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lā̆trōcĭnĭum, ĭi, n. [id.].

Military service for pay: apud regem in latrocinio fuisti, Plaut. ap. Non. 134, 28.—

Transf.

Freebooting, robbery, highway-robbery, piracy (class.):

cum illum ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium conjecimus,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

fines suos ab latrociniis tueri,

id. Deiot. 8, 22:

pugna latrocinio magis, quam proelio similis,

a contest with robbers, Sall. J. 97:

latrociniis magis quam justo bello gerebantur res,

Liv. 29, 6:

latrocinium potius quam bellum,

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

latrociniis ac praedationibus infestatum mare,

piracies, Vell. 2, 73, 3; Just. 43, 3:

latrocinia nullam habent infamiam (apud Germanos),

Caes. B. G. 6, 23, 6:

qui in furto aut in latrocinio aut aliqua noxa comprehensi,

in robbery, id. ib. 6, 16 fin. —

In gen., villany, roguery, fraud:

furtim et per latrocinia potius, quam bonis artibus, ad imperia et honores nituntur,

Sall. J. 4, 7; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 61.—

Abstr. pro concreto, a band of robbers:

si ex tanto latrocinio unus tolletur,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—

Latrocinii imago, the semblance of freebooting, i. e. the game of draughts or chess, which imitates freebooting:

sive latrocinii sub imagine calculus ibit,

Ov. A. A. 2, 207.

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lā̆trōcĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [2. latro].

To perform military service for pay, to be a hired soldier (ante-class.):

ibit aliquo Latrocinatum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 198; id. Mil. 2, 6, 19: qui regi latrocinatus decem annos Demetrio, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 52 Müll.—

To practise freebooting, robbery, or highway-robbery, to rob on the highway:

Catilina latrocinantem se interfici mallet, quam exsulem vivere,

Cic. Cat. 2, 7 fin.:

ubi impune sui posteri latrocinarentur,

id. Mil. 7, 17:

vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

id. Rep. 3, 9, 15.— To commit piracy:

maritimi, alteri mercandi causa, alteri latrocinandi,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9.—

Transf.

Of a fish preying upon others, to hunt, seize:

pastinaca latrocinatur ex occulto,

Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 144.—

Of a physician who dissects a body:

mortui praecordia et viscus omne in conspectum,

Cels. 1 praef. —Hence. lā̆trōcĭnanter, adv., like a robber, Aug. Ep. 35, 3.

lā̆trōcĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [2. latro].

To perform military service for pay, to be a hired soldier (ante-class.):

ibit aliquo Latrocinatum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 198; id. Mil. 2, 6, 19: qui regi latrocinatus decem annos Demetrio, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 52 Müll.—

To practise freebooting, robbery, or highway-robbery, to rob on the highway:

Catilina latrocinantem se interfici mallet, quam exsulem vivere,

Cic. Cat. 2, 7 fin.:

ubi impune sui posteri latrocinarentur,

id. Mil. 7, 17:

vitae instituta sic distant, ut Cretes et Aetoli latrocinari honestum putent,

id. Rep. 3, 9, 15.— To commit piracy:

maritimi, alteri mercandi causa, alteri latrocinandi,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9.—

Transf.

Of a fish preying upon others, to hunt, seize:

pastinaca latrocinatur ex occulto,

Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 144.—

Of a physician who dissects a body:

mortui praecordia et viscus omne in conspectum,

Cels. 1 praef. —Hence. lā̆trōcĭnanter, adv., like a robber, Aug. Ep. 35, 3.

răpīna, ae, f. [rapio].

Robbery, plundering, pillage, rapine (class.; in anteAug. prose, as also in Tac., Suet., Verg., and Hor., only in plur.;

syn. praeda): nihil cogitant, nisi caedes, nisi incendia, nisi rapinas,

Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10:

avaritia in rapinis,

id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 3:

hostem rapinis prohibere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 15; Hirt. B. G. 8, 25, 1: spes rapinarum, Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 3; Sall. C. 5, 2; 16, 4; 57, 1; Vell. 2, 32 fin.; 2, 83, 2; Cat. 19, 19 al.:

an furtis pereamve rapinis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 157.—In sing., esp. the act of robbery, the business or habit of plunder:

per latrocinia ac rapinam tolerantes vitam,

Liv. 26, 40, 17:

a rapinā hostium templa vindicare,

Just. 8, 2, 9:

bonorum atque hominum,

id. 8, 5, 9:

cum rapinae occasio deesset,

id. 21, 3, 1; 43, 2, 9; Val. Max. 6, 8, 7; 9, 3, 7; Sen. Polyb. 3, 4; id. ad Marc. 10, 4; id. Const. 6, 2; id. Ep. 72, 8; Col. 8, 11, 1:

terra patuit invita rapinae,

Ov. M. 5, 492; 10, 28:

ad nullius rei rapinam,

Front. Strat. 4, 1, 9; so,

alimenti,

a withdrawing, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 239; 2, 68, 68, § 173:

dum ei rapinam fecit,

Dig. 31, 1, 88, § 16:

promissae signa rapinae,

of carrying off, Ov. M. 14, 818.—

Concr., prey, plunder, booty ( poet. and late Lat.); abstractaeque boves abjurataeque rapinae, * Verg. A. 8, 263:

piscator ferat aequorum rapinas,

Mart. 10, 87, 18; 8, 78, 8:

et rapina pauperis in domo vestrā,

Vulg. Isa. 3, 14; 33, 23. — Plur.:

rapinas dissipare,

Vulg. Dan. 11, 24.—

A collecting together, removing:

opum suarum,

Auct. Aetn. 611.

rāpīna, ae, f. [rapum].

A turnip-field, Col. 11, 2, 71.—

Transf., a turnip, rape, Cato, R. R. 5, 8; 35, 2; Inscr. Fratr. Arv. 41, 30 (2270 ap. Orell.).

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theft, robbery/ furta

stolen property / trick, deceit.

mercenary service / highway robbery / villainy / a gang of robbers

cor-rĭpĭo ( conr-), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to seize or snatch up, to collect, to seize upon, take hold of (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

In gen.:

hominem conripi ac suspendi jussit in oleastro,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57; Caes. B. C. 3, 109; cf. Ov. M. 9, 217 al.:

arcumque manu celeresque sagittas,

Verg. A. 1, 188; cf.:

lora manu,

Ov. M. 2, 145:

fasces,

Sall. C. 18, 5:

arma,

Vell. 2, 110 et saep.: corpus, to rise up quickly, start up:

ex somno,

Lucr. 3, 164; Verg. A. 4, 572:

de terrā,

Lucr. 4, 1000:

e stratis,

Verg. A. 3, 176: se, to get or rise up hastily, to betake one's self somewhere, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 76; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 5; Verg. A. 6, 472.— Poet.: viam, gradum, spatium, etc., to set out quickly, to pursue hastily, to hasten, hasten through or over:

viam,

Verg. A. 1, 418; Ov. M. 2, 158; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6:

gradum,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 33:

spatia,

Verg. A. 5, 316:

campum,

id. G. 3, 104:

aequora,

Val. Fl. 1, 132 al.:

correptā luce diei,

collected, Lucr. 4, 81.—

In partic.

Of robbery, etc., to carry off, rob, plunder, take possession of, usurp:

pecunias undique quasi in subsidium,

Tac. A. 13, 18; cf.:

bona vivorum ac mortuorum usquequaque,

Suet. Dom. 12:

pecunias,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Tac. A. 13, 31 fin.:

sacram effigiem,

Verg. A. 2, 167:

praefecturas,

Tac. A. 11, 8 al. —

In Tac. freq. of accusations, to bring to trial, accuse, inform against:

Vitellius accusatione corripitur, deferente Junio Lupo senatore,

Tac. A. 12, 42; 2, 28; 3, 49; 6, 40 al.—

Of fire, etc., or of diseases, to attack, seize, sweep, or carry away (freq. after the Aug. per.):

turbine caelesti subito correptus et igni,

Lucr. 6, 395; cf. Verg. A. 1, 45:

flamma Corripuit tabulas,

id. ib. 9, 537; so Ov. M. 2, 210 al.;

and transf. to the person: ipsas ignes corripuere casas,

id. F. 2, 524:

nec singula morbi Corpora corripiunt,

Verg. G. 3, 472; Cels. 6, 18, 9; Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172:

morbo bis inter res agendas correptus est,

Suet. Caes. 45:

pedum dolore,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4;

rarely of death: subitā morte,

Flor. 3, 17, 2:

(ales) caeco correpta veneno,

Lucr. 6, 823:

(segetes) modo sol nimius, nimius modo corripit imber,

Ov. M. 5, 483.— Absol.:

si (paralytici) correpti non sunt, diutius quidem vivunt, sed, etc.,

Cels. 3, 47, 4.—

With the access. idea of lessening by compressing, to draw together, draw in, contract, shorten, abridge, diminish (rare; mostly post-Aug.): singulos a septenis spatiis ad quina corripuit. Suet. Dom. 4:

impensas,

id. Tib. 34;

of discourse: quae nimium corripientes omnia sequitur obscuritas,

Quint. 4, 2, 44;

of words in the number of syllables (trabs from trabes),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 33 Müll.;

or in the length of syllables,

Quint. 9, 4, 89; 10, 1, 29;

and so of syllables (opp. producere),

id. 1, 5, 18;

opp. porrigere,

id. 1, 6, 32, and later grammarians.—In time:

numina corripiant moras,

shorten, Ov. M. 9, 282:

ut difficiles puerperiorum tricas Juno mulceat corripiatque Lucina?

Arn. 3, 21.—

Trop.

To reproach, reprove, chide, blame (first freq. after the Aug. per.;

not in Cic.): hi omnes convicio L. Lentuli consulis correpti exagitabantur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 2: clamoribus maximis judices corripuerunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; so with abl., Suet. Aug. 53:

impransi correptus voce magistri,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 257:

hunc cetera turba suorum corripiunt dictis,

Ov. M. 3, 565 al.:

ut eum non inimice corripere, sed paene patrie monere videatur,

Quint. 11, 1, 68; Liv. 2, 28, 5; Suet. Calig. 45; Ov. M. 13, 69 al.:

corripientibus amicis,

Suet. Ner. 35.—As a figure of speech, Cels. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 104.—

Of the passions, emotions, etc., to seize upon, attack (rare, [p. 474] and mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

hunc plausus hiantem... plebisque patrumque Corripuit ( = animum commovit),

Verg. G. 2, 510:

correpta cupidine,

Ov. M. 9, 734; so id. ib. 9, 455:

duplici ardore (sc. amoris et vini),

Prop. 1, 3, 13:

misericordiā,

Suet. Calig. 12:

irā,

Gell. 1, 26, 8: militiā ( poet. for militiae studio), Verg. A. 11, 584:

imagine visae formae,

seized, fascinated, Ov. M. 4, 676.

cor-rĭpĭo ( conr-), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. [rapio], to seize or snatch up, to collect, to seize upon, take hold of (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

In gen.:

hominem conripi ac suspendi jussit in oleastro,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57; Caes. B. C. 3, 109; cf. Ov. M. 9, 217 al.:

arcumque manu celeresque sagittas,

Verg. A. 1, 188; cf.:

lora manu,

Ov. M. 2, 145:

fasces,

Sall. C. 18, 5:

arma,

Vell. 2, 110 et saep.: corpus, to rise up quickly, start up:

ex somno,

Lucr. 3, 164; Verg. A. 4, 572:

de terrā,

Lucr. 4, 1000:

e stratis,

Verg. A. 3, 176: se, to get or rise up hastily, to betake one's self somewhere, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 76; Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 5; Verg. A. 6, 472.— Poet.: viam, gradum, spatium, etc., to set out quickly, to pursue hastily, to hasten, hasten through or over:

viam,

Verg. A. 1, 418; Ov. M. 2, 158; Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 6:

gradum,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 33:

spatia,

Verg. A. 5, 316:

campum,

id. G. 3, 104:

aequora,

Val. Fl. 1, 132 al.:

correptā luce diei,

collected, Lucr. 4, 81.—

In partic.

Of robbery, etc., to carry off, rob, plunder, take possession of, usurp:

pecunias undique quasi in subsidium,

Tac. A. 13, 18; cf.:

bona vivorum ac mortuorum usquequaque,

Suet. Dom. 12:

pecunias,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Tac. A. 13, 31 fin.:

sacram effigiem,

Verg. A. 2, 167:

praefecturas,

Tac. A. 11, 8 al. —

In Tac. freq. of accusations, to bring to trial, accuse, inform against:

Vitellius accusatione corripitur, deferente Junio Lupo senatore,

Tac. A. 12, 42; 2, 28; 3, 49; 6, 40 al.—

Of fire, etc., or of diseases, to attack, seize, sweep, or carry away (freq. after the Aug. per.):

turbine caelesti subito correptus et igni,

Lucr. 6, 395; cf. Verg. A. 1, 45:

flamma Corripuit tabulas,

id. ib. 9, 537; so Ov. M. 2, 210 al.;

and transf. to the person: ipsas ignes corripuere casas,

id. F. 2, 524:

nec singula morbi Corpora corripiunt,

Verg. G. 3, 472; Cels. 6, 18, 9; Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172:

morbo bis inter res agendas correptus est,

Suet. Caes. 45:

pedum dolore,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4;

rarely of death: subitā morte,

Flor. 3, 17, 2:

(ales) caeco correpta veneno,

Lucr. 6, 823:

(segetes) modo sol nimius, nimius modo corripit imber,

Ov. M. 5, 483.— Absol.:

si (paralytici) correpti non sunt, diutius quidem vivunt, sed, etc.,

Cels. 3, 47, 4.—

With the access. idea of lessening by compressing, to draw together, draw in, contract, shorten, abridge, diminish (rare; mostly post-Aug.): singulos a septenis spatiis ad quina corripuit. Suet. Dom. 4:

impensas,

id. Tib. 34;

of discourse: quae nimium corripientes omnia sequitur obscuritas,

Quint. 4, 2, 44;

of words in the number of syllables (trabs from trabes),

Varr. L. L. 7, § 33 Müll.;

or in the length of syllables,

Quint. 9, 4, 89; 10, 1, 29;

and so of syllables (opp. producere),

id. 1, 5, 18;

opp. porrigere,

id. 1, 6, 32, and later grammarians.—In time:

numina corripiant moras,

shorten, Ov. M. 9, 282:

ut difficiles puerperiorum tricas Juno mulceat corripiatque Lucina?

Arn. 3, 21.—

Trop.

To reproach, reprove, chide, blame (first freq. after the Aug. per.;

not in Cic.): hi omnes convicio L. Lentuli consulis correpti exagitabantur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 2: clamoribus maximis judices corripuerunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; so with abl., Suet. Aug. 53:

impransi correptus voce magistri,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 257:

hunc cetera turba suorum corripiunt dictis,

Ov. M. 3, 565 al.:

ut eum non inimice corripere, sed paene patrie monere videatur,

Quint. 11, 1, 68; Liv. 2, 28, 5; Suet. Calig. 45; Ov. M. 13, 69 al.:

corripientibus amicis,

Suet. Ner. 35.—As a figure of speech, Cels. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 104.—

Of the passions, emotions, etc., to seize upon, attack (rare, [p. 474] and mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

hunc plausus hiantem... plebisque patrumque Corripuit ( = animum commovit),

Verg. G. 2, 510:

correpta cupidine,

Ov. M. 9, 734; so id. ib. 9, 455:

duplici ardore (sc. amoris et vini),

Prop. 1, 3, 13:

misericordiā,

Suet. Calig. 12:

irā,

Gell. 1, 26, 8: militiā ( poet. for militiae studio), Verg. A. 11, 584:

imagine visae formae,

seized, fascinated, Ov. M. 4, 676.