, Ov. – m. lebl. Objj., v. lebl. Subjj., alveus prono amni in praeceps rapit lembum, Verg. georg. 1, 203. – u. so bes. jmd. vor Ge-

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richt, vor den Richter usw., ins Gefängnis, zur Strafe schleppen, schleifen, rapi te obtorto collo mavis, an trahi? Plaut.: alqm in ius, Plaut., in ius ad regem, Liv.: ad consulem, Liv.: in carcerem, Suet.: e carcere ad palum et ad necem, Cic.: alqm de complexu parentum suorum ad mortem cruciatumque, Cic.: ad poenam, Cic.: ad supplicium ob facinus, Cic.: ad carnificem, Plaut. – u. jmd. aus seiner Heimat-, in die weite Ferne-, in fremde Länder fortreißen, Prop., Ov. u. Stat.; vgl. Lachm. Prop. 5, 3, 49. – c) als Beute, als Raub an sich reißen, fortreißen, fortschleppen, rauben, entführen, quantum r. potuisset, Cic.: cenam, Hor.: absol., rapere et clepere discunt, Cic.: rapere omnes, trahere, Sall.: spes rapiendi, Cic. – leb. Wesen, virgines, Cic. u.a.: uxores fide publicā, Iustin.: filiam eius (Cereris) ex eo loco, Lact.: virgines ad stuprum, Liv. (Vgl. quis te rapuit? hat dich verführt? Quint.): armenta stabulis, Ov.: rapta uxor, der Raub seiner Gattin (= der Umstand, daß seine G. geraubt war), Tac. – subst., α) rapta, ae, f., die Geraubte, Entführte, Ov. art. am. 1, 680; her. 5, 97; 13, 57; 16, 339; 17, 22; fast. 4, 607: ex raptabus, Cn. Gell. b. Charis. 54, 14 (vgl. unten ⇒). – β) raptum, ī, n., das Geraubte, der Raub, rapto vivere, Sall. fr., Liv., Verg. u.a. (vgl. Fabri Liv. 22, 39, 13); u. ex rapto vivere, Ov.: rapto gaudere, Liv.: rapto uti, Vell.: rapto potiri, Verg.: pastoribus rapta dividere, das G.

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unter die H. verteilen, Liv. – d) = diripere, plündern, Armeniam, Tac.: poet., rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama (in Profa agunt feruntque, griech. ἄγουσι καὶ φέρουσι), Verg. – e) prägn., plötzlich u. vor der Zeit aus dem Leben hinraffen, v. Tode, v. Krankheiten u. dgl. (s. Bünem. Lact. 3, 17, 8), improvisa leti vis rapuit gentes, Hor.: urina fulva saepe hominem rapit, Cels.: eiusmodi casu rapi potest, Gels.: alios infantes (als K.) rapi, Lact.: immaturā morte indignissime raptum esse, Plin. ep.: quinquagesimo uno raptus anno, Plin. – absol., labor rapit, Verg.: laterum dolores quam celerrime rapiunt, Cels.

B) übtr.: a) an sich reißen, commoda ad se, Cic.: opes ad se, Liv.: victoriae gloriam in se, Liv.: inter se rei publicae statum, an sich reißen und unter sich teilen, Cic.: u. so inter se partes regni, Liv. – b) wegreißen, entreißen, almum quae rapit hora diem, Hor.: heu, tua nobis paene simul tecum solacia rapta, Menalca? Verg. ecl. 18. – c) mit sich fortreißen, fortziehen, jmd. gewaltsam, gegen seinen Willen irgendwohin ziehen, verleiten, versetzen, quamvis multa cuiusquemodi rapiat (quasi torrens oratio), Cic.: ipsae res verba rapiunt, Cic. – auditorem in medias res, Hor.: alqm in adversum, ins Verderben reißen, Verg.: alqm in deteriorem viam, auf schl. W. werfen, Plaut.: comoediam in peiorem partem, herunterziehen, verdächtigen, Ter.; vgl. consilium alcis in con-

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trariam partem, zum Gegenteil auslegen, Pollio in Cic. ep.: animum in partes varias, Verg. – r. alqm in invidiam, rapi in invidiam, jmd., sich dem H. preisgeben, Cic.: opinionibus vulgi rapi in errorem, sich zum J. verleiten lassen, Cic. – d) leidenschaftlich fortreißen, hinreißen, unaufhaltsam-, mächtig hinziehen, im üblen Sinne., iudicem (v. Redner), Quint.; u. so rapi (Ggstz. sequi), Quint. – ὁρμή, quae hominem huc illuc rapit, Cic.: animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapiebat, Sall.: ea (cupiditas) ad oppugnandam Capuam rapit, Liv. – im guten Sinne, totos ad se convertit et rapit, Cic.: qui in se rapit atque convertit omnium oculos hominum, Flor. Verg. orat. an poët.: utraque forma rapit, Prop.: si tantus amor scribendi te rapit, Hor.: ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā omni studioque rapi, Cic. – e) gleichsam als Beute an sich reißen, rauben, sich bemächtigen, Hippodameam raptis nactus est nuptiis, durch Eheraub, Enn. tr. fr.: dominationem, Tac. – f) sich beim Kaufe um eine Ware reißen, exemplaria librorum certatim, Hieron. epist. 57, 2: librum totā certatim urbe, Sulp. Sev. dial. 1, 23, 4. – ⇒ Archaist. Fut. exact. rapsit, Cic. de legg. 2, 22 (in einer Gesetzesformel). – Abl. Partic. Perf. fem. raptabus, Cn. Gell. b. Charis. 54, 14.

cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].

That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:

glans caduca est, quae ex arbore cecidit: oleae,

Cato, R. R. 23, 2:

spica,

that fell in mowing, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

aqua,

id. ib. 3, 5, 2:

aquae,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 39:

frondes,

Verg. G. 1, 368:

frons,

Ov. M. 7, 840; id. Tr. 3, 1, 45:

folia,

id. Am. 2, 16, 45:

lacrimae,

id. M. 6, 396:

poma,

Prop. 2, 32, 40:

oliva,

Col. 12, 52, 22:

fulmen,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

te, triste lignum, te caducum In domini caput immerentis,

id. ib. 2, 13, 11; cf.

ligna,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.:

tela,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

moro coma nigrior caduco,

Mart. 8, 64, 7.—

Caduca auspicia dicunt cum aliquid in templo excidit, veluti virga e manu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 9 Müll.—

Caduci bello, that have fallen in war, slain in battle:

bello caduci Dardanidae,

Verg. A. 6, 481.—

In gen., devoted to death, destined to die:

juvenis,

Verg. A. 10, 622.—

Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):

vitis, quae naturā caduca est et, nisi fulta sit, ad terram fertur,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 5. —Hence,

Esp., in medic. lang.: homo, epileptic, Firm. Math. 3, 6, n. 8;

Aemil. Mac. c. de Paeonia: equus,

Veg. 1, 25, 2:

asellus morbo detestabili caducus,

App. M. 9, p. 236, 12:

morbus,

the falling sickness, epilepsy, App. Herb. 60; Aemil. Mac. c. Aristoloch.; Isid. Orig. 14, 7, 5.—

Trop.

In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):

in eo, qui ex animo constet et corpus caducus et infirmus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98:

ignis,

quickly extinguished, Sen. Q. N. 2, 23, 2:

res humanae fragiles caducaeque,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102: quis confidit semper sibi illud stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit, id. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

nihil nisi mortale et caducum praeter animos,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: alia omnia incerta sunt, caduca, mobilia;

virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,

id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Lael. 6, 20; id. Dom. 58, 146:

tituli,

Plin. Pan. 55, 8:

tempus,

id. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

labores,

id. ib. 9, 3, 2:

fama,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 46:

spes,

vain, futile, id. M. 9, 597:

preces,

ineffectual, id. F. 1, 181:

pars voti,

id. Ib. 88.—

Esp., in law, caduca bona were those possessions which did not fall to the heir mentioned in a will, because he was childless, but passed to other heirs (in default of such, to the exchequer); vacant, having no heir (cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 760 sq.):

quod quis sibi testamento relictum, ita ut jure civili capere possit, aliquă ex causă deinde non ceperit, caducum appellatur, veluti ceciderit ab eo, etc., Ulp. Lib. Regul. tit. 10: hereditates,

Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; Cod. Th. 10, 10, 30 pr.; Dig. 22, 5, 9: portio, Gai Inst. 2, 206.—As subst.: cădūcum, i, n., property without an heir, an unowned eslate:

legatum omne capis nec non et dulce caducum,

Juv. 9, 88:

caduca occupare,

Just. 19, 3, 6: vindicare, Gal Inst. 2, 207.—

Transf., of other things:

nostra est omnis ista prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio, in quam homines, quasi caducam atque vacuam, abundantes otio, nobis occupatis, involaverunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122 (no comp. or sup.).—Hence, adv.: cădū-cĭter, precipitately, headlong: caduciter = praecipitanter;

Varro: aquai caduciter ruentis,

Non. p. 91, 1 sq.

cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].

That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:

glans caduca est, quae ex arbore cecidit: oleae,

Cato, R. R. 23, 2:

spica,

that fell in mowing, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

aqua,

id. ib. 3, 5, 2:

aquae,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 39:

frondes,

Verg. G. 1, 368:

frons,

Ov. M. 7, 840; id. Tr. 3, 1, 45:

folia,

id. Am. 2, 16, 45:

lacrimae,

id. M. 6, 396:

poma,

Prop. 2, 32, 40:

oliva,

Col. 12, 52, 22:

fulmen,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

te, triste lignum, te caducum In domini caput immerentis,

id. ib. 2, 13, 11; cf.

ligna,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.:

tela,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

moro coma nigrior caduco,

Mart. 8, 64, 7.—

Caduca auspicia dicunt cum aliquid in templo excidit, veluti virga e manu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 9 Müll.—

Caduci bello, that have fallen in war, slain in battle:

bello caduci Dardanidae,

Verg. A. 6, 481.—

In gen., devoted to death, destined to die:

juvenis,

Verg. A. 10, 622.—

Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):

vitis, quae naturā caduca est et, nisi fulta sit, ad terram fertur,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 5. —Hence,

Esp., in medic. lang.: homo, epileptic, Firm. Math. 3, 6, n. 8;

Aemil. Mac. c. de Paeonia: equus,

Veg. 1, 25, 2:

asellus morbo detestabili caducus,

App. M. 9, p. 236, 12:

morbus,

the falling sickness, epilepsy, App. Herb. 60; Aemil. Mac. c. Aristoloch.; Isid. Orig. 14, 7, 5.—

Trop.

In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):

in eo, qui ex animo constet et corpus caducus et infirmus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98:

ignis,

quickly extinguished, Sen. Q. N. 2, 23, 2:

res humanae fragiles caducaeque,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102: quis confidit semper sibi illud stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit, id. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

nihil nisi mortale et caducum praeter animos,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: alia omnia incerta sunt, caduca, mobilia;

virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,

id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Lael. 6, 20; id. Dom. 58, 146:

tituli,

Plin. Pan. 55, 8:

tempus,

id. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

labores,

id. ib. 9, 3, 2:

fama,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 46:

spes,

vain, futile, id. M. 9, 597:

preces,

ineffectual, id. F. 1, 181:

pars voti,

id. Ib. 88.—

Esp., in law, caduca bona were those possessions which did not fall to the heir mentioned in a will, because he was childless, but passed to other heirs (in default of such, to the exchequer); vacant, having no heir (cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 760 sq.):

quod quis sibi testamento relictum, ita ut jure civili capere possit, aliquă ex causă deinde non ceperit, caducum appellatur, veluti ceciderit ab eo, etc., Ulp. Lib. Regul. tit. 10: hereditates,

Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; Cod. Th. 10, 10, 30 pr.; Dig. 22, 5, 9: portio, Gai Inst. 2, 206.—As subst.: cădūcum, i, n., property without an heir, an unowned eslate:

legatum omne capis nec non et dulce caducum,

Juv. 9, 88:

caduca occupare,

Just. 19, 3, 6: vindicare, Gal Inst. 2, 207.—

Transf., of other things:

nostra est omnis ista prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio, in quam homines, quasi caducam atque vacuam, abundantes otio, nobis occupatis, involaverunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122 (no comp. or sup.).—Hence, adv.: cădū-cĭter, precipitately, headlong: caduciter = praecipitanter;

Varro: aquai caduciter ruentis,

Non. p. 91, 1 sq.

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.