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  • 1 calumnior

        calumnior ātus, ārī, dep.    [calumnia], to accuse falsely, prosecute unjustly: calumniandi quaestus, of a false informer: calumniando omnia suspecta efficere, L.: iacet res isto calumniante biennium. —To depreciate, misrepresent, calumniate, slander: te: id unum calumniatus est rumor, Ta.: sed calumniabar ipse, i. e. I kept imagining accusations; Calumniari... Quod arbores loquantur, cavil, Ph.
    * * *
    calumniari, calumniatus sum V DEP
    accuse falsely; misrepresent, interpret wrongly; depreciate, find fault with

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  • 2 calumnior

    călumnĭor (anciently kăl-; v. the letter K), ātus, 1, v. dep. act. [calumnia].
    I.
    Jurid. t. t.
    A. 1.
    Absol.:

    calumniari est falsa crimina intendere,

    Dig. 48, 16, 1, § 1; cf.

    ib. prooem.: ut hic quoque Apronio... ex miseris aratoribus calumniandi quaestus accederet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 15, § 38:

    cum aliquid habeat quod possit criminose ac suspitiose dicere, aperte ludificari et calumniari sciens non videatur,

    id. Rosc. Am. 20, 55:

    cum (defensor) accusatorem calumniari criminatur,

    Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9:

    nondum Romam accusator Eumenes venerat, qui calumniando omnia detorquendoque suspecta et invisa efficeret,

    Liv. 42, 42, 5:

    tabulae veterum aerari debitorum, vel praecipua calumniandi materia,

    Suet. Aug. 32:

    magna calumniantium poena,

    id. Dom. 9:

    minus objectus calumniantibus foret,

    Quint. 6, 3, 5:

    calumniatur accusator actione sacrilegii, cum privata fuerit (pecunia sublata) non sacra,

    id. 4, 2, 8:

    an petitorem calumniari, an reum infitiatorem esse,

    id. 7, 2, 50.—
    2.
    With acc.:

    si tamen alio crimine postuletur ab eodem, qui in alio crimine eum calumniatus est, puto non facile admittendum eum qui semel calumniatus est,

    Dig. 48, 2, 7, § 3:

    sed non utique qui non probat quod intendit calumniari videtur,

    ib. 48, 16, 1, § 3.—
    B.
    To practise chicanery, trickery, or subterfuge:

    jacet res in controversiis isto calumniante biennium,

    Cic. Quint. 21, 67:

    meque, etiam si diutius calumniarentur. redire jussistis,

    id. Red. in Sen. 11, 27.—
    II.
    In gen., to depreciate, misrepresent, calumniate, to blame unjustly.
    A.
    With personal object:

    nam, quod antea te calumniatus sum, indicabo malitiam meam,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 7, 1; cf.:

    nisi calumniari naturam rerum homines quam sibi prodesse mallent,

    Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 272:

    aliis tamen eum verbis calumniatur,

    Gell. 6 (7), 3, 23.—With dat. (late Lat.):

    non solum filio sed etiam patri,

    Ambros. Inc. Dom. Sacr. 8, 83.—
    2.
    Esp., with se, to depreciate one ' s self, be unduly anxious or careful:

    quibusdam tamen nullus est finis calumniandi se, et... qui etiam, cum optima sunt reperta, quaerunt aliquid, quod sit magis antiquum, remotum, inopinatum,

    Quint. 8, proocm. §

    31: neque eos... ad infelicem calumniandi se poenam alligandos puto,

    id. 10, 3, 10.—
    B.
    Absol.: sed calumniabar ipse;

    putabam, qui obviam mihi venisset, suspicaturum,

    i. e. indulged unreasonable fears, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 3; cf. A. 2. supra.—
    C.
    With things as objects, to misrepresent, interpret injuriously, set in a false light: non calumniatur verba nec voltus;

    quicquid accidit, benigne interpretando levat,

    Sen. Ep. 81, 25:

    suspitionibus inquietantur medicisque jam sani manum porrigunt et omnem calorem corporis sui calumniantur,

    id. Tranq. 2, 1:

    festinationem alicujus,

    Quint. 2, 1, 12:

    id unum,

    Tac. H. 3, 75:

    jus civile,

    Dig. 10, 4, 19.

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  • 3 kalumnior

    călumnĭor (anciently kăl-; v. the letter K), ātus, 1, v. dep. act. [calumnia].
    I.
    Jurid. t. t.
    A. 1.
    Absol.:

    calumniari est falsa crimina intendere,

    Dig. 48, 16, 1, § 1; cf.

    ib. prooem.: ut hic quoque Apronio... ex miseris aratoribus calumniandi quaestus accederet,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 15, § 38:

    cum aliquid habeat quod possit criminose ac suspitiose dicere, aperte ludificari et calumniari sciens non videatur,

    id. Rosc. Am. 20, 55:

    cum (defensor) accusatorem calumniari criminatur,

    Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9:

    nondum Romam accusator Eumenes venerat, qui calumniando omnia detorquendoque suspecta et invisa efficeret,

    Liv. 42, 42, 5:

    tabulae veterum aerari debitorum, vel praecipua calumniandi materia,

    Suet. Aug. 32:

    magna calumniantium poena,

    id. Dom. 9:

    minus objectus calumniantibus foret,

    Quint. 6, 3, 5:

    calumniatur accusator actione sacrilegii, cum privata fuerit (pecunia sublata) non sacra,

    id. 4, 2, 8:

    an petitorem calumniari, an reum infitiatorem esse,

    id. 7, 2, 50.—
    2.
    With acc.:

    si tamen alio crimine postuletur ab eodem, qui in alio crimine eum calumniatus est, puto non facile admittendum eum qui semel calumniatus est,

    Dig. 48, 2, 7, § 3:

    sed non utique qui non probat quod intendit calumniari videtur,

    ib. 48, 16, 1, § 3.—
    B.
    To practise chicanery, trickery, or subterfuge:

    jacet res in controversiis isto calumniante biennium,

    Cic. Quint. 21, 67:

    meque, etiam si diutius calumniarentur. redire jussistis,

    id. Red. in Sen. 11, 27.—
    II.
    In gen., to depreciate, misrepresent, calumniate, to blame unjustly.
    A.
    With personal object:

    nam, quod antea te calumniatus sum, indicabo malitiam meam,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 7, 1; cf.:

    nisi calumniari naturam rerum homines quam sibi prodesse mallent,

    Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 272:

    aliis tamen eum verbis calumniatur,

    Gell. 6 (7), 3, 23.—With dat. (late Lat.):

    non solum filio sed etiam patri,

    Ambros. Inc. Dom. Sacr. 8, 83.—
    2.
    Esp., with se, to depreciate one ' s self, be unduly anxious or careful:

    quibusdam tamen nullus est finis calumniandi se, et... qui etiam, cum optima sunt reperta, quaerunt aliquid, quod sit magis antiquum, remotum, inopinatum,

    Quint. 8, proocm. §

    31: neque eos... ad infelicem calumniandi se poenam alligandos puto,

    id. 10, 3, 10.—
    B.
    Absol.: sed calumniabar ipse;

    putabam, qui obviam mihi venisset, suspicaturum,

    i. e. indulged unreasonable fears, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 3; cf. A. 2. supra.—
    C.
    With things as objects, to misrepresent, interpret injuriously, set in a false light: non calumniatur verba nec voltus;

    quicquid accidit, benigne interpretando levat,

    Sen. Ep. 81, 25:

    suspitionibus inquietantur medicisque jam sani manum porrigunt et omnem calorem corporis sui calumniantur,

    id. Tranq. 2, 1:

    festinationem alicujus,

    Quint. 2, 1, 12:

    id unum,

    Tac. H. 3, 75:

    jus civile,

    Dig. 10, 4, 19.

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  • 4 dē-torqueō

        dē-torqueō sī, tus, ēre,    to bend aside, turn off, turn away, turn, direct: ponticulum: Ora dextrā equorum, V.: lumen ab illā, O.: volnus, averted, V.: alqd in dextram partem: ad regem cursūs, V.: cervicem ad oscula, H.—To twist, distort, put out of shape: partes corporis detortae.—Of words: parce detorta, H.—Fig., to turn aside, divert, pervert: animos a virtute: quae (voluntas testium) nullo negotio flecti ac detorqueri potest: te alio pravum (i. e. ad aliud vitium), H.—To distort, misrepresent: calumniando omnia detorquendoque suspecta efficere, L.: verba prave detorta, Ta.

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  • 5 in-vertō (-vortō）

       in-vertō (-vortō） vertī, versus, ere,    to turn upside down, turn about, upset, invert, reverse: solum, plough up, V.: Allifanis vinaria, empty, H.: alveos navium invorsos pro tuguriis habere, S.: submovere Euros Pellibus inversis, turned inside out, Iu.: inversum contristat Aquarius annum, recurring cycle (of the sun), H.: cum in locum anulum inverterat: loca satis dentibus (i. e. ad dentes serendos), V.—Fig., to invert, transpose, change, reverse: ut invertatur ordo.—To pervert, abuse: inversi mores, corrupt, H.: virtutes, misrepresent, H.: quae invertere supersedeo, i. e. to paraphrase, Ta.—Of words, to misapply, use ironically: invertuntur verba, ut, etc.: Inversa verba, ambiguous, T.

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  • 6 rapiō

        rapiō puī (old fut perf. rapsit, C.), raptus, ere    [RAP-], to seize and carry off, snatch, tear, pluck, drag, hurry away: sublimen intro hunc rape, T.: quo fessum rapitis? V.: Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, H.: sumasne pudenter An rapias, snatch, H.: ab aede rapuit funale, O.: de volnere telum, V.: commeatum in navīs rapiunt, L.: pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit, i. e. break off boughs of trees (in collecting wood), V.: in ius, drag before a court, H.: ob facinus ad supplicium, hale: alii ad necem rapiebantur: ad stuprum matres, L.: (infantes) ab ubere rapti, V.: nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divom rapiam, drag into open day, H.: Nasonis carmina rapti, i. e. torn from his home, O.— To hurry, impel, drive, cause to hasten: Quattuor hinc rapimur raedis, H.: per aequora navem, V.: ventis per aequora, O.: missos currūs, H.: arma rapiat iuventus, snatch, V.: arma, O.: bipennem dextrā, V.: rapiuntque ruuntque, hurry and bustle, V.—With pron reflex., to make haste, hasten, hurry, fly: ocius hinc te Ni rapis, H.: se ad caedem optimi cuiusque.— To carry off by force, seize, rob, ravish, plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by storm: spes rapiendi occaecat animos: semper rapiens, semper ebrius: raptas ad litora vertere praedas, V.: rapere omnes trahere, S.: vivere latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset: virgines, to abduct, S.: Arsit Atrides Virgine raptā, H.: Omne sacrum rapiente dextrā, H.: alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama, pillage and plunder, V.: castra urbesque primo impetu rapere, L.— To carry off suddenly, snatch away, destroy: improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes, H.: rapto de fratre dolens, H.: Et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis, i. e. hurries on, V.— To take, catch, assume: flammam, catch quickly, V.: nigrum colorem, O.: Virga... Vim rapuit monstri, imbibed, O.— To lead on hurriedly: Halesus Turno feroces Mille rapit populus, leads hastily on, V.: Nec rapit inmensos orbīs per humum, sweeps along, V.—Fig., to snatch away, carry along, hurry away: ipsae res verba rapiunt, carry along with them: (comoediam) in peiorem partem, i. e. misrepresent, T.: Si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve, V.: almum Quae rapit hora diem, snatches away, H.: simul tecum solacia rapta, V. — To drive, impel, carry away, precipitate, transport, ravish, captivate, overwhelm, draw irresistibly: ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā studioque rapi: semper eo tractus est, quo libido rapuit: amentiā rapi: Furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa? H.: animum In partīs rapit varias, turns hurriedly, V.: ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur.— To seize by violence, snatch, steal: Hippodameam raptis nanctu'st nuptiis, Enn. ap. C.: Venerem incertam, H.: sed rapiat sitiens Venerem, but may eagerly seize upon, V.— To snatch, seize quickly, hasten, precipitate: rapienda occasio, Iu.: viam, hasten, O.: ut limis rapias, quid velit, etc., may hastily note, H.: raptae prope inter arma nuptiae, L.
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    rapere, rapui, raptus V
    drag off; snatch; destroy; seize, carry off; pillage; hurry

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  • 7 detorqueo

    detorquere, detorsi, detortus V TRANS
    turn/twist/bend/pull away/aside; deflect; deviate (path); divert; sway; distort, bend out of shape; pervert, misrepresent, twist sense of, alter form

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  • 8 detorqueo

    dē-torquĕo, si, tum (detorsum, v. infra no. 1. A. 2.), 2, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to turn or bend aside, to turn off, turn away (class.).
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Lit.:

    ponticulum,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

    cornua (antennarum),

    Verg. A. 5, 832:

    habenas,

    id. ib. 11, 765:

    lumen ab illā,

    Ov. M. 6, 515 et saep.— Poet.:

    vulnus,

    Verg. A. 9, 746.—
    b.
    With in or ad and acc., to turn in any direction, to direct towards:

    (orbis partem) a latere in dextram partem,

    Cic. Univ. 7 fin.; so,

    caudam in dexterum, in laevum,

    Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 207:

    proram ad undas,

    Verg. A. 5, 165:

    cursus ad regem,

    id. ib. 4, 196:

    cervicem ad oscula,

    Hor. Od. 2, 12, 25 et saep.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    voluptates animos a virtute,

    Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37:

    quae (sc. voluntas testium) nullo negotio flecti ac detorqueri potest,

    id. Cael. 9 fin.; id. de Or. 1, 17.—Of etymolog. derivation: Marrucini vocantur, de Marso detorsum nomen, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.; so,

    parce detorta,

    Hor. A. P. 53.—With indication of the term. ad quem:

    aliquem ad segnitiem luxumque,

    Plin. Pan. 82, 6:

    vividum animum in alia,

    Tac. A. 13, 3; cf.:

    te pravum alio (i. e. ad aliud vitium),

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 55.—
    B.
    In partic., to turn or twist out of shape, to distort.
    1.
    Lit.:

    partes corporis detortae,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 17:

    Vatinius corpore detorto,

    Tac. A. 15, 34.—
    2.
    Trop., to distort, misrepresent:

    calumniando omnia detorquendoque suspecta efficere,

    Liv. 42, 42; cf.:

    recte facta (with carpere),

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 6:

    sincera rectaque ingenia,

    id. Pan. 70, 5; cf. Tac. Or. 28 fin.:

    verbum aliquod in pejus,

    Sen. Ep. 13 med.; cf.:

    verba, voltus in crimen,

    Tac. A. 1, 7:

    sermonem in obscenum intellectum,

    Quint. 8, 3, 44.—
    * II.
    Neutr., to turn or go in any direction:

    in laevam,

    Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93.

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  • 9 inverto

    in-verto, verti, versum, 3, v. a., to turn upside down, turn about, to upset, invert (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pingue solum Fortes invertant tauri,

    to turn up, plough up, Verg. G. 1, 64:

    campum,

    id. ib. 3, 161:

    Boreas invertit ornos,

    upturns, overthrows, Luc. 6, 390:

    vinaria,

    to upset, empty, Hor. S. 2, 8, 39:

    mare,

    i. e. disturbed, rough, id. Epod. 10, 5:

    alveos navium inversos pro tuguriis habere,

    Sall. J. 18, 5:

    adeo vehementer talum inverti, ut minimum affuerim quin articulum defregerim,

    dislocated, App. Flor. 3, p. 134, 3:

    si polypus invertatur,

    Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 91:

    invertere se,

    to turn over, id. 32, 2, 5, § 13:

    cum in locum anulum inverterat,

    Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38. —
    2.
    Esp., to dip, dye:

    albentes lanas,

    Sil. 16, 568.—
    II.
    Trop., to invert, transpose; to change. alter; to pervert; to exchange:

    ut cum semel dictum sit directe, invertatur ordo, et idem quasi sursum versus retroque dicatur,

    Cic. Part. 7, 24: quae in vulgus edita ejus verbis, invertere supersedeo, to alter, give in another form, Tac. A. 15, 63:

    virtutes,

    to alter, misrepresent, Hor. S. 1, 3, 55:

    lanas,

    to dye, color, Sil. 16, 569:

    Vertumnus Deus invertendarum rerum est,

    i. e. of barter, trade, Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154. —
    B.
    Esp. of words, to pervert, misapply, use ironically (cf. inversio, I.):

    invertuntur verba, ut, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 262.—Hence, inversus, a, um, P. a., turned upside down, inverted.
    A.
    Lit.:

    vomer inversus,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 63:

    carinae,

    Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 15:

    manus (opp. supina),

    id. 12, 25, 54, § 121:

    charta,

    Mart. 4, 87, 11:

    submovere Euros Pellibus inversis,

    turned inside out, Juv. 14, 187.—
    B.
    Trop., inverted, perverted: annus, inverted, brought back to its beginning, i. e. completed, ended, Hor. S. 1, 1, 36:

    pro curia, inversique mores!

    perverted, corrupt, id. C. 3, 5, 7:

    consuetudo,

    Quint. 3, 9, 9:

    verba,

    perverted from their proper meanings, ambiguous, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 131; so,

    too, verba,

    dark, obscure, Lucr. 1, 642. — Neutr. sing. as adv.: inversum, upside down:

    surculis inversum superpositis,

    Sol. 8.

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  • 10 rapio

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

    quo rapitis me? quo fertis me?

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

    quo me cunque rapit tempestas?

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

    sumasne pudenter an rapias,

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

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

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 60:

    te ex lustris uxor,

    id. As. 5, 2, 84:

    volucri spe et cogitatione rapi a domo,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    ab aede rapuit funale,

    Ov. M. 12, 247:

    torrem ab aris,

    id. ib. 12, 271:

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

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

    hastam, de vulnere,

    id. ib. 5, 137:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 486:

    repagula de posti,

    Ov. M. 5, 120:

    (frondes) altā rapit arbore ventus,

    id. ib. 3, 730:

    vi atque ingratis... rapiam te domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40:

    aliquem sublimem domum,

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

    sublimem,

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

    commeatum in naves rapiunt,

    Liv. 41, 3:

    aliquem in jus,

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

    in jus,

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

    in jus ad regem,

    Liv. 1, 26:

    in carcerem,

    Suet. Tib. 11; 61:

    aliquem ad cornuficem,

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

    ad praetorem,

    id. Aul. 4, 10, 30:

    ad supplicium ob facinus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 238:

    ad mortem,

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

    ad tortorem,

    id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    ad poenam,

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

    ad consulem,

    Liv. 10, 20:

    matres, virgines, pueros ad stuprum,

    id. 26, 13:

    teneram virginem ad virum,

    Cat. 61, 3 (cf.:

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

    Fest. p. 289 Müll.):

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

    Verg. G. 1, 203:

    nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divum rapiam,

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

    Nasonis carmina rapti,

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

    Turnus rapit Totam aciem in Teucros,

    Verg. A. 10, 308:

    rapit agmina ductor,

    Luc. 1, 228:

    agmina cursu,

    Sil. 7, 116:

    legiones,

    Plin. Pan. 14:

    curru rapi,

    Sil. 1, 134:

    quattuor hinc rapimur raedis,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 86:

    Notus rapit biremes,

    Sil. 17, 276:

    carinas venti rapuere,

    Luc. 3, 46:

    rapit per aequora navem,

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

    ventis per aequora,

    Ov. M. 14, 470:

    missos currus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 114:

    pedes quo te rapiunt,

    id. C. 3, 11, 49:

    arma rapiat juventus,

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

    arma,

    Ov. M. 2, 603:

    arma manu,

    Verg. A. 8, 220:

    bipennem dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 651:

    cingula,

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

    ocius hinc te Ni rapis,

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

    se ad caedem optimi cujusque,

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

    praedor),

    Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 11:

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

    Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

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

    id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

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

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

    virgines,

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

    raptus a dis Ganymedes,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

    ab Idā,

    Hor. C. 3, 20, 16:

    omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 52:

    alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

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

    rapturus moenia Romae,

    Luc. 3, 99:

    Theumeson,

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

    Armeniam,

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

    Karthaginem,

    Sil. 15, 401:

    urbem,

    Stat. Th. 7, 599:

    raptas ad litora vertere praedas,

    Verg. A. 1, 528.— Absol.:

    rapio propalam,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 10:

    ut Spartae, rapere ubi pueri et clepere discunt,

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

    agunt, rapiunt, tenent,

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

    along with trahere,

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

    with congerere, auferre,

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

    castra,

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

    Bithyniam,

    id. 3, 5, 6:

    Hispaniam,

    id. 2, 17, 6:

    arces,

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

    gratus raptae raptor fuit,

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

    rapto vivere,

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

    for which: ex rapto vivere,

    id. M. 1, 144; so,

    rapto gaudere,

    Liv. 29, 6, 3 Drak.:

    rapto potiri,

    Verg. A. 4, 217:

    rapto uti,

    Vell. 2, 73, 3:

    sine rapto vivere,

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

    caput,

    Sil. 15, 807:

    ora gladio,

    id. 7, 704:

    rapuit non dente ferarum,

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

    improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes,

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

    et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis,

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

    RAPTA EST = obiit,

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

    flammanm,

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

    incendia,

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

    vim monstri,

    id. ib. 4, 744;

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

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

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

    sweeps along, Verg. G. 2, 153:

    pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit,

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

    acrior et campum sonipes rapit,

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

    fertur quasi torrens oratio, quamvis multa cujusquemodi rapiat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

    ipsae res verba rapiunt,

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

    aliquem in deteriorem viam,

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

    (comoediam) in pejorem partem,

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

    aliquem in invidiam,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

    opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 43:

    si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve,

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

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

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

    commoda ad se,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 22:

    victoriae gloriam in se,

    Liv. 33, 11 fin.:

    almum Quae rapit hora diem,

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

    simul tecum solatia rapta,

    Verg. E. 9, 18:

    impetus rapit huc, rapit illuc,

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

    impetu raptus,

    Quint. 7, 2, 44:

    judicem rapere,

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

    praedae ac rapinarum cupiditas caeca te rapiebat,

    Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

    amentiā rapi,

    id. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

    furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa?

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13; cf.:

    in medias res auditorem,

    id. A. P. 149:

    utraque forma rapit,

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

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

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 12:

    rapit omnes ira,

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

    ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38:

    animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapiebat,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    ea (cupiditas) ad oppugnandam Capuam rapit,

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

    qui ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā omni studioque rapiantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111:

    rapi ad opes augendas generis humani,

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

    (mundus) rapit aetherios per carmina pandere census,

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

    oscula,

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

    Venerem incertam,

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

    sed rapiat sitiens Venerem,

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

    illicitas voluptates,

    Tac. H. 3, 41:

    spem adoptionis acrius in dies,

    id. ib. 1, 13 fin.:

    quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit expediam,

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

    sed rape,

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

    rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 3; so,

    occasionem,

    Juv. 15, 39:

    viam,

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

    iter,

    Sil. 12, 471:

    gressus,

    Luc. 3, 116:

    cursus,

    id. 5, 403:

    letum,

    id. 4, 345:

    bellum,

    to wage suddenly, id. 5, 403:

    nefas,

    to hasten, precipitate, id. 10, 428:

    ut limis rapias, quid prima secundo Cera velit versu,

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

    raptae prope inter arma nuptiae,

    Liv. 30, 14, 2 Drak.:

    repente impetu facto transitum rapuit,

    Front. Strat. 1, 4, 8:

    inter rapienda momenta periculorum communium,

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

    exemplaria litterarum certatim,

    Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

    librum totā certatim urbe,

    Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > rapio

  • 11 rapta

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

    quo rapitis me? quo fertis me?

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

    quo me cunque rapit tempestas?

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

    sumasne pudenter an rapias,

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

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

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 60:

    te ex lustris uxor,

    id. As. 5, 2, 84:

    volucri spe et cogitatione rapi a domo,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    ab aede rapuit funale,

    Ov. M. 12, 247:

    torrem ab aris,

    id. ib. 12, 271:

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

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

    hastam, de vulnere,

    id. ib. 5, 137:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 486:

    repagula de posti,

    Ov. M. 5, 120:

    (frondes) altā rapit arbore ventus,

    id. ib. 3, 730:

    vi atque ingratis... rapiam te domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40:

    aliquem sublimem domum,

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

    sublimem,

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

    commeatum in naves rapiunt,

    Liv. 41, 3:

    aliquem in jus,

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

    in jus,

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

    in jus ad regem,

    Liv. 1, 26:

    in carcerem,

    Suet. Tib. 11; 61:

    aliquem ad cornuficem,

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

    ad praetorem,

    id. Aul. 4, 10, 30:

    ad supplicium ob facinus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 238:

    ad mortem,

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

    ad tortorem,

    id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

    ad poenam,

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

    ad consulem,

    Liv. 10, 20:

    matres, virgines, pueros ad stuprum,

    id. 26, 13:

    teneram virginem ad virum,

    Cat. 61, 3 (cf.:

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

    Fest. p. 289 Müll.):

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

    Verg. G. 1, 203:

    nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divum rapiam,

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

    Nasonis carmina rapti,

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

    Turnus rapit Totam aciem in Teucros,

    Verg. A. 10, 308:

    rapit agmina ductor,

    Luc. 1, 228:

    agmina cursu,

    Sil. 7, 116:

    legiones,

    Plin. Pan. 14:

    curru rapi,

    Sil. 1, 134:

    quattuor hinc rapimur raedis,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 86:

    Notus rapit biremes,

    Sil. 17, 276:

    carinas venti rapuere,

    Luc. 3, 46:

    rapit per aequora navem,

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

    ventis per aequora,

    Ov. M. 14, 470:

    missos currus,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 114:

    pedes quo te rapiunt,

    id. C. 3, 11, 49:

    arma rapiat juventus,

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

    arma,

    Ov. M. 2, 603:

    arma manu,

    Verg. A. 8, 220:

    bipennem dextrā,

    id. ib. 11, 651:

    cingula,

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

    ocius hinc te Ni rapis,

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

    se ad caedem optimi cujusque,

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

    praedor),

    Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 11:

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

    Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

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

    id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

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

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

    virgines,

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

    raptus a dis Ganymedes,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

    ab Idā,

    Hor. C. 3, 20, 16:

    omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 52:

    alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

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

    rapturus moenia Romae,

    Luc. 3, 99:

    Theumeson,

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

    Armeniam,

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

    Karthaginem,

    Sil. 15, 401:

    urbem,

    Stat. Th. 7, 599:

    raptas ad litora vertere praedas,

    Verg. A. 1, 528.— Absol.:

    rapio propalam,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 10:

    ut Spartae, rapere ubi pueri et clepere discunt,

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

    agunt, rapiunt, tenent,

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

    along with trahere,

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

    with congerere, auferre,

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

    castra,

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

    Bithyniam,

    id. 3, 5, 6:

    Hispaniam,

    id. 2, 17, 6:

    arces,

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

    gratus raptae raptor fuit,

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

    rapto vivere,

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

    for which: ex rapto vivere,

    id. M. 1, 144; so,

    rapto gaudere,

    Liv. 29, 6, 3 Drak.:

    rapto potiri,

    Verg. A. 4, 217:

    rapto uti,

    Vell. 2, 73, 3:

    sine rapto vivere,

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

    caput,

    Sil. 15, 807:

    ora gladio,

    id. 7, 704:

    rapuit non dente ferarum,

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

    improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes,

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

    et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis,

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

    RAPTA EST = obiit,

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

    flammanm,

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

    incendia,

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

    vim monstri,

    id. ib. 4, 744;

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

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

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

    sweeps along, Verg. G. 2, 153:

    pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit,

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

    acrior et campum sonipes rapit,

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

    fertur quasi torrens oratio, quamvis multa cujusquemodi rapiat,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

    ipsae res verba rapiunt,

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

    aliquem in deteriorem viam,

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

    (comoediam) in pejorem partem,

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

    aliquem in invidiam,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

    opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 43:

    si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve,

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

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

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

    commoda ad se,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 22:

    victoriae gloriam in se,

    Liv. 33, 11 fin.:

    almum Quae rapit hora diem,

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

    simul tecum solatia rapta,

    Verg. E. 9, 18:

    impetus rapit huc, rapit illuc,

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

    impetu raptus,

    Quint. 7, 2, 44:

    judicem rapere,

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

    praedae ac rapinarum cupiditas caeca te rapiebat,

    Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

    amentiā rapi,

    id. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

    furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa?

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13; cf.:

    in medias res auditorem,

    id. A. P. 149:

    utraque forma rapit,

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

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

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 12:

    rapit omnes ira,

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

    ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur,

    Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38:

    animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapiebat,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    ea (cupiditas) ad oppugnandam Capuam rapit,

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

    qui ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā omni studioque rapiantur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111:

    rapi ad opes augendas generis humani,

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

    (mundus) rapit aetherios per carmina pandere census,

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

    oscula,

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

    Venerem incertam,

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

    sed rapiat sitiens Venerem,

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

    illicitas voluptates,

    Tac. H. 3, 41:

    spem adoptionis acrius in dies,

    id. ib. 1, 13 fin.:

    quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit expediam,

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

    sed rape,

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

    rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die,

    Hor. Epod. 13, 3; so,

    occasionem,

    Juv. 15, 39:

    viam,

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

    iter,

    Sil. 12, 471:

    gressus,

    Luc. 3, 116:

    cursus,

    id. 5, 403:

    letum,

    id. 4, 345:

    bellum,

    to wage suddenly, id. 5, 403:

    nefas,

    to hasten, precipitate, id. 10, 428:

    ut limis rapias, quid prima secundo Cera velit versu,

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

    raptae prope inter arma nuptiae,

    Liv. 30, 14, 2 Drak.:

    repente impetu facto transitum rapuit,

    Front. Strat. 1, 4, 8:

    inter rapienda momenta periculorum communium,

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

    exemplaria litterarum certatim,

    Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

    librum totā certatim urbe,

    Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > rapta

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