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raptō

  • 1 raptō

        raptō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [rapio], to seize and carry off, snatch, drag, hurry away: curru quadriiugo raptarier, dragged along, Enn. ap. C.: Hector raptatus bigis, V.: alqd Per silvam, V.: arbitrio raptatur equorum, O.: raptata coniux (sc. ad tabulam Valeriam).— To ravage, plunder: adhuc raptabat Africam Tacfarinas, Ta.—Fig., to drag, hale, arraign: quid raptem in crimina divos? Pr.
    * * *
    raptare, raptavi, raptatus V
    drag violently off; ravage

    Latin-English dictionary > raptō

  • 2 rapto

    rapto, āvi, ātum ( inf. pass. paragog. raptarier, Enn. Trag. 192), 1, v. freq. a. [id.], to seize and carry off, to snatch, drag, or hurry away (mostly poet.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: vidi Hectorem curru quadrijugo raptarier, dragged along, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 105 (Trag. v. 129 Vahl.): imitated by Verg.: Hector raptatus bigis, A. 2, 272; and:

    Hectoracirca muros,

    id. ib. 1, 483; cf.:

    viscera viri Per silvas,

    id. ib. 8, 644:

    Phaëthonta rapax vis solis equorum Aethere raptavit toto terrasque per omnes,

    Lucr. 5, 398; cf.

    of the same: arbitrio volucrum raptatur equorum,

    Ov. M. 2, 234; Lucr. 1, 279:

    raptatur comis per vim,

    Ov. M. 12, 223; cf.:

    signa, quae turbine atque unda raptabantur,

    Tac. A. 1, 30: pars de divulso raptabant membra juvenco, * Cat. 64, 258:

    quid me raptas?

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 5; cf.:

    dissipati liberi, raptata conjux (sc. ad tabulam Valeriam),

    Cic. Sest. 69, 145 (cf. id. Fam. 14, 2, 2):

    in fluctu carinas,

    Sil. 1, 409.—
    B.
    Esp., to lead quickly, hurry, hasten:

    nos ad ostia Ponti Raptat iter,

    Val. Fl. 2, 576:

    Hiberos,

    Sil. 16, 31:

    in agmina turmas,

    id. 8, 406; 3, 404:

    vexilla huc vel illuc,

    Tac. H. 3, 22; cf.: legiones huc atque illuc, Auct. B. Afr. 73, 4. — Poet., with inf.:

    raptantur amantes jungere Nymphas,

    Nemes. Ecl. 3, 56.—
    C.
    In partic., to waste, ravage, plunder:

    igitur raptare inter se, immittere latronum globos, etc.,

    Tac. A. 12, 54:

    arces,

    Stat. Th. 6, 115: adhuc raptabat Africam Tacfarinas, i. e. devastabat, was laying waste, ravaging, Tac. A. 4, 23. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to drag along:

    nam quid ego heroas, quid raptem in crimina divos?

    to accuse, arraign, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 27:

    patres raptabat ad aras cura deūm,

    Sil. 7, 74 (cf. rapio, I. A.).—
    B.
    In partic., to hurry along with passion, to agitate, disquiet:

    ita me amor lassum animi ludificat, fugat, agit, appetit, Raptat, etc.,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 9:

    sacer effera raptat Corda pavor,

    Val. Fl. 1, 799:

    amor raptabat,

    Sil. 13, 720.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > rapto

  • 3 rapto

    m.
    1 abduction, kidnapping (secuestro).
    2 fit (ataque).
    3 rapture, ecstasy, ravishment, raptus.
    4 rape.
    Ella restriega su desamor She rubs in her lack of love.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: raptar.
    * * *
    1 (secuestro) kidnapping, abduction
    2 figurado (impulso) outburst, fit
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=secuestro) kidnapping, kidnaping (EEUU), abduction
    2) (=impulso) sudden impulse
    3) (=éxtasis) ecstasy, rapture
    * * *
    1) ( secuestro) kidnapping, abduction (frml); (Hist, Mit) rape (arch)
    2) ( arrebato) fit

    un rapto de ira/celos — a fit of rage/jealousy

    * * *
    = rape, rapture, kidnapping, abduction.
    Ex. Crimes against the person include homicide, rape, assault and robbery.
    Ex. He listened with rapture, and all the more because it was a poignant moment in his life.
    Ex. This is an introduction in accessing basic legal resources pertaining to parental kidnapping on the state, federal, and international levels.
    Ex. This paper chronicles the growing frequency of child abductions by divorced parents who are warring over child custody.
    * * *
    1) ( secuestro) kidnapping, abduction (frml); (Hist, Mit) rape (arch)
    2) ( arrebato) fit

    un rapto de ira/celos — a fit of rage/jealousy

    * * *
    = rape, rapture, kidnapping, abduction.

    Ex: Crimes against the person include homicide, rape, assault and robbery.

    Ex: He listened with rapture, and all the more because it was a poignant moment in his life.
    Ex: This is an introduction in accessing basic legal resources pertaining to parental kidnapping on the state, federal, and international levels.
    Ex: This paper chronicles the growing frequency of child abductions by divorced parents who are warring over child custody.

    * * *
    A
    1 (secuestro) kidnapping, abduction ( frml)
    2 ( Hist, Mit) rape ( arch)
    el rapto de las Sabinas the rape of the Sabine women
    en un rapto de ira/celos in a fit of rage/jealousy
    * * *

    Del verbo raptar: ( conjugate raptar)

    rapto es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    raptó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    raptar    
    rapto
    raptar ( conjugate raptar) verbo transitivo ( secuestrar) to kidnap, abduct (frml)
    rapto sustantivo masculino ( secuestro) kidnapping, abduction (frml)
    raptar verbo transitivo to kidnap
    rapto sustantivo masculino
    1 (de un rehén) kidnapping, abduction
    2 (impulso) fit
    en un rapto de generosidad, in a fit of generosity
    ' rapto' also found in these entries:
    English:
    abduction
    - kidnapping
    * * *
    rapto nm
    1. [secuestro] abduction, kidnapping
    2. [ataque] fit;
    en un rapto de entusiasmo se abrazó a su jefe in a fit of enthusiasm he hugged his boss
    * * *
    m kidnap
    * * *
    rapto nm
    1) secuestro: kidnapping, abduction
    2) arrebato: fit, outburst

    Spanish-English dictionary > rapto

  • 4 rapto

    kidnapping, rape
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    abduct, abduction

    Dicionário português (brasileiro)-Inglês > rapto

  • 5 rapto

    • abduction
    • capture
    • ecstasy
    • kidnapping
    • rape
    • rapture
    • ravishment
    • upliftment

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > rapto

  • 6 rapto de nińo

    • kidnapping

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > rapto de nińo

  • 7 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

  • 8 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

  • 9 secuestro

    m.
    1 kidnapping (rapto).
    2 hijack.
    3 seizure, confiscation.
    4 sequestration, distress.
    5 sequestrum, sequestra.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: secuestrar.
    * * *
    1 (personas) kidnapping; (de avión) hijacking
    2 DERECHO sequestration, seizure, confiscation
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de persona etc] kidnapping, kidnaping (EEUU)
    2) [de avión] hijack, hijacking

    secuestro aéreo — hijack, hijacking

    3) (Jur) [de cargamento, contrabando] seizure; [de propiedad] sequestration
    * * *
    a) ( de persona) kidnapping; ( de avión) hijack(ing)
    b) ( de periódico) seizure; ( de bienes) sequestration, confiscation
    * * *
    = highjack, kidnapping, sequestration, abduction.
    Ex. This article reports on the coverage by the New York Times of the killing of a hostage victim during a highjack.
    Ex. This is an introduction in accessing basic legal resources pertaining to parental kidnapping on the state, federal, and international levels.
    Ex. Ignoring saturation leads to an overstatement of the potential importance of sequestration strategies.
    Ex. This paper chronicles the growing frequency of child abductions by divorced parents who are warring over child custody.
    * * *
    a) ( de persona) kidnapping; ( de avión) hijack(ing)
    b) ( de periódico) seizure; ( de bienes) sequestration, confiscation
    * * *
    = highjack, kidnapping, sequestration, abduction.

    Ex: This article reports on the coverage by the New York Times of the killing of a hostage victim during a highjack.

    Ex: This is an introduction in accessing basic legal resources pertaining to parental kidnapping on the state, federal, and international levels.
    Ex: Ignoring saturation leads to an overstatement of the potential importance of sequestration strategies.
    Ex: This paper chronicles the growing frequency of child abductions by divorced parents who are warring over child custody.

    * * *
    1 (de una persona) kidnap, kidnapping; (de un avión) hijack, hijacking
    2 (de un periódico) seizure; (de bienes) sequestration, confiscation
    * * *

    Del verbo secuestrar: ( conjugate secuestrar)

    secuestro es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    secuestró es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    secuestrar    
    secuestro
    secuestrar ( conjugate secuestrar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to kidnap;
    ‹ avión› to hijack
    secuestro sustantivo masculino ( de persona) kidnapping;
    ( de avión) hijack(ing)
    secuestrar verbo transitivo
    1 (a una persona) to kidnap
    2 (un vehículo) to hijack
    3 Jur (una edición, una publicación) to confiscate
    secuestro sustantivo masculino
    1 (de una persona) kidnapping
    2 (de un vehículo) hijacking
    3 Jur (de una edición, etc) confiscation
    ' secuestro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abortar
    - cómplice
    - determinar
    - artífice
    - rapto
    English:
    hijack
    - kidnapping
    - of
    - snatch
    - abduction
    * * *
    1. [rapto] kidnapping
    2. [de avión, barco] hijack
    3. [de bienes, publicación] seizure
    * * *
    m de barco, avión hijacking; de persona kidnapping, abduction
    * * *
    1) rapto: kidnapping, abduction
    2) : hijacking
    3) : seizure, confiscation
    * * *
    1. (de persona) kidnapping
    2. (de avión) hijacking

    Spanish-English dictionary > secuestro

  • 10 raptum

        raptum ī, n    [P. of rapio], plunder, prey, booty: in diem rapto vivit, on daily plunder, L.: vivere ex rapto, O.: rapto potiri, V.
    * * *
    plunder; prey

    Latin-English dictionary > raptum

  • 11 viventes

    vīvo, vixi, victum, 3 ( pluperf. subj. syncop. vixet, Verg. A. 11, 118), v. n. [Sanscr. giv-, givami, live; Gr. bios, life; Goth. quius, living; Germ. quicken; Engl. quick], to live, be alive, have life (syn. spiro).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: Ca. Eho, tua uxor quid agit? Me. Immortalis est. Vivit victuraque est, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 18:

    valet atque vivit (gnatus),

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 21:

    nemo'st hominum qui vivat minus,

    id. Eun. 4, 6, 19; id. Ad. 3, 2, 34:

    vivere ac spirare,

    Cic. Sest. 50, 108:

    is demum mihi vivere atque frui animā videtur, qui, etc.,

    Sall. C. 2, 9.—With acc. of time:

    et pueri annos octingentos vivont... Quin mille annorum perpetuo vivont ab saeclo ad saeclum,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 85;

    4, 2, 87: Nemo est tam senex, qui se annum non putat posse vivere,

    Cic. Sen. 7, 24:

    vixi Annos bis centum,

    Ov. M. 12, 187:

    Aufidius vixit ad summam senectutem,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 179:

    ad centesimum annum,

    id. Sen. 6, 19:

    ad vesperum,

    id. ib. 19, 67:

    triginta annis,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 8:

    negat Epicurus, jucunde posse vivi, nisi cum virtute vivatur,

    live pleasantly unless we live virtuously, id. Tusc. 3, 20, 49.— Subst.: vīventes, ium, the living (opp. mortui), Lact. 5, 19, 25; 5, 3, 25.—With a homogeneous object:

    modice et modeste melius est vitam vivere,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18; cf. Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 118; id. Clu. 61, 170:

    tamne tibi diu videor vitam vivere?

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 34:

    Bacchanalia vivunt,

    Juv. 2, 3.— Pass.:

    nunc tertia vivitur aetas,

    Ov. M. 12, 187.— Transf., of things:

    et vivere vitem et mori dicimus,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 24, 56:

    saepes,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2:

    oleae,

    Plin. 16, 44, 90, § 241:

    cinis,

    Ov. R. Am. 732:

    ignes,

    id. F. 3, 427:

    picturatum opus,

    lives, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 589.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To survive, be still alive (mostly in secondary tenses):

    quas inimicitias si tam cavere potuisset, quam metuere solebat, viveret,

    would be still alive, Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 17:

    is jam pridem mortuus est: si viveret, verba ejus audiretis,

    id. ib. 14, 42:

    Mustius dixisset, si viveret,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139:

    si viveret Hortensius cetera fortasse desideraret,

    id. Brut. 2, 6:

    si viveret, mihi cum illo nulla contentio jam maneret,

    id. Att. 14, 13, B, 4; id. Fam. 12, 1, 1:

    dixisti paulum tibi esse etiam nunc morae, quod ego viverem,

    id. Cat. 1, 4, 9; cf. id. Red. Quir. 4, 10:

    utinam L. Caesar valeret, Serv. Sulpicius viveret,

    id. Phil. 8, 7, 22:

    constitueram, neminem includere in dialogos eorum, qui viverent,

    id. Att. 13, 19, 3:

    divinat enim, quae futura fuerint, si Philippus vixisset,

    Liv. 41, 24, 4; cf.:

    quid Philippus, si vixisset, facturus fuerit,

    id. 41, 24, 5:

    qui censor fuisset, vetustissimusque ex iis, qui viverent, censoriis esset,

    id. 23, 22, 10; cf.:

    hic tamen vivit. Vivit? Immo vero etiam in senatum venit,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 2: vivis;

    et vivis non ad deponendam sed ad confirmandam audaciam,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 4.—
    2.
    Euphemistically, vixit, he is done with life, he is dead:

    vixisse nimio satiu'st jam quam vivere,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 43; cf. id. Most. 4, 3, 10.—
    3.
    Ita vivam, as true as I live, as a formula of asseveration:

    nam, ita vivam, putavi,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3; 2, 16, 20; id. Att. 5, 15, 2; Sen. Ep. 82, 11 al.—
    4.
    Ne vivam si, may I not live if, may I die if; as a form of asseveration:

    quid poteris, inquies, pro iis dicere? Ne vivam, si scio,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8; id. Fam. 7, 23 fin. —
    5.
    Si vivo, if I live, a formula of menacing:

    erit ubi te ulciscar, si vivo,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 26; id. Cas. 1, 1, 27; Ter. And. 5, 2, 25; id. Eun. 5, 5, 20.—
    6.
    In the phrases,
    a.
    Alicui vivere, to live for a person:

    haec qui misit, non sibi soli postulat Te vivere et suā causā excludi ceteros,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 28; cf.:

    si tibi soli viveres,

    Cic. Marcell. 8, 25; cf.: secum vivere, II. B. infra.—
    b.
    In diem vivere, from hand to mouth, for the present hour, Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 169; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 33; id. Phil. 2, 34, 86; cf.:

    hi, qui in horam viverent,

    id. ib. 5, 9, 25.—
    c.
    De lucro vivere, a life that is clear gain, i. e. at the mercy of another, Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1.—
    C.
    Pregn.
    1.
    To live well, live at ease, enjoy life:

    quod me cohortaris ad ambitionem et ad laborem, faciam quidem: sed quando vivemus?

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 12: vivite lurcones, comedones, vivite ventres, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 11, 8; Varr. ib. p. 156, 13; Cat. 5, 1; Hor. C. 3, 29, 43; id. Ep. 1, 6, 66.—Hence, in bidding farewell:

    vive valeque,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 110; id. Ep. 1, 6, 67 al.; cf.:

    vivite, silvae,

    fare ye well, Verg. E. 8, 58.—
    2.
    Like our to live, for to last, endure, remain, be remembered (mostly poet.):

    vivet extento Proculeius aevo... Illum aget Fama superstes,

    Hor. C. 2, 2, 5:

    per omnia saecula famā vivam,

    Ov. M. 15, 879: mea semper gloria vivet, Cic. poët. ap. Gell. 15, 6, 3:

    tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus,

    Verg. A. 4, 67:

    spirat adhuc amor Vivuntque commissi calores Aeoliae fidibus puellae,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 11; cf. id. ib. 1, 32, 3:

    carmina,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 2:

    scripta,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25:

    das nostro nomen victurum amori,

    id. Am. 3, 1, 65:

    odia,

    Stat. Th. 12, 441: mihi quidem Scipio, quamquam est subito ereptus, vivit tamen [p. 2002] semperque vivet, Cic. Lael. 27, 102:

    vivit vivetque semper, atque etiam latius in memoriā hominum et sermone versabitur, postquam ab oculis recessit,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 11; Sen. Ben. 3, 5, 2.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To live on any thing or in any manner, i. e. to support life; to sustain or maintain one's self:

    stirpibus palmarum vivere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    piscibus atque ovis avium vivere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 10 fin.:

    lacte atque pecore,

    id. ib. 4, 1;

    5, 14: cortice ex arboribus,

    id. B. C. 3, 49:

    coriis herbisque et radicibus vivere,

    Liv. 23, 30, 3:

    herbis Vivis et urticā,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 8:

    siliquis et pane secundo,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 123:

    parvo,

    id. S. 2, 2, 1:

    rapto,

    Verg. A. 7, 749:

    de vestro,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 61:

    misere,

    id. Aul. 2, 4, 36:

    parcius,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 49:

    suaviter,

    id. Ep. 1, 8, 4:

    bene,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 56;

    1, 11, 29: rapto,

    Liv. 7, 25, 13; 27, 12, 5:

    verbum vivere quidam putant ad cibum pertinere,

    Dig. 50, 16, 234.— Impers. pass.:

    vivitur ex rapto,

    Ov. M. 1, 144. — Trop.:

    (sunt) in eo studia illa nostra, quibus antea delectabamur, nunc etiam vivimus,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 28, a, 2.—
    B.
    To live, i. e. to pass one's life, to reside, dwell, be in any place or manner (cf.:

    vitam dego): Rhodi,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 4:

    extra urbem,

    id. Brut. 74, 258:

    Cypri,

    Nep. Chabr. 3, 4:

    in litteris vivere,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1; id. Sen. 11, 38:

    in maximā celebritate atque in oculis civium,

    id. Off. 3, 1, 3:

    in paupertate,

    id. Part. Or. 18, 63:

    in humilitate,

    Lact. 7, 9, 17: cum timore, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 3:

    unis moribus et numquam mutatis legibus,

    Cic. Fl. 26, 63:

    e naturā,

    id. Fin. 3, 20, 68:

    convenienter naturae,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 26; id. Off. 3, 3, 13:

    valde familiariter cum aliquo,

    id. Att. 6, 6, 2; cf.:

    Hirtius vivit habitatque cum Balbo,

    id. ib. 14, 20, 4:

    cum Pansā vixi in Pompeiano,

    id. ib.:

    ecquis me vivit hodie fortunatior?

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 1:

    ego vivo miserrimus,

    Cic. Att. 3, 5:

    viveret in terris te si quis avarior uno,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 157:

    illā sorte Contentus vivat,

    id. S. 1, 1, 3.—Prov.:

    secum vivere,

    to live for one's self, care only for one's self, Cic. Sen. 14, 49.— Impers. pass.:

    quoniam vivitur non cum perfectis hominibus, sed, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 15, 46.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > viventes

  • 12 vivo

    vīvo, vixi, victum, 3 ( pluperf. subj. syncop. vixet, Verg. A. 11, 118), v. n. [Sanscr. giv-, givami, live; Gr. bios, life; Goth. quius, living; Germ. quicken; Engl. quick], to live, be alive, have life (syn. spiro).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: Ca. Eho, tua uxor quid agit? Me. Immortalis est. Vivit victuraque est, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 18:

    valet atque vivit (gnatus),

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 21:

    nemo'st hominum qui vivat minus,

    id. Eun. 4, 6, 19; id. Ad. 3, 2, 34:

    vivere ac spirare,

    Cic. Sest. 50, 108:

    is demum mihi vivere atque frui animā videtur, qui, etc.,

    Sall. C. 2, 9.—With acc. of time:

    et pueri annos octingentos vivont... Quin mille annorum perpetuo vivont ab saeclo ad saeclum,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 85;

    4, 2, 87: Nemo est tam senex, qui se annum non putat posse vivere,

    Cic. Sen. 7, 24:

    vixi Annos bis centum,

    Ov. M. 12, 187:

    Aufidius vixit ad summam senectutem,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 179:

    ad centesimum annum,

    id. Sen. 6, 19:

    ad vesperum,

    id. ib. 19, 67:

    triginta annis,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 8:

    negat Epicurus, jucunde posse vivi, nisi cum virtute vivatur,

    live pleasantly unless we live virtuously, id. Tusc. 3, 20, 49.— Subst.: vīventes, ium, the living (opp. mortui), Lact. 5, 19, 25; 5, 3, 25.—With a homogeneous object:

    modice et modeste melius est vitam vivere,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 18; cf. Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 118; id. Clu. 61, 170:

    tamne tibi diu videor vitam vivere?

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 34:

    Bacchanalia vivunt,

    Juv. 2, 3.— Pass.:

    nunc tertia vivitur aetas,

    Ov. M. 12, 187.— Transf., of things:

    et vivere vitem et mori dicimus,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 24, 56:

    saepes,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2:

    oleae,

    Plin. 16, 44, 90, § 241:

    cinis,

    Ov. R. Am. 732:

    ignes,

    id. F. 3, 427:

    picturatum opus,

    lives, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 589.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To survive, be still alive (mostly in secondary tenses):

    quas inimicitias si tam cavere potuisset, quam metuere solebat, viveret,

    would be still alive, Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 17:

    is jam pridem mortuus est: si viveret, verba ejus audiretis,

    id. ib. 14, 42:

    Mustius dixisset, si viveret,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139:

    si viveret Hortensius cetera fortasse desideraret,

    id. Brut. 2, 6:

    si viveret, mihi cum illo nulla contentio jam maneret,

    id. Att. 14, 13, B, 4; id. Fam. 12, 1, 1:

    dixisti paulum tibi esse etiam nunc morae, quod ego viverem,

    id. Cat. 1, 4, 9; cf. id. Red. Quir. 4, 10:

    utinam L. Caesar valeret, Serv. Sulpicius viveret,

    id. Phil. 8, 7, 22:

    constitueram, neminem includere in dialogos eorum, qui viverent,

    id. Att. 13, 19, 3:

    divinat enim, quae futura fuerint, si Philippus vixisset,

    Liv. 41, 24, 4; cf.:

    quid Philippus, si vixisset, facturus fuerit,

    id. 41, 24, 5:

    qui censor fuisset, vetustissimusque ex iis, qui viverent, censoriis esset,

    id. 23, 22, 10; cf.:

    hic tamen vivit. Vivit? Immo vero etiam in senatum venit,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 2: vivis;

    et vivis non ad deponendam sed ad confirmandam audaciam,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 4.—
    2.
    Euphemistically, vixit, he is done with life, he is dead:

    vixisse nimio satiu'st jam quam vivere,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 43; cf. id. Most. 4, 3, 10.—
    3.
    Ita vivam, as true as I live, as a formula of asseveration:

    nam, ita vivam, putavi,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3; 2, 16, 20; id. Att. 5, 15, 2; Sen. Ep. 82, 11 al.—
    4.
    Ne vivam si, may I not live if, may I die if; as a form of asseveration:

    quid poteris, inquies, pro iis dicere? Ne vivam, si scio,

    Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8; id. Fam. 7, 23 fin. —
    5.
    Si vivo, if I live, a formula of menacing:

    erit ubi te ulciscar, si vivo,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 26; id. Cas. 1, 1, 27; Ter. And. 5, 2, 25; id. Eun. 5, 5, 20.—
    6.
    In the phrases,
    a.
    Alicui vivere, to live for a person:

    haec qui misit, non sibi soli postulat Te vivere et suā causā excludi ceteros,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 28; cf.:

    si tibi soli viveres,

    Cic. Marcell. 8, 25; cf.: secum vivere, II. B. infra.—
    b.
    In diem vivere, from hand to mouth, for the present hour, Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 169; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 33; id. Phil. 2, 34, 86; cf.:

    hi, qui in horam viverent,

    id. ib. 5, 9, 25.—
    c.
    De lucro vivere, a life that is clear gain, i. e. at the mercy of another, Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1.—
    C.
    Pregn.
    1.
    To live well, live at ease, enjoy life:

    quod me cohortaris ad ambitionem et ad laborem, faciam quidem: sed quando vivemus?

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 12: vivite lurcones, comedones, vivite ventres, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 11, 8; Varr. ib. p. 156, 13; Cat. 5, 1; Hor. C. 3, 29, 43; id. Ep. 1, 6, 66.—Hence, in bidding farewell:

    vive valeque,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 110; id. Ep. 1, 6, 67 al.; cf.:

    vivite, silvae,

    fare ye well, Verg. E. 8, 58.—
    2.
    Like our to live, for to last, endure, remain, be remembered (mostly poet.):

    vivet extento Proculeius aevo... Illum aget Fama superstes,

    Hor. C. 2, 2, 5:

    per omnia saecula famā vivam,

    Ov. M. 15, 879: mea semper gloria vivet, Cic. poët. ap. Gell. 15, 6, 3:

    tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus,

    Verg. A. 4, 67:

    spirat adhuc amor Vivuntque commissi calores Aeoliae fidibus puellae,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 11; cf. id. ib. 1, 32, 3:

    carmina,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 2:

    scripta,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 25:

    das nostro nomen victurum amori,

    id. Am. 3, 1, 65:

    odia,

    Stat. Th. 12, 441: mihi quidem Scipio, quamquam est subito ereptus, vivit tamen [p. 2002] semperque vivet, Cic. Lael. 27, 102:

    vivit vivetque semper, atque etiam latius in memoriā hominum et sermone versabitur, postquam ab oculis recessit,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 11; Sen. Ben. 3, 5, 2.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To live on any thing or in any manner, i. e. to support life; to sustain or maintain one's self:

    stirpibus palmarum vivere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 131:

    piscibus atque ovis avium vivere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 10 fin.:

    lacte atque pecore,

    id. ib. 4, 1;

    5, 14: cortice ex arboribus,

    id. B. C. 3, 49:

    coriis herbisque et radicibus vivere,

    Liv. 23, 30, 3:

    herbis Vivis et urticā,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 8:

    siliquis et pane secundo,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 123:

    parvo,

    id. S. 2, 2, 1:

    rapto,

    Verg. A. 7, 749:

    de vestro,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 61:

    misere,

    id. Aul. 2, 4, 36:

    parcius,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 49:

    suaviter,

    id. Ep. 1, 8, 4:

    bene,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 56;

    1, 11, 29: rapto,

    Liv. 7, 25, 13; 27, 12, 5:

    verbum vivere quidam putant ad cibum pertinere,

    Dig. 50, 16, 234.— Impers. pass.:

    vivitur ex rapto,

    Ov. M. 1, 144. — Trop.:

    (sunt) in eo studia illa nostra, quibus antea delectabamur, nunc etiam vivimus,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 28, a, 2.—
    B.
    To live, i. e. to pass one's life, to reside, dwell, be in any place or manner (cf.:

    vitam dego): Rhodi,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 4:

    extra urbem,

    id. Brut. 74, 258:

    Cypri,

    Nep. Chabr. 3, 4:

    in litteris vivere,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 1; id. Sen. 11, 38:

    in maximā celebritate atque in oculis civium,

    id. Off. 3, 1, 3:

    in paupertate,

    id. Part. Or. 18, 63:

    in humilitate,

    Lact. 7, 9, 17: cum timore, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 3:

    unis moribus et numquam mutatis legibus,

    Cic. Fl. 26, 63:

    e naturā,

    id. Fin. 3, 20, 68:

    convenienter naturae,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 26; id. Off. 3, 3, 13:

    valde familiariter cum aliquo,

    id. Att. 6, 6, 2; cf.:

    Hirtius vivit habitatque cum Balbo,

    id. ib. 14, 20, 4:

    cum Pansā vixi in Pompeiano,

    id. ib.:

    ecquis me vivit hodie fortunatior?

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 1:

    ego vivo miserrimus,

    Cic. Att. 3, 5:

    viveret in terris te si quis avarior uno,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 157:

    illā sorte Contentus vivat,

    id. S. 1, 1, 3.—Prov.:

    secum vivere,

    to live for one's self, care only for one's self, Cic. Sen. 14, 49.— Impers. pass.:

    quoniam vivitur non cum perfectis hominibus, sed, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 15, 46.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vivo

  • 13 vīvō

        vīvō vīxī （ subj pluperf. vīxet for vīxisset, V.), —, ere    [VIV-], to live, be alive, have life: Valet atque vivit (gnatus), T.: vivere ac spirare: is demum mihi vivere atque frui animā videtur, qui, etc., S.: Annos bis centum, O.: ad centesimum annum: nisi cum virtute vivatur, unless we live virtuously: non sibi soli postulat, Te vivere, for him alone, T.: nos in diem vivimus, i. e. from hand to mouth: vitam duram, quam vixi usque adhuc, T.: tutiorem vitam: Bacchanalia vivunt, Iu.: nunc tertia vivitur aetas, O.: et vivere vitem et mori dicimus: ignes, O.—To survive, be still alive: si viveret, verba eius audiretis: si viveret, mihi cum illo nulla contentio iam maneret: constitueram, neminem includere in dialogos eorum, qui viverent: hic tamen vivit. vivit? immo vero etiam in senatum venit.—In phrases of asseveration: nam, ita vivam, putavi, as I live: quid poteris, inquies, pro iis dicere? ne vivam, si scio, may I die, if, etc.: ego hodie, si vivo, tibi Ostendam, etc., as sure as I live, T.—In the phrase, de lucro vivere, i. e. to owe life to favor, live at another's mercy: de lucro prope iam quadrennium vivimus: de lucro tibi vivere me scito, L.—In the phrase, ex alicuius more vivere, to conform to one's ways, live according to one's wishes: Huncine erat aequom ex illius more an illum ex huius vivere? T.—To live, support life, feed, be supported, sustain oneself: stirpibus palmarum: piscibus, Cs.: cortice ex arboribus, Cs.: herbis et urticā, H.: rapto, V.: Parcius, H.: Vivitur ex rapto, O.; cf. studia, quibus antea delectabamur, nunc etiam vivimus, which were formerly my delight, are now my life.—To live, pass the time, reside, dwell, be: extra urbem: Cypri, N.: in litteris vivere: unis moribus et numquam mutatis legibus: convenienter naturae: cum Pansā vixi in Pompeiano: ecquis me hodie vivit fortunatior? T.: ego vivo miserrimus: illā (sorte) Contentus vivat, H.: quoniam vivitur non cum perfectis hominibus, sed, etc.—Prov.: animum secum esse secumque ut dicitur, vivere, i. e. for its own sake.—To live well, live at ease, enjoy life: quando vivemus?: vive valeque, farewell, H.: vivite, silvae, fare ye well, V.—To live, last, endure, remain, be remembered: Vivet extento Proculeius aevo, H.: per omnia saecula famā, O.: tacitum vivat sub pectore volnus, V.: das nostro victurum nomen amori, O.: mihi Scipio vivit tamen semperque vivet.
    * * *
    vivere, vixi, victus V
    be alive, live; survive; reside

    Latin-English dictionary > vīvō

  • 14 generosidad

    f.
    1 generosity.
    2 generous act, generous action.
    * * *
    1 generosity, unselfishness
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=largueza) generosity
    2) (=magnanimidad) nobility, magnanimity
    3) ( Hist) nobility
    * * *
    femenino generosity
    * * *
    = generosity, largesse, selflessness.
    Ex. The ideal, which we are laughably far from attaining, is that books should be spread with prodigal generosity throughout the community.
    Ex. This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.
    Ex. It is commonly held that altruism, especially within ethics, requires selflessness or disinterestedness.
    ----
    * con generosidad = generously.
    * * *
    femenino generosity
    * * *
    = generosity, largesse, selflessness.

    Ex: The ideal, which we are laughably far from attaining, is that books should be spread with prodigal generosity throughout the community.

    Ex: This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.
    Ex: It is commonly held that altruism, especially within ethics, requires selflessness or disinterestedness.
    * con generosidad = generously.

    * * *
    generosity
    * * *

    generosidad sustantivo femenino
    generosity
    generosidad sustantivo femenino generosity
    ' generosidad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desprendimiento
    - engrandecer
    - grandeza
    - muestra
    - rapto
    - abusar
    - abuso
    - bondad
    - corresponder
    - premiar
    English:
    generosity
    - generously
    - unselfishness
    * * *
    generosity;
    con generosidad generously
    * * *
    f generosity
    * * *
    : generosity
    * * *
    generosidad n generosity

    Spanish-English dictionary > generosidad

  • 15 impulso

    m.
    1 impulse (physics).
    2 momentum (empuje).
    tomar impulso to take a run-up
    3 stimulus, boost.
    la medida supondrá un impulso al consumo the measure will boost consumption
    dar impulso a una iniciativa to encourage o promote an initiative
    4 impulse, urge.
    un impulso me hizo gritar a sudden impulse made me shout
    mi primer impulso fue marcharme my first instinct was to leave
    5 pulse.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: impulsar.
    * * *
    1 impulse
    2 (fuerza, velocidad) momentum
    \
    actuar por impulso to act on an impulse
    tomar impulso to take a run-up
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=empuje)

    coger o tomar impulso — to gather momentum

    2) (=estímulo) boost
    3) (=deseo instintivo) impulse

    impulso sexual — sexual urge, sex drive

    4) (Fís, Fisiol) impulse
    * * *
    a) ( empuje)

    tomar or darse impulso — to gather momentum, to get up speed

    b) (reacción, deseo) impulse

    mi primer impulso fue... — my first instinct was...

    * * *
    = drive, force, impetus, thrust, push, impulse, momentum, urge, kick-start [kickstart], burst, jump-start [jumpstart].
    Ex. Hierarchical bibliometry would act as a positive drive to support the authorship requirements now stipulated by some international editorial committees.
    Ex. Her reason admitted the force of his arguments, but her instinct opposed it.
    Ex. The original impetus has been diverted into specific applications.
    Ex. The National IT plan proposes 7 building blocks each with a strategic thrust which will serve as the overall impetus for the national IT movement.
    Ex. The key issue to note here is that the global push to describe and document Indigenous knowledge is gaining momentum.
    Ex. The impulse to learn is a ruling passion in very few people; in most of us it is so weak that a frowning aspect can discourage it.
    Ex. They were splendid starters of projects but like so many bibliographers poor sustainers of momentum.
    Ex. The urge to mechanize paper-making came at first as much from the papermakers' desire to free themselves from dependence upon their skilled but rebellious workmen as from the pursuit of production economies.
    Ex. That would be a great kick-start to raising awareness of IFLA 2002.
    Ex. Fueled by inspiration, coffee and Benzedrine, Kerouac sat down at his typewriter and -- in one burst of creative energy -- wrote the novel that would make him the voice of his generation in just 20 days.
    Ex. No hospital creates a healthier community all by itself but it can give its neighbors a jump-start.
    ----
    * actuar por impulso = act on + impulse.
    * cobrar impulso = gain + strength.
    * dar un impulso = kick-start [kickstart].
    * dar un nuevo impulso = pep up.
    * impulso básico = primitive urge.
    * impulso eléctrico = electrical impulse.
    * impulso primitivo = primitive urge.
    * resistir un impulso = resist + impulse.
    * sentir un impulso = have + an impulse.
    * un nuevo impulso = a new lease of life.
    * * *
    a) ( empuje)

    tomar or darse impulso — to gather momentum, to get up speed

    b) (reacción, deseo) impulse

    mi primer impulso fue... — my first instinct was...

    * * *
    = drive, force, impetus, thrust, push, impulse, momentum, urge, kick-start [kickstart], burst, jump-start [jumpstart].

    Ex: Hierarchical bibliometry would act as a positive drive to support the authorship requirements now stipulated by some international editorial committees.

    Ex: Her reason admitted the force of his arguments, but her instinct opposed it.
    Ex: The original impetus has been diverted into specific applications.
    Ex: The National IT plan proposes 7 building blocks each with a strategic thrust which will serve as the overall impetus for the national IT movement.
    Ex: The key issue to note here is that the global push to describe and document Indigenous knowledge is gaining momentum.
    Ex: The impulse to learn is a ruling passion in very few people; in most of us it is so weak that a frowning aspect can discourage it.
    Ex: They were splendid starters of projects but like so many bibliographers poor sustainers of momentum.
    Ex: The urge to mechanize paper-making came at first as much from the papermakers' desire to free themselves from dependence upon their skilled but rebellious workmen as from the pursuit of production economies.
    Ex: That would be a great kick-start to raising awareness of IFLA 2002.
    Ex: Fueled by inspiration, coffee and Benzedrine, Kerouac sat down at his typewriter and -- in one burst of creative energy -- wrote the novel that would make him the voice of his generation in just 20 days.
    Ex: No hospital creates a healthier community all by itself but it can give its neighbors a jump-start.
    * actuar por impulso = act on + impulse.
    * cobrar impulso = gain + strength.
    * dar un impulso = kick-start [kickstart].
    * dar un nuevo impulso = pep up.
    * impulso básico = primitive urge.
    * impulso eléctrico = electrical impulse.
    * impulso primitivo = primitive urge.
    * resistir un impulso = resist + impulse.
    * sentir un impulso = have + an impulse.
    * un nuevo impulso = a new lease of life.

    * * *
    1
    (empuje): un fuerte impulso para el comercio a major boost for trade
    queremos dar un nuevo impulso a la iniciativa we want to give fresh impetus to the initiative
    la organización fue creada bajo el impulso del doctor Pascual Dr Pascual was the driving force behind the creation of the organization
    se fue para atrás para coger or darse impulso he moved back to gather momentum o to get up speed
    2 (reacción) impulse
    actuó por impulso he acted on impulse
    mi primer impulso fue irme my first instinct was to leave
    no pude resistir el impulso de tocarlo I couldn't resist touching it o the urge to touch it
    sentí el impulso de besarlo I had a sudden urge o impulse to kiss him
    3 ( Fís) impulse
    * * *

     

    Del verbo impulsar: ( conjugate impulsar)

    impulso es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    impulsó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    impulsar    
    impulso
    impulsar ( conjugate impulsar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹motor/vehículo› to propel, drive

    b) ‹ persona› to drive

    c) ‹comercio, producción› to boost, give a boost to;

    ‹cultura/relaciones› to promote
    impulso sustantivo masculino
    a) ( empuje):


    dar impulso a algo ( a comercio) to give a boost to sth;

    ( a iniciativa) to give impetus to sth;
    tomar or darse impulso to gather momentum, to get up speed
    b) (reacción, deseo) impulse;

    ◊ mi primer impulso fue … my first instinct was …

    c) (Fís) impulse

    impulsar verbo transitivo
    1 to impel, drive: el viento impulsa la cometa, the kite is driven by the wind
    2 (estimular) to motivate: sus palabras de ánimo me impulsaron a seguir, his words of encouragement inspired me to go on
    impulso sustantivo masculino
    1 (fuerza) impulse, thrust
    Med impulso nervioso, nerve impulse
    2 (deseo) urge, impulse: sentí el impulso de besarle, I felt the urge to kiss him
    ♦ Locuciones: Dep tomar impulso, to take a run up
    ' impulso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    coger
    - corazonada
    - frenar
    - rapto
    - repente
    - reprimir
    - resistir
    - resistirse
    - retener
    - trampolín
    - móvil
    - tentación
    English:
    check
    - impetus
    - impulse
    - prompt
    - urge
    - drive
    - lift
    * * *
    1. Fís impulse
    2. [empuje] momentum;
    llevaba tanto impulso que no pudo detenerse he was going so fast that he couldn't stop;
    tomar impulso [tomar carrerilla] to take a Br run-up o US running start;
    esta nueva tendencia está tomando mucho impulso this new tendency is gaining momentum
    3. [estímulo] stimulus, boost;
    la medida supondrá un impulso al consumo the measure will boost consumption;
    dar impulso a una iniciativa to encourage o promote an initiative
    4. [deseo, reacción] impulse, urge;
    un impulso me hizo gritar a sudden impulse made me shout;
    mi primer impulso fue marcharme my first instinct was to leave;
    sentir el impulso de hacer algo to feel the urge to do sth;
    * * *
    m
    1 ( arrebato) impulse
    2 ( empuje) impetus; COM boost; fig
    urge, impulse;
    tomar impulso take a run up
    * * *
    1) : drive, thrust
    2) : impulse, urge
    * * *
    1. (deseo) impulse / urge
    2. (estímulo) boost
    tomar impulso to take a run up [pt. took; pp. taken]

    Spanish-English dictionary > impulso

  • 16 rehén

    f. & m.
    hostage, pawn.
    * * *
    1 hostage
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino hostage

    tomar/tener a alguien como or de rehén — to take/hold somebody hostage

    * * *
    Ex. This article reports on the coverage by the New York Times of the killing of a hostage victim during a highjack.
    * * *
    masculino hostage

    tomar/tener a alguien como or de rehén — to take/hold somebody hostage

    * * *

    Ex: This article reports on the coverage by the New York Times of the killing of a hostage victim during a highjack.

    * * *
    hostage
    la tomaron/tienen como or de rehén they took/they are holding her hostage
    * * *

    rehén sustantivo masculino
    hostage
    rehén sustantivo masculino hostage
    ' rehén' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    rapto
    - entregar
    - liberación
    - liberar
    English:
    free
    - hostage
    - keep
    - take
    * * *
    rehén nmf
    hostage
    * * *
    m hostage;
    toma de rehenes hostage taking
    * * *
    rehén nm, pl rehenes : hostage
    * * *
    rehén n hostage

    Spanish-English dictionary > rehén

  • 17 diēs

        diēs gen. diēī or diē (rarely diei, disyl., T., or diī, V.), m sometimes in sing f.    [DIV-], a day, civil day: Quae tot res in unum conclusit diem, T.: eo die, Cs.: in posterum diem, Cs.: paucos dies ibi morati, Cs.: alter et tertius dies absumitur, Ta.— Fem. (in prose only of a fixed term): diebus XXX, a quā die materia caesa est, Cs.: posterā die, S.: suprema, H.: atra, V.: tarda, O. —In phrases: paucis ante diebus, a few days earlier, S.: paucis post diebus, S.: postridie eius diei, the next day, Cs.: post diem tertium eius diei, the next day but one, L.: diem ex die exspectabam, from day to day: diem de die prospectans, L.: in dies, every day, Cs., C.: in diem rapto vivit, L.: cui licet in diem dixisse Vixi, etc., H.—Abl. diē, in a day, in one day, V.; rarely diē (i. e. cottidie or in diem), daily, V.—In dates: ante diem XII Kal. Nov., the twenty - first of October: in ante diem V Kal. Dec., till November 28.— A set day, appointed time, term: hic nuptiis dictus est dies, T.: pecuniae, C., L.: iis certum diem conveniendi dicit, Cs.: die certo, S.: negotio proxumum diem constituit, S.: conloquio decretus, O.: ad diem praestitutum venire, L.: die tuo exspectabam, etc., your fever day: supremus vitae: obire diem supremum, die, N. — Fem. (only sing.): deportandi dies praestituta: certa eius rei constituta, Cs.: stata, L.: ubi ea dies venit, Cs.: praeteritā die, quā, etc., Cs.: esse in lege, quam ad diem, proscriptiones fiant. — In the phrase, dicere diem, with dat, to impeach, lay an accusation against: diem mihi, credo, dixerat: Domitium Silano diem dixisse scimus.— A dying-day, time to die, destined time (poet.): Stat sua cuique dies, V.: Hic dolor ante diem Pandiona misit ad umbras, prematurely, O. — A natural day, day (opp. night): cum horā diei decimā venire: quantum scribam die (opp. noctibus), in the daytime: die et nocte concoqui, in a single day and night: multo denique die, late in the day, Cs.: in diem (somnum) extrahere, Ta.: exercere diem, work by daylight, V.: currūs rogat In diem, for a day, O.: diem noctemque procul navem tenuit, a day and a night, N.: Saturnalia diem ac noctem clamata, all day and all night, L.: diem noctemque, uninterruptedly, Cs.: Dies noctīsque me ames, T.: dies noctīsque iter faciens, N.: noctīs ac dies: et noctīs et dies.— With iter, of distances, a day's march, day's journey: huius silvae latitudo novem dierum iter expedito patet, forced marches, Cs.: quinque dierum iter aberant, L. — Daybreak, day: cum die, O.: ante diem, H. — An anniversary: quo die ad Aliam pugnatum, a clade Aliensem appellarunt, L.: diem meum scis esse III Non. Ian., birthday. —Meton., a day's work, event, day: is dies honestissimus nobis fuerat in senatu: dare illius diei poenas: ille dies Etruscorum fregit opes, Cs.: imponite quinquaginta annis magnum diem, Ta. — A time, space of time, period, interval: diem se ad deliberandum sumpturum, Cs.: diem tempusque forsitan ipsum leniturum iras, L.: ut sexenni die pecuniae solvantur, Cs.: in longiorem diem conlaturus, a later day, Cs.: perexigua, a brief interval: nulla, O.: (indutiarum) dies, the term, L.: messis, season, V.: Optuma aevi, period (i. e. youth), V.: Sole dies referente siccos, season, H.: diem adimere aegritudinem hominibus, T.: diem festum Dianae per triduum agi, a festival, L.: malum in diem abiit, to a future time, T.: nos in diem vivimus, for the moment.—Light of day, daylight (poet.): Inmissus quo dies terreat umbras, O.: volumina fumi Infecere diem, O.: oriens occiduusque dies, the East and the West, i. e. the world, O. — Personified, the god of day, O.— Fem.: Venus primo Caelo et Die nata.
    * * *
    day; daylight; festival; time; lifetime, age

    Latin-English dictionary > diēs

  • 18 doleō

        doleō uī, itūrus, ēre    [DAL-], to feel pain, suffer, be in pain, ache: facere quod tuo viro oculi doleant, T.: pes oculi dolent: Auriculae sorde dolentes, H.— To grieve, deplore, lament, be sorry, be afflicted, be hurt, take offence: nescis quam doleam, T.: dolent gaudentque, V.: pro gloriā imperi, S.: O numquam dolituri, incapable of feeling, V.: causa dolendi, the smart, O.: id factum: trīs exercitūs interfectos: Dionis mortem: Quid dolens? V.: Quaerere quod doleam, a grievance, O.: se a suis superari: liberos abstractos, Cs.: me victam, V.: vinci, H.: rebus contrariis: clade acceptā, L.: nostro dolore, V.: in volnere: in amore, Pr.: pro gloriā imperi, S.: de Hortensio: rapto de fratre, H.: ex commutatione rerum, Cs.: ex me: quod beneficium sibi extorqueretur, Cs.: doliturus, si placeant spe deterius nostrā, H.—Of things, to qive pain, afflict: Ut hoc tibi doleret, ut mihi dolet, T.: nihil cuiquam doluit.— Impers, it pains, gives sorrow, one is grieved: tibi quia super est dolet, T.: si egebis, tibi dolebit, Caec. ap. C.: dolet dictum (esse) adulescenti, etc., T.—Prov.: cui dolet meminit, the burned child dreads the fire.
    * * *
    dolere, dolui, dolitus V
    hurt; feel/suffer pain; grieve; be afflicted/pained/sorry; cause pain/grief

    Latin-English dictionary > doleō

  • 19 laxē

        laxē adv. with comp.    [laxus], widely, spaciously: habitare.— Loosely: (manūs) vincire, L.— Fig., of time, amply, long: laxius proferre diem: volo laxius (sc. rem curari), i. e. by and by.—Freely, without restraint: hostico laxius rapto sueti vivere, L.: remoto metu laxius licentiusque futuri, less vigilant, S.
    * * *
    laxius, laxissime ADV
    loosely, amply; without restraint; over a wide area, widely; on a large scale

    Latin-English dictionary > laxē

  • 20 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

    Latin-English dictionary > rapiō

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