praedor

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praedor, ātus, 1 (active collat. form, v. infra fin.), v. n. and a. [2. praedo].

Neutr., to make booty, to plunder, spoil, rob (in war and otherwise; class.;

syn.: spolio, diripio): spes rapiendi atque praedandi,

Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 9:

licentia praedandi,

Liv. 22, 3:

praedantes milites,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46 fin.:

ex hereditate,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 45; 2, 3, 3, § 6; 2, 3, 20, § 51:

praedatum exire,

Liv. 4, 55:

necessitate inpositā ex alieno praedandi,

id. 5, 5, 3:

ex alienis fortunis,

id. 6, 41, 11:

ex necessitate alicujus,

Lact. 6, 18, 8:

ex agris finitimorum praedari,

Just. 23, 1, 10:

classis pluribus locis praedata,

Tac. Agr. 29:

de aratorum bonis praedari,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 78, § 182:

praedari in re frumentariā et in bonis aratorum,

id. ib. 2, 3, 62, § 146;

2, 3, 88, § 204: in bonis alienis,

id. ib. 2, 2, 19, §

46: omnibus in rebus,

upon every opportunity, id. ib. 2, 1, 50, §

130: in insulis cultorum egentibus,

Liv. 22, 31, 3:

ex alterius inscientiā praedari,

to make use of another's ignorance to defraud him, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 72:

cum apud tuos Mamertinos inveniare improbissimā ratione esse praedatus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 3.—

Transf.: praedātus, a, um, that has made booty; hence, well furnished with booty (Plautinian):

bene ego ab hoc praedatus ibo,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 39; id. Rud. 5, 2, 29; id. Pers. 4, 4, 115.—

Act., to plunder, pillage, rob any thing (rare before the Aug. period).

Lit.:

pastorum stabula,

Cic. Sest. 5, 13 Halm N. cr.; B. and K.;

dub. (al. praeclara cepisset): dum socios magis quam hostes praedatur,

Tac. A. 12, 49:

arces Cecropis,

Val. Fl. 5, 647:

maria,

Lact. 5, 9 med.; 7, 17, 9:

bona vivorum et mortuorum,

Suet. Dom. 12 (but cf. Roth ad loc.):

Hylam Nympha praedata,

Petr. 83.—

Transf., to take or catch animals, birds, etc.:

alia dentibus praedantur, alia unguibus,

Plin. 10, 71, 91, § 196:

ovem,

Ov. A. A. 3, 419:

pisces calamo praedabor,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 37.—

Trop., to rob, ravish, take ( poet.):

amores alicujus,

to rob one of his mistress, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 59; cf.:

quae me nuper praedata puella est,

has caught me, id. Am. 1, 3, 1:

singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 55:

dapes,

to consume, Val. Fl. 4, 429.

► Act. collat. form praedo, āre:

praedavit omnes filios Tharsis,

Vulg. Jud. 2, 13; 16; Prisc. p. 799 P.—Hence, prae-dor, āri, in a pass. signif. (ante- and post-class.):

mihi istaec videtur praeda praedatum irier,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 16:

terra direptione praedabitur,

Vulg. Isa. 24, 3:

pecuniae praedatae,

Gell. 4, 18, 12.—As subst.: praedātum, i, n., that which has been obtained by plunder, booty, Vop. Prob. 8, 3.

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ex-pīlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to pillage, rob, plunder (class.; syn.: privo, orbo, compilo, spolio, diripio, populor, vasto, praedor).

Lit.:

si socios spolias, aerarium expilas,

Cic. Par. 6, 1, 43; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 27:

ad expilandos socios diripiendasque provincias,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57:

fana,

id. Off. 3, 23:

armarium,

id. Clu. 64, 181:

thesauros,

Liv. 31, 12, 3: rem hereditariam, [p. 695] Dig. 29, 2, 21; cf.:

expilatae hereditatis,

Dig. 47, tit. 19.—

Trop.:

sumenda sunt nobis ab iis ipsis, a quibus expilati sumus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123.

praedātus, a, um, v. praedor and praedo.

prae-dătus, a, um, Part. [do], given beforehand (post-class.), Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 37 med.; 3, 17; id. Tard. 1, 1; 2, 1; 3, 7 fin.

praedo, āre, v. praedor fin.

praedo, ōnis, m. [praeda], one that makes booty, a plunderer, robber (syn.: latro, raptor).

Lit.:

ita in aedibus sunt fures, praedo in proximo'st,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 105:

hostes sunt, quibus bellum publice populus Romanus decrevit, vel ipsi populo Romano. Ceteri latrunculi vel praedones appellantur,

Dig. 49, 15, 24; Auct. Her. 2, 21, 33:

urbes piratis praedonibusque patefactae,

Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 13:

ut praedones solent,

id. ib. 2, 4, 9, §

21: nefarius,

id. de Or. 3, 1, 3:

praedones latronesque,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

maritimus,

a pirate, Nep. Them. 2, 3;

so alone: capiunt praedones navem illam,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 40:

perfidus, alta petens, abductā virgine, praedo,

Verg. A. 7, 362:

praedo nuptiarum mearum, i. e. the murderer of my husband,

App. M. 8, p. 207, 17: at neque Persephone digna est praedone marito, i. e. of Pluto, who had stolen her, Ov. F. 4, 591:

alibi praedo, alibi praedae vindex, cadit,

Liv. 38, 40.—

Transf., of drones, Col. 9, 15;

of the hawk,

Mart. 14, 116;

of persons who turn to their own use the property of others,

Dig. 5, 3, 25; 9, 4, 13.

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

Lit.

In gen., Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 15; 30; 31:

quo rapitis me? quo fertis me?

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

quo me cunque rapit tempestas?

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

sumasne pudenter an rapias,

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

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

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 60:

te ex lustris uxor,

id. As. 5, 2, 84:

volucri spe et cogitatione rapi a domo,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

ab aede rapuit funale,

Ov. M. 12, 247:

torrem ab aris,

id. ib. 12, 271:

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

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

hastam, de vulnere,

id. ib. 5, 137:

telum,

Verg. A. 10, 486:

repagula de posti,

Ov. M. 5, 120:

(frondes) altā rapit arbore ventus,

id. ib. 3, 730:

vi atque ingratis... rapiam te domum,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40:

aliquem sublimem domum,

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

sublimem,

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

commeatum in naves rapiunt,

Liv. 41, 3:

aliquem in jus,

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

in jus,

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

in jus ad regem,

Liv. 1, 26:

in carcerem,

Suet. Tib. 11; 61:

aliquem ad cornuficem,

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

ad praetorem,

id. Aul. 4, 10, 30:

ad supplicium ob facinus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 238:

ad mortem,

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

ad tortorem,

id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

ad poenam,

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

ad consulem,

Liv. 10, 20:

matres, virgines, pueros ad stuprum,

id. 26, 13:

teneram virginem ad virum,

Cat. 61, 3 (cf.:

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

Fest. p. 289 Müll.):

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

Verg. G. 1, 203:

nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divum rapiam,

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

Nasonis carmina rapti,

i. e. torn from his home, borne far away, Ov. P. 4, 16, 1; cf. id. H. 13, 9; Stat. S. 3, 5, 6. —

With the idea of swiftness predominating:

Turnus rapit Totam aciem in Teucros,

Verg. A. 10, 308:

rapit agmina ductor,

Luc. 1, 228:

agmina cursu,

Sil. 7, 116:

legiones,

Plin. Pan. 14:

curru rapi,

Sil. 1, 134:

quattuor hinc rapimur raedis,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 86:

Notus rapit biremes,

Sil. 17, 276:

carinas venti rapuere,

Luc. 3, 46:

rapit per aequora navem,

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

ventis per aequora,

Ov. M. 14, 470:

missos currus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 114:

pedes quo te rapiunt,

id. C. 3, 11, 49:

arma rapiat juventus,

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

arma,

Ov. M. 2, 603:

arma manu,

Verg. A. 8, 220:

bipennem dextrā,

id. ib. 11, 651:

cingula,

id. ib. 9, 364.—

With reflex. pron., to hasten, hurry, tear one ' s self, etc.:

ocius hinc te Ni rapis,

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

se ad caedem optimi cujusque,

Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18.—

In partic.

To carry off by force; to seize, rob, ravish; to plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by force, etc. (very freq.; cf.

praedor),

Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 11:

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

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

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

id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

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

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

virgines,

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

raptus a dis Ganymedes,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

ab Idā,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 16:

omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

id. ib. 3, 3, 52:

alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

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

rapturus moenia Romae,

Luc. 3, 99:

Theumeson,

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

Armeniam,

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

Karthaginem,

Sil. 15, 401:

urbem,

Stat. Th. 7, 599:

raptas ad litora vertere praedas,

Verg. A. 1, 528.— Absol.:

rapio propalam,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 10:

ut Spartae, rapere ubi pueri et clepere discunt,

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

agunt, rapiunt, tenent,

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

along with trahere,

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

with congerere, auferre,

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

castra,

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

Bithyniam,

id. 3, 5, 6:

Hispaniam,

id. 2, 17, 6:

arces,

Luc. 6, 14.— Part. perf. subst.

rapta, ae, f., the ravished one, the seduced:

gratus raptae raptor fuit,

Ov. A. A. 1, 680; id. H. 5, 97; 13, 55; 16, 339; id. F. 4, 607.—

raptum, i, n., the plunder, that which is stolen:

rapto vivere,

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

for which: ex rapto vivere,

id. M. 1, 144; so,

rapto gaudere,

Liv. 29, 6, 3 Drak.:

rapto potiri,

Verg. A. 4, 217:

rapto uti,

Vell. 2, 73, 3:

sine rapto vivere,

id. 2, 32 fin. —

To cut off, mutilate ( poet.):

caput,

Sil. 15, 807:

ora gladio,

id. 7, 704:

rapuit non dente ferarum,

Luc. 10, 517.—

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

improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes,

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

et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis,

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

RAPTA EST = obiit,

Inscr. Orell. 4475.

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

flammanm,

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

incendia,

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

vim monstri,

id. ib. 4, 744;

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

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

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

sweeps along, Verg. G. 2, 153:

pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit,

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

acrior et campum sonipes rapit,

Stat. Th. 5, 3.

Trop.

In gen., to snatch, force, or hurry away:

fertur quasi torrens oratio, quamvis multa cujusquemodi rapiat,

Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

ipsae res verba rapiunt,

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

aliquem in deteriorem viam,

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

(comoediam) in pejorem partem,

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

aliquem in invidiam,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem,

id. Leg. 2, 17, 43:

si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve,

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

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

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

commoda ad se,

id. ib. 3, 5, 22:

victoriae gloriam in se,

Liv. 33, 11 fin.:

almum Quae rapit hora diem,

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

simul tecum solatia rapta,

Verg. E. 9, 18:

impetus rapit huc, rapit illuc,

Stat. Th. 12, 794.—

In partic.

To carry along or away with passion, to transport, ravish, captivate; and with a designation of the limit, to carry or hurry away, to attract strongly to any thing (usually in a bad sense):

impetu raptus,

Quint. 7, 2, 44:

judicem rapere,

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

praedae ac rapinarum cupiditas caeca te rapiebat,

Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

amentiā rapi,

id. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa?

Hor. Epod. 7, 13; cf.:

in medias res auditorem,

id. A. P. 149:

utraque forma rapit,

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

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

Hor. C. 3, 2, 12:

rapit omnes ira,

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

ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38:

animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapiebat,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

ea (cupiditas) ad oppugnandam Capuam rapit,

Liv. 7, 30 et saep.—In a good sense:

qui ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā omni studioque rapiantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111:

rapi ad opes augendas generis humani,

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

(mundus) rapit aetherios per carmina pandere census,

Manil. 1, 12.—

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

oscula,

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

Venerem incertam,

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

sed rapiat sitiens Venerem,

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

illicitas voluptates,

Tac. H. 3, 41:

spem adoptionis acrius in dies,

id. ib. 1, 13 fin.:

quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit expediam,

id. A. 4, 1; cf. id. H. 2, 6.—

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

sed rape,

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

rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die,

Hor. Epod. 13, 3; so,

occasionem,

Juv. 15, 39:

viam,

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

iter,

Sil. 12, 471:

gressus,

Luc. 3, 116:

cursus,

id. 5, 403:

letum,

id. 4, 345:

bellum,

to wage suddenly, id. 5, 403:

nefas,

to hasten, precipitate, id. 10, 428:

ut limis rapias, quid prima secundo Cera velit versu,

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

raptae prope inter arma nuptiae,

Liv. 30, 14, 2 Drak.:

repente impetu facto transitum rapuit,

Front. Strat. 1, 4, 8:

inter rapienda momenta periculorum communium,

Amm. 18, 7, 7 et saep.—

In late Lat., to strive for in purchasing:

exemplaria litterarum certatim,

Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

librum totā certatim urbe,

Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.

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

Lit.

In gen., Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 15; 30; 31:

quo rapitis me? quo fertis me?

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

quo me cunque rapit tempestas?

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

sumasne pudenter an rapias,

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

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

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 60:

te ex lustris uxor,

id. As. 5, 2, 84:

volucri spe et cogitatione rapi a domo,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

ab aede rapuit funale,

Ov. M. 12, 247:

torrem ab aris,

id. ib. 12, 271:

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

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

hastam, de vulnere,

id. ib. 5, 137:

telum,

Verg. A. 10, 486:

repagula de posti,

Ov. M. 5, 120:

(frondes) altā rapit arbore ventus,

id. ib. 3, 730:

vi atque ingratis... rapiam te domum,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 40:

aliquem sublimem domum,

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

sublimem,

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

commeatum in naves rapiunt,

Liv. 41, 3:

aliquem in jus,

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

in jus,

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

in jus ad regem,

Liv. 1, 26:

in carcerem,

Suet. Tib. 11; 61:

aliquem ad cornuficem,

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

ad praetorem,

id. Aul. 4, 10, 30:

ad supplicium ob facinus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 238:

ad mortem,

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

ad tortorem,

id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:

ad poenam,

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

ad consulem,

Liv. 10, 20:

matres, virgines, pueros ad stuprum,

id. 26, 13:

teneram virginem ad virum,

Cat. 61, 3 (cf.:

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

Fest. p. 289 Müll.):

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

Verg. G. 1, 203:

nec variis obsita frondibus Sub divum rapiam,

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

Nasonis carmina rapti,

i. e. torn from his home, borne far away, Ov. P. 4, 16, 1; cf. id. H. 13, 9; Stat. S. 3, 5, 6. —

With the idea of swiftness predominating:

Turnus rapit Totam aciem in Teucros,

Verg. A. 10, 308:

rapit agmina ductor,

Luc. 1, 228:

agmina cursu,

Sil. 7, 116:

legiones,

Plin. Pan. 14:

curru rapi,

Sil. 1, 134:

quattuor hinc rapimur raedis,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 86:

Notus rapit biremes,

Sil. 17, 276:

carinas venti rapuere,

Luc. 3, 46:

rapit per aequora navem,

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

ventis per aequora,

Ov. M. 14, 470:

missos currus,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 114:

pedes quo te rapiunt,

id. C. 3, 11, 49:

arma rapiat juventus,

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

arma,

Ov. M. 2, 603:

arma manu,

Verg. A. 8, 220:

bipennem dextrā,

id. ib. 11, 651:

cingula,

id. ib. 9, 364.—

With reflex. pron., to hasten, hurry, tear one ' s self, etc.:

ocius hinc te Ni rapis,

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

se ad caedem optimi cujusque,

Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 18.—

In partic.

To carry off by force; to seize, rob, ravish; to plunder, ravage, lay waste, take by assault, carry by force, etc. (very freq.; cf.

praedor),

Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 11:

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

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

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

id. Rep. 1, 44, 68:

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

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

virgines,

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

raptus a dis Ganymedes,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

ab Idā,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 16:

omne sacrum rapiente dextrā,

id. ib. 3, 3, 52:

alii rapiunt incensa feruntque Pergama,

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

rapturus moenia Romae,

Luc. 3, 99:

Theumeson,

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

Armeniam,

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

Karthaginem,

Sil. 15, 401:

urbem,

Stat. Th. 7, 599:

raptas ad litora vertere praedas,

Verg. A. 1, 528.— Absol.:

rapio propalam,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 10:

ut Spartae, rapere ubi pueri et clepere discunt,

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

agunt, rapiunt, tenent,

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

along with trahere,

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

with congerere, auferre,

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

castra,

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

Bithyniam,

id. 3, 5, 6:

Hispaniam,

id. 2, 17, 6:

arces,

Luc. 6, 14.— Part. perf. subst.

rapta, ae, f., the ravished one, the seduced:

gratus raptae raptor fuit,

Ov. A. A. 1, 680; id. H. 5, 97; 13, 55; 16, 339; id. F. 4, 607.—

raptum, i, n., the plunder, that which is stolen:

rapto vivere,

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

for which: ex rapto vivere,

id. M. 1, 144; so,

rapto gaudere,

Liv. 29, 6, 3 Drak.:

rapto potiri,

Verg. A. 4, 217:

rapto uti,

Vell. 2, 73, 3:

sine rapto vivere,

id. 2, 32 fin. —

To cut off, mutilate ( poet.):

caput,

Sil. 15, 807:

ora gladio,

id. 7, 704:

rapuit non dente ferarum,

Luc. 10, 517.—

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

improvisa leti Vis rapuit rapietque gentes,

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

et labor et durae rapit inclementia mortis,

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

RAPTA EST = obiit,

Inscr. Orell. 4475.

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

flammanm,

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

incendia,

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

vim monstri,

id. ib. 4, 744;

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

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

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

sweeps along, Verg. G. 2, 153:

pars densa ferarum Tecta rapit,

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

acrior et campum sonipes rapit,

Stat. Th. 5, 3.

Trop.

In gen., to snatch, force, or hurry away:

fertur quasi torrens oratio, quamvis multa cujusquemodi rapiat,

Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 3:

ipsae res verba rapiunt,

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

aliquem in deteriorem viam,

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

(comoediam) in pejorem partem,

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

aliquem in invidiam,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 7:

opinionibus vulgi rapimur in errorem,

id. Leg. 2, 17, 43:

si quis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve,

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

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

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

commoda ad se,

id. ib. 3, 5, 22:

victoriae gloriam in se,

Liv. 33, 11 fin.:

almum Quae rapit hora diem,

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

simul tecum solatia rapta,

Verg. E. 9, 18:

impetus rapit huc, rapit illuc,

Stat. Th. 12, 794.—

In partic.

To carry along or away with passion, to transport, ravish, captivate; and with a designation of the limit, to carry or hurry away, to attract strongly to any thing (usually in a bad sense):

impetu raptus,

Quint. 7, 2, 44:

judicem rapere,

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

praedae ac rapinarum cupiditas caeca te rapiebat,

Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

amentiā rapi,

id. Fam. 16, 12, 2:

furorne caecus, an rapit vis acrior, An culpa?

Hor. Epod. 7, 13; cf.:

in medias res auditorem,

id. A. P. 149:

utraque forma rapit,

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

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

Hor. C. 3, 2, 12:

rapit omnes ira,

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

ad quas (res) plerique inflammati aviditate rapiuntur,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 38:

animus cupidine caecus ad inceptum scelus rapiebat,

Sall. J. 25, 7:

ea (cupiditas) ad oppugnandam Capuam rapit,

Liv. 7, 30 et saep.—In a good sense:

qui ad divinarum rerum cognitionem curā omni studioque rapiantur,

Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111:

rapi ad opes augendas generis humani,

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

(mundus) rapit aetherios per carmina pandere census,

Manil. 1, 12.—

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

oscula,

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

Venerem incertam,

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

sed rapiat sitiens Venerem,

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

illicitas voluptates,

Tac. H. 3, 41:

spem adoptionis acrius in dies,

id. ib. 1, 13 fin.:

quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit expediam,

id. A. 4, 1; cf. id. H. 2, 6.—

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

sed rape,

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

rapiamus, amici, Occasionem de die,

Hor. Epod. 13, 3; so,

occasionem,

Juv. 15, 39:

viam,

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

iter,

Sil. 12, 471:

gressus,

Luc. 3, 116:

cursus,

id. 5, 403:

letum,

id. 4, 345:

bellum,

to wage suddenly, id. 5, 403:

nefas,

to hasten, precipitate, id. 10, 428:

ut limis rapias, quid prima secundo Cera velit versu,

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

raptae prope inter arma nuptiae,

Liv. 30, 14, 2 Drak.:

repente impetu facto transitum rapuit,

Front. Strat. 1, 4, 8:

inter rapienda momenta periculorum communium,

Amm. 18, 7, 7 et saep.—

In late Lat., to strive for in purchasing:

exemplaria litterarum certatim,

Hier. Ep. 57, 2:

librum totā certatim urbe,

Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 23.

spŏlĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [spolium], to strip, to deprive of covering, rob of clothing.

In gen. (rare but class.; syn. exuo): Phalarim vestitu spoliare, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29:

consules spoliari hominem et virgas expediri jubent,

Liv. 2, 55 Drak.; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86:

Papirius spoliari magistrum equitum ac virgas et secures expediri jussit,

Liv. 8, 32; cf.

also,

Val. Max. 2, 7, 8:

corpus caesi hostis,

Liv. 7, 26:

cadaver,

Luc. 7, 627:

Gallum caesum torque,

Liv. 6, 42:

corpus jacentis uno torque,

id. 7, 10:

jacentem veste,

Nep. Thras. 2, 6:

folliculos leguminum,

to strip off, Petr. 135.—

Pregn., to rob, plunder, pillage, spoil; to deprive, despoil; usually: aliquem (aliquid) aliquā re, to deprive or rob one of something (the predominant signif. of the word; syn. praedor).

With acc.:

Chrysalus me miserum spoliavit,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 8:

meos perduelles,

id. Ps. 2, 1, 8:

spoliatis effossisque domibus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 42 fin.:

fana sociorum,

Cic. Sull. 25, 71:

delubra,

Sall. C. 11, 6:

templa,

Luc. 3, 167; 5, 305:

pars spoliant aras,

Verg. A. 5, 661:

deos,

Luc. 1, 379; Quint. 6, 1, 3:

spoliare et nudare monumenta antiquissima,

Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 14:

pudicitiam,

id. Cael. 18, 42:

dignitatem,

id. ib. 2, 3:

spoliata fortuna,

id. Pis. 16, 38.—

Aliquem (aliquid) aliquā re:

spoliatur lumine terra,

Lucr. 4, 377:

caput,

i. e. of hair, Petr. 108:

spoliari fortunis,

Cic. Planc. 9, 22:

Apollonium omni argento spoliasti ac depeculatus es,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37:

ut Gallia omni nobilitate spoliaretur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 6:

provinciam vetere exercitu,

Liv. 40, 35:

spoliata armis navis,

Verg. A. 6, 353:

magistro,

id. ib. 5, 224:

corpus spoliatum lumine,

id. ib. 12, 935:

Scylla sociis spoliavit Ulixen,

Ov. M. 14, 71:

penetralia donis,

id. ib. 12, 246;

11, 514: te spoliare pudicā Conjuge,

id. P. 4, 11, 8:

ea philosophia, quae spoliat nos judicio, privat approbatione, omnibus orbat sensibus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61:

regem regno,

id. Rep. 1, 42, 65:

aliquem dignitate,

id. Mur. 41, 88; Caes. B. G. 7, 66:

probatum hominem famā,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77:

aliquem ornamento quodam,

id. de Or. 2, 33, 144:

aliquem vitā,

Verg. A. 6, 168:

spoliare atque orbare forum voce eruditā,

Cic. Brut. 2, 6 et saep.:

juris civilis scientiam, ornatu suo spoliare atque denudare,

Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 235.—

In a Greek construction:

hiems spoliata capillos,

stripped of his locks, Ov. M. 15, 213.—

Absol.:

si spoliorum causā vis hominem occidere, spoliasti,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 145.—Hence, * spŏlĭātus, a, um, P. a., plundered, despoiled:

nihil illo regno spoliatius,

more impoverished, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 4.