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  • 1 talon-taroj

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  • 2 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

  • 3 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

  • 4 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.
    * * *
    rapere, rapui, raptus V
    drag off; snatch; destroy; seize, carry off; pillage; hurry

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  • 5 мародёрствовать

    1) General subject: depredate, maraud, pillage, prowl, plunder (вот пример из опыта американской военщины в Ираке: a contractor, there to support U.S. national interest, could murder, rape, pillage and plunder with complete, legal unaccountability)
    2) Obsolete: pill
    3) Military: loot
    4) Archaic: pill and poll

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  • 6 piller

    piller [pije]
    ➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb
    [+ ville] to pillage ; [+ magasin, maison] to loot
    * * *
    pije
    1) ( dépouiller) to pillage [ville]; to loot [magasin]; to ransack [maison, réfrigérateur]
    2) ( voler) to pillage [objets d'art]; to plunder [temple, caisse]
    3) ( plagier) to plagiarize [œuvre, auteur]
    * * *
    pije vt
    1) [magasin] to loot, [ville, région] to pillage, to plunder
    2) fig, [artiste, œuvre] to plagiarize, [idées] to steal
    * * *
    piller verb table: aimer vtr
    1 Mil [soldats, bandes] to pillage [ville, région]; to loot [maison, magasin]; piller et violer to rape and plunder;
    2 gén [personne] to pillage [objets d'art]; to plunder [temple]; to ransack [maison, réfrigérateur, placard]; [oiseau] to plunder [arbre, verger]; piller les caisses de l'État to plunder the treasury coffers;
    3 ( plagier) to plagiarize [œuvre, auteur].
    [pije] verbe transitif
    1. [dépouiller] to pillage, to loot, to plunder
    2. [détourner] to cream (UK) ou to siphon off (separable)
    3. [plagier] to plagiarize

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  • 7 depredare

    depredare v.tr. to plunder, to pillage, to maraud, to ravage, to sack, to despoil, to loot: i vincitori depredarono le campagne, the victors plundered the countryside; si lasciò libertà ai soldati di saccheggiare e depredare, the soldiers were allowed to sack and plunder; depredare una città, to plunder (o to loot) a city; depredare qlcu. del denaro, to rob s.o. of his money.
    * * *
    [depre'dare]
    verbo transitivo to pillage, to plunder [città, regione]
    * * *
    depredare
    /depre'dare/ [1]
    to pillage, to plunder [città, regione].

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  • 8 brandschatzen

    vt/i (untr., hat ge-) (plündern) pillage, plunder
    * * *
    brạnd|schat|zen ['brantʃatsn]
    vt insep
    to sack, to lay waste to
    * * *
    brand·schat·zen
    [ˈbrantʃatsn̩]
    vt
    ▪ etw \brandschatzen to sack [or pillage] sth
    * * *
    transitives Verb (hist.) pillage and threaten to burn
    * * *
    brandschatzen v/t & v/i (untrennb, hat ge-) (plündern) pillage, plunder
    * * *
    transitives Verb (hist.) pillage and threaten to burn

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > brandschatzen

  • 9 brandschatzen

    1. to pillage
    2. to pillage and threaten to burn
    3. to plunder
    4. to sack

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  • 10 depeculor

    dē-pĕcūlor, ātus (and old Act. fut. infin. depeculassere, Lucil. ap. Non. 97, 9; cf. Neue, Form. 2, 421, and v. infra), 1, v. dep. a. [peculium], to despoil, pillage, rifle, plunder, embezzle (very rare).
    I.
    Prop.:

    Apollonium omni argento spoliasti ac depeculatus es,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    laudem honoremque alicujus,

    i. e. to detract from, diminish, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 36.
    ► In pass.
    signif.: ubi senatus intellexit populum depeculari (aposulousthai), Cael. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.:

    me impune irrisum esse habitum, depeculatum eis,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 83 (dub. v. depeculatus).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > depeculor

  • 11 Beute

    f
    1. booties
    2. booty
    3. creature that is hunted and killed for food
    4. pickings
    5. pillage
    6. plunder
    7. plunderage
    8. prey
    9. quarry
    10. swag
    11. theft

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  • 12 pillaje

    m.
    pillage.
    * * *
    1 looting
    * * *
    SM pillage, plunder
    * * *
    masculino pillage
    * * *
    = looting, depredation, plundering, plunder.
    Ex. This article gives a brief personal account of the destruction and looting of library and information facilities in Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion = Este artículo presenta un relato personal breve de la destrucción y el saqueo de las bibliotecas y centros de información de Kuwait durante la invasión iraquí.
    Ex. Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.
    Ex. The focus of the study was the plundering of Jewish gold in the German death camps.
    Ex. He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.
    * * *
    masculino pillage
    * * *
    = looting, depredation, plundering, plunder.

    Ex: This article gives a brief personal account of the destruction and looting of library and information facilities in Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion = Este artículo presenta un relato personal breve de la destrucción y el saqueo de las bibliotecas y centros de información de Kuwait durante la invasión iraquí.

    Ex: Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.
    Ex: The focus of the study was the plundering of Jewish gold in the German death camps.
    Ex: He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.

    * * *
    pillage
    * * *

    pillaje sustantivo masculino
    pillage
    pillaje sustantivo masculino looting, pillage
    ' pillaje' also found in these entries:
    English:
    pillage
    * * *
    pillage
    * * *
    m pillage
    * * *
    : pillage, plunder

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  • 13 saquear

    v.
    1 to sack.
    2 to loot (tienda).
    * * *
    1 (casas) to plunder, pillage; (casas, comercios) to loot
    * * *
    verb
    to sack, loot
    * * *
    VT
    1) (Mil) to sack
    2) (=robar) to loot, plunder, pillage
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <ciudad/población> to sack, plunder; <tienda/establecimiento> to loot
    * * *
    = pillage, plunder, loot, despoil, rifle, buccaneer.
    Ex. And when, finally, the heavily timbered ranges had been pillaged almost beyond repair, many lumbermen pulled stakes and pushed westward.
    Ex. Close on such paradeground excitements comes the popular sport of plundering for projects.
    Ex. During the invasion of Kuwait the majority of school, public, university and special libraries were looted or destroyed = Durante la invasión de Kuwait la mayoría de las bibliotecas escolares, públicas, universitarias y especializadas fueron saquedas o destruidas.
    Ex. The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.
    Ex. English, on the other hand, has been accused of waylaying other languages in dark alleys and rifling their pockets for loose vocabulary.
    Ex. But both he and his brother Maurice had supported themselves for some years by buccaneering in the Caribbean Sea.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <ciudad/población> to sack, plunder; <tienda/establecimiento> to loot
    * * *
    = pillage, plunder, loot, despoil, rifle, buccaneer.

    Ex: And when, finally, the heavily timbered ranges had been pillaged almost beyond repair, many lumbermen pulled stakes and pushed westward.

    Ex: Close on such paradeground excitements comes the popular sport of plundering for projects.
    Ex: During the invasion of Kuwait the majority of school, public, university and special libraries were looted or destroyed = Durante la invasión de Kuwait la mayoría de las bibliotecas escolares, públicas, universitarias y especializadas fueron saquedas o destruidas.
    Ex: The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.
    Ex: English, on the other hand, has been accused of waylaying other languages in dark alleys and rifling their pockets for loose vocabulary.
    Ex: But both he and his brother Maurice had supported themselves for some years by buccaneering in the Caribbean Sea.

    * * *
    saquear [A1 ]
    vt
    A ‹ciudad/población› to sack, plunder; ‹tienda/establecimiento› to loot
    B ( Chi fam) ‹equipo› to be biased against
    * * *

    saquear ( conjugate saquear) verbo transitivo ‹ciudad/población› to sack, plunder;
    ‹tienda/establecimiento› to loot
    saquear verbo transitivo
    1 Hist (una población) to sack, plunder: las tropas saquearon la aldea, the troops plundered the village
    2 fig (desvalijar una tienda, una casa) to loot, rifle
    ' saquear' also found in these entries:
    English:
    loot
    - pillage
    - plunder
    - ransack
    - rifle
    - sack
    - ravage
    * * *
    1. [ciudad, población] to sack
    2. [tienda] to loot;
    Fam [nevera, armario] to raid
    * * *
    v/t sack, ransack
    * * *
    : to sack, to plunder, to loot

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  • 14 plündern

    vt/i
    1. (Stadt) loot, plunder, pillage; es wurde gemordet und geplündert there was killing and looting
    2. umg. (Kühlschrank, Konto etc.) raid; (Obstbaum, Weihnachtsbaum) strip (bare); (Buch) scavenge
    * * *
    to rob; to spoil; to raid; to plunder; to pillage; to maraud; to loot; to harry; to go to waste; to despoil; to ravage
    * * *
    plụ̈n|dern ['plʏndɐn]
    vti
    to loot, to plunder, to pillage; (= ausrauben) to raid; Obstbaum to strip
    * * *
    1) (to rob or steal from (a place): The soldiers looted the shops of the captured town.) loot
    2) raid
    3) (to rob or steal from (a place): The soldiers plundered and looted (the city).) plunder
    4) (loot, plunder: The army ransacked the conquered city.) ransack
    * * *
    plün·dern
    [ˈplʏndɐn]
    I. vt
    ▪ etw \plündern to plunder [or loot] sth
    2. (leeren)
    ▪ etw \plündern to raid sth fam
    den Kühlschrank \plündern to raid the fridge
    II. vi to plunder
    * * *
    intransitives, transitives Verb
    1) loot; plunder, pillage < town>
    2) (scherzh.): ([fast] leeren) raid <larder, fridge, account>; <bird, animal> strip <tree, border>
    * * *
    plündern v/t & v/i
    1. (Stadt) loot, plunder, pillage;
    es wurde gemordet und geplündert there was killing and looting
    2. umg (Kühlschrank, Konto etc) raid; (Obstbaum, Weihnachtsbaum) strip (bare); (Buch) scavenge
    * * *
    intransitives, transitives Verb
    1) loot; plunder, pillage < town>
    2) (scherzh.): ([fast] leeren) raid <larder, fridge, account>; <bird, animal> strip <tree, border>
    * * *
    adj.
    spoiled adj. v.
    to despoil v.
    to harry v.
    to loot v.
    to maraud v.
    to pillage v.
    to plunder v.
    to sack v.
    to spoil v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: spoiled)
    or p.p.: spoilt•)

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  • 15 saqueo

    m.
    1 sacking.
    2 loot, sack, pillage, plundering.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: saquear.
    * * *
    1 (de ciudades) sacking, plundering; (de casa, comercio) looting
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Mil) sacking
    2) (=robo) looting, plundering, pillaging
    * * *
    masculino ( de pueblo) sacking, plundering; ( de tienda) looting
    * * *
    = looting, sacking, rampage, depredation, plundering, plunder.
    Ex. This article gives a brief personal account of the destruction and looting of library and information facilities in Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion = Este artículo presenta un relato personal breve de la destrucción y el saqueo de las bibliotecas y centros de información de Kuwait durante la invasión iraquí.
    Ex. Lascaris became an exile in Italy following the sacking of Constantinople in 1453.
    Ex. These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
    Ex. Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.
    Ex. The focus of the study was the plundering of Jewish gold in the German death camps.
    Ex. He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.
    ----
    * saqueo de tumbas = grave robbing, body-snatching.
    * * *
    masculino ( de pueblo) sacking, plundering; ( de tienda) looting
    * * *
    = looting, sacking, rampage, depredation, plundering, plunder.

    Ex: This article gives a brief personal account of the destruction and looting of library and information facilities in Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion = Este artículo presenta un relato personal breve de la destrucción y el saqueo de las bibliotecas y centros de información de Kuwait durante la invasión iraquí.

    Ex: Lascaris became an exile in Italy following the sacking of Constantinople in 1453.
    Ex: These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
    Ex: Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.
    Ex: The focus of the study was the plundering of Jewish gold in the German death camps.
    Ex: He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.
    * saqueo de tumbas = grave robbing, body-snatching.

    * * *
    (de un pueblo) sacking, plundering; (de una tienda) looting
    * * *

    Del verbo saquear: ( conjugate saquear)

    saqueo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    saqueó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    saquear    
    saqueo
    saquear ( conjugate saquear) verbo transitivo ‹ciudad/población› to sack, plunder;
    ‹tienda/establecimiento› to loot
    saquear verbo transitivo
    1 Hist (una población) to sack, plunder: las tropas saquearon la aldea, the troops plundered the village
    2 fig (desvalijar una tienda, una casa) to loot, rifle
    saqueo sustantivo masculino
    1 Hist (de una localidad) plundering, sacking
    2 fig (en una tienda, una casa) looting, ransacking
    ' saqueo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    saco
    English:
    pillage
    - plunder
    - sacking
    - looting
    * * *
    saqueo nm
    1. [de ciudad] sacking
    2. [de tienda] looting;
    Fam [de nevera, armario] raiding
    * * *
    saqueo nm
    depredación: sacking, plunder, looting

    Spanish-English dictionary > saqueo

  • 16 грабеж

    1. robbery, pillage, plunder, despoilment, despoliation; rapine
    * * *
    грабѐж,
    м., -и, (два) грабѐжа 1. robbery, pillage, plunder, despoilment, despoliation; rapine; въоръжен \грабеж разг. hold-up, stick-up; \грабеж на стоки от витрина smash-and-grab robbery \грабеж по пътищата highway robbery; извършвам \грабеж commit a robbery; тежък \грабеж aggravated robbery;
    2. ( нещо заграбено) plunder, loot.
    * * *
    depredation; despoilment; loot{lu:t}; looting; plunder; pillage; robbery{`rObxri}
    * * *
    1. (нещо заграбено) plunder, loot 2. robbery, pillage, plunder, despoilment, despoliation;rapine

    Български-английски речник > грабеж

  • 17 sacco

    m (pl -cchi) sack
    fig colloq un sacco di piles of colloq costa un sacco it costs a fortune
    sacco a pelo sleeping bag
    sacco da montagna backpack, rucksack
    fig vuotare il sacco spill the beans
    confidarsi pour one's heart out
    * * *
    sacco1 s.m.
    1 sack, bag: un sacco di patate, a sack of potatoes; un sacco di tela, a cloth bag; sacco da montagna, ( zaino) rucksack; sacco postale, mailbag // abito a sacco, loose (o sack) dress // colazione al sacco, packed lunch; ( picnic) picnic (lunch) // credo non sia tutta farina del suo sacco, I think s.o. else had a hand in it (o I don't think it's all his own work) // agire con la testa nel sacco, to act recklessly (o thoughtlessly o rashly) // essere un sacco d'ossa, to be a bag of bones // essere colto con le mani nel sacco, to be caught red-handed // mettere qlcu. nel sacco, to take s.o. in (o to cheat s.o. o to trick s.o. o to swindle s.o.) // tenere il sacco a qlcu.; to be s.o.'s accomplice // vuotare il sacco, ( confessare) to spill the beans, ( sfogarsi) to speak out (o to speak one's mind) // fare il sacco nel letto a qlcu., to make s.o. an apple-pie bed // non dir quattro finché non lo hai nel sacco, (prov.) don't count your chickens before they are hatched
    2 sacco a pelo, sleeping bag
    3 ( tela da sacchi) sacking, sackcloth // vestire il sacco della penitenza, to wear sackcloth and ashes
    4 ( grande quantità) a lot, a great deal, heaps (pl.), lots (pl.), loads (pl.): un sacco di preoccupazioni, lavoro, a lot of worries, work; un sacco di bugie, a pack of lies; gli hanno dato un sacco di botte, they beat him up; ha un sacco di soldi, he has pots (o loads) of money; fare un sacco di soldi, to make a lot of money (o a packet)
    5 (scient.) sac: (anat.) sacco lacrimale, lachrymal sac; (biol.) sacco vitellino, yolk (o vitelline) sac // (bot.): sacco embrionale, embryo-sac; sacco pollinico, pollen-sac // (zool.) sacco ovigero, egg-sac.
    sacco2 s.m. (letter.) ( saccheggio) sack, pillage, plunder: mettere a sacco una città, to sack a town.
    * * *
    pl. - chi ['sakko, ki] sostantivo maschile
    1) (contenitore) sack, bag

    sacco postale — mailbag, postbag BE

    sacco dell'immondizia — bin liner BE, trash bag AE

    tela da sacco — sackcloth, sacking

    pranzo al sacco — packed lunch, box lunch AE

    2) (contenuto) sack(ful), bag(ful)
    3) (borsa) bag; (zaino) pack, knapsack, backpack AE

    sacco da viaggio — travel o duffel bag

    4) (saccheggio) plunder, pillage, sack lett.

    mettere a sacco — to sack lett. [città, regione]

    6) anat. bot. sac
    7) un sacco colloq. (moltissimo) a lot
    8) un sacco di colloq. loads of, lots of [cose, soldi ecc.]

    un sacco di bugie — a pack o parcel of lies

    dare a qcn. un sacco di botte — to give sb. a good thrashing

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    ••

    un sacco e una sporta — loads, lots

    mettere qcn. nel sacco — (ingannare) = to deceive sb.

    reggere il sacco a qcn. — to aid and abet sb

    * * *
    sacco
    pl. - chi /'sakko, ki/
    sostantivo m.
     1 (contenitore) sack, bag; sacco postale mailbag, postbag BE; sacco dell'immondizia bin liner BE, trash bag AE; tela da sacco sackcloth, sacking; pranzo al sacco packed lunch, box lunch AE
     2 (contenuto) sack(ful), bag(ful)
     3 (borsa) bag; (zaino) pack, knapsack, backpack AE; sacco da viaggio travel o duffel bag
     4 (saccheggio) plunder, pillage, sack lett.; mettere a sacco to sack lett. [città, regione]
     5 (scherzo) fare il sacco to make an apple pie bed
     6 anat. bot. sac
     7 un sacco colloq. (moltissimo) a lot; sciare mi piace un sacco I like skiing an awful lot
     8 un sacco di colloq. loads of, lots of [cose, soldi ecc.]; un sacco di gente a (whole) load of people; un sacco di bugie a pack o parcel of lies; c'era un sacco di roba da mangiare there was loads to eat; dare a qcn. un sacco di botte to give sb. a good thrashing
    sacco di pulci (animale) fleabag; un sacco e una sporta loads, lots; essere un sacco di patate to be clumsy; vuotare il sacco to spill the beans; essere preso con le mani nel sacco to be caught red-handed; mettere qcn. nel sacco (ingannare) = to deceive sb.; non è farina del suo sacco this is not his own work; reggere il sacco a qcn. to aid and abet sb.
    \
    sacco a pelo sleeping bag.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > sacco

  • 18 expolio

    1 (acción) plundering, pillaging, despoiling
    2 (botín) loot, booty
    3 familiar (alboroto) din, racket, row
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=saqueo) pillaging, sacking
    2)
    * * *
    masculino (frml) plundering
    * * *
    = depredation, plundering.
    Ex. Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.
    Ex. The focus of the study was the plundering of Jewish gold in the German death camps.
    * * *
    masculino (frml) plundering
    * * *
    = depredation, plundering.

    Ex: Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.

    Ex: The focus of the study was the plundering of Jewish gold in the German death camps.

    * * *
    ( frml)
    plundering
    el expolio de los recursos naturales de la zona the plundering of the area's natural resources
    los expolios de la guerra the spoils of war
    * * *

    Del verbo expoliar: ( conjugate expoliar)

    expolio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    expolió es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    expoliar    
    expolio
    expoliar verbo transitivo to plunder, pillage
    expolio sustantivo masculino pillaging, plundering: el expolio de las riquezas naturales de la zona supone una verdadera catástrofe, the plundering of natural resources in the area is a real catastrophe
    ' expolio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    expoliación
    * * *
    1. [saqueo] pillaging, plundering
    2. Esp Fam [alboroto] fuss;
    montaron un expolio they kicked up a fuss
    * * *
    m plunder, pillage

    Spanish-English dictionary > expolio

  • 19 sac

    I.
    sac1 [sak]
    1. masculine noun
       a. bag ; (de grande taille, en toile) sack ; ( = cartable) (school)bag ; (à bretelles) satchel ; (pour achats) shopping bag
    • l'affaire est or c'est dans le sac (inf) it's in the bag (inf)
       b. ( = 10 francs) (inf!) dix/trente sacs one hundred/three hundred euros
    II.
    sac2 [sak]
    masculine noun
    • (mise à) sac [de ville] sacking uncount ; [de maison, pièce] ransacking uncount
    • mettre à sac [+ ville] to sack ; [+ maison, pièce] to ransack
    * * *
    sak
    nom masculin
    1) ( contenant) gén bag; (grossier, à usage commercial) sack
    2) ( contenu) bag(ful), sack(ful)
    3) Anatomie, Botanique sac
    4) ( pillage) sack

    mettre à sac — to sack [ville, région]; to ransack [boutique, maison]

    •
    Phrasal Verbs:
    ••

    l'affaire est dans le sac — (colloq) it's in the bag (colloq)

    vider son sac — (colloq) to get it off one's chest

    mettre dans le même sac — (colloq) to lump [something] together

    * * *
    sak abr nm
    Service d'action civique former Gaullist parapolice
    * * *
    sac nm
    1 ( contenant) gén bag; (grossier, à usage commercial) sack; sac de sport sports bag GB, gym bag US; sac à charbon/à patates coal/potato sack; sac de farine ( petit) flour bag; ( grand) flour sack;
    2 ( contenu) bag(ful), sack(ful); j'ai consommé trois sacs de charbon cet hiver I used three sacks of coal this winter;
    3 Anat, Bot sac;
    4 ( pillage) sack; mettre à sac to sack [ville, région]; to ransack [boutique, maison];
    5 ◑( 10 francs) ten French francs.
    sac d'aspirateur dust bag, vacuum-cleaner bag; sac à bandoulière shoulder bag; sac de congélation freezer bag; sac de couchage sleeping bag; sac à dos rucksack GB, backpack; sac à dos à claie stretcher-frame rucksack GB ou backpack; sac à dos promenade daysack GB, knapsack US; sac d'embrouilles can of worms; sac herniaire Anat hernial sac; sac isotherme cool bag; sac lacrymal Anat lacrymal sac; sac à main handbag, purse US; sac à malices bag of tricks; sac (de) marin Naut kitbag GB, duffel bag US; sac de montagne rucksack GB, knapsack; sac de nœuds fig = sac d'embrouilles; sac d'os○ fig bag of bones; sac à papier○! nitwit○!; sac penderie suiter, suit bag; sac de plage beachbag; sac en plastique ( sans poignées) polythene bag; ( avec poignées) carrier bag; sac pollinique Bot pollen sac; sac polochon holdall; sac postal mail sack; sac poubelle bin liner GB, trash bag US, trash-can liner US; sac à provisions shopping bag, carry-all US; sac à puces○ fleabag○ GB, flea-infested animal; sac reporter bucket bag; sac de sable Constr, Mil sandbag; ( pour la boxe) punchbag GB, punching bag US; sac à viande○ (sleeping bag) liner; sac à vin○ (old) soak○; sac de voyage travel bag.
    l'affaire est dans le sac○ it's in the bag○; avoir plus d'un tour dans son sac to have more than one trick up one's sleeve; être habillé comme un sac (à patates) to look like a sack of potatoes; vider son sac○ to get it off one's chest; se faire prendre la main dans le sac to be caught red-handed; mettre dans le même sac to lump [sth] together, to tar [sth] with the same brush pej.
    [sak] nom masculin
    1. [contenant - petit, léger] bag ; [ - grand, solide] sack
    sac à dos rucksack, knapsack
    a. [à poignée] handbag (UK), purse (US)
    b. [à bandoulière] shoulder bag
    a. [petit] plastic bag
    b. [solide et grand] plastic carrier (bag) (UK), large plastic bag (US)
    b. [noir] black bag
    sac de voyage overnight ou travelling bag
    2. [contenu - petit, moyen] bag, bagful ; [ - grand] sack, sackful
    3. (très familier) [argent]
    4. ANATOMIE & BOTANIQUE sac
    5. [pillage] sack, pillage
    mettre quelque chose à sac to ransack ou to plunder ou to pillage something
    6. (familier & locution)
    méfie-toi, c'est un sac de nœuds, leur affaire be careful, that business of theirs is a real hornets' nest
    sac à vin drunk, lush
    ça y est, l'affaire est ou c'est dans le sac! it's as good as done!, it's in the bag!
    attention, ne mettons pas le racisme et le sexisme dans le même sac! let's not lump racism and sexism together!

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > sac

  • 20 dīripiō

        dīripiō uī, eptus, ere    [dis- + rapio], to tear asunder, tear in pieces: Cum diripereris equis, O.: membra manibus nefandis, O.: dapes, V.— To lay waste, ravage, spoil, plunder, pillage: bona eorum, Cs.: oppidum, Cs.: captas urbīs, L.: diripiendas civitates dare, Cs.: direpta domus, V.: praedas imperatores cum paucis diripiebant, seized and divided, S.: aras, strip, V.: mella, steal, V.— To tear away, snatch away: Vaginā ensem, V.: direpta leoni Pellis erat, O.
    * * *
    diripere, diripui, direptus V
    tear apart/to pieces/asunder; lay waste, plunder, pillage; seize and divide

    Latin-English dictionary > dīripiō

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