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  • 121 Griff

    Imperf. greifen
    * * *
    der Griff
    (Stiel) stock; haft; hilt; helve; handle;
    (Zugreifen) hold; grasp; grip
    * * *
    Grịff [grɪf]
    m -(e)s, -e
    1)

    (= das Greifen) der Griff an etw (acc)taking hold of sth, grasping sth

    einen Griff in die Kasse tunto put one's hand in the till

    der Griff nach der Droge/der Flasche — turning or taking to drugs/the bottle

    das ist ein Griff nach den Sternenthat's just reaching for the stars

    2) (= Handgriff) grip, grasp; (beim Ringen, Judo, Bergsteigen) hold; (beim Turnen) grip; (MUS = Fingerstellung) fingering; (inf = Akkord) chord; (vom Tuch = Anfühlen) feel, texture

    einen Griff ansetzen (Ringen)to put on or apply a hold

    jdn/etw im Griff haben (fig) — to have sb/sth under control, to have the upper hand of sb/sth; (geistig) to have a good grasp of sth

    jdn/etw in den Griff bekommen (fig) — to get the upper hand of sb/sth, to gain control of sb/sth; (geistig) to get a grasp of sth

    (mit jdm/etw) einen guten or glücklichen Griff tun — to make a wise choice (with sb/sth), to get on to a good thing (with sb/sth) (inf)

    etw mit einem Griff tun (fig)to do sth in a flash

    3) (= Stiel, Knauf) handle; (= Pistolengriff) butt; (= Schwertgriff) hilt; (an Saiteninstrumenten) neck
    4) usu pl (HUNT = Kralle) talon
    5) pl (MIL) rifle positions pl
    * * *
    der
    1) (a small device for holding (a door etc) in place: The catch on my suitcase is broken.) catch
    2) (the part of an object by which it may be held or grasped: I've broken the handle off this cup; You've got to turn the handle in order to open the door.) handle
    3) (a grip with one's hand etc: Have you got a good grasp on that rope?) grasp
    4) (a firm hold: He had a firm grip on his stick; He has a very strong grip; in the grip of the storm.) grip
    5) (the handle, especially of a sword.) hilt
    6) ((in wrestling etc) a manner of holding one's opponent: The wrestler invented a new hold.) hold
    7) (a rounded handle on or for a door or drawer: wooden door-knobs.) knob
    * * *
    <-[e]s, -e>
    [ˈgrɪf]
    m
    1. (Zugriff) grip, grasp
    mit festem \Griff with a firm grip, firmly
    \Griff in die [Laden]kasse tun (fam) to put one's hand in the till
    ein rascher/flinker \Griff [nach etw dat] a quick/grab [at sth]
    2. (Handgriff) movement
    mit einem \Griff in a flash [or the twinkling of an eye]
    mit wenigen \Griffen with very little effort
    3. SPORT hold
    einen \Griff ansetzen to apply a hold
    4. (Öffnungsmechanismus) Tür, Fenster, Pistole, Revolver handle; Messer, Dolch, Schwert hilt; (Gewehr) butt
    5.
    etw in den \Griff bekommen [o (fam) kriegen] to get the hang [or knack] of sth fam
    mit jdm/etw einen glücklichen [o guten] \Griff tun to make a good [or wise] choice with sb/sth
    jdn/etw im \Griff haben to have sb/sth under control
    \Griffe kloppen MIL (fam) to do rifle drill
    der \Griff nach der Macht the attempt to seize power
    der \Griff zu etw dat (euph: die Verwendung von etw) to reach for sth; (die Hinwendung zu etw) to turn to sth
    der \Griff zur Droge/Flasche turning to drugs/the bottle
    * * *
    der; Griff[e]s, Griffe
    1) grip; grasp

    mit eisernem/festem Griff — with a grip of iron/a firm grip

    der Griff nach etwas/in etwas (Akk.)/an etwas — (Akk.) reaching for something/dipping into something/taking hold of or grasping something

    [mit jemandem/etwas] einen guten/glücklichen Griff tun — make a good choice [with somebody/something]

    2) (beim Ringen, Bergsteigen) hold; (beim Turnen) grip

    etwas im Griff haben(etwas routinemäßig beherrschen) have the hang of something (coll.); (etwas unter Kontrolle haben) have something under control

    3) (Knauf, Henkel) handle; (eines Gewehrs, einer Pistole) butt; (eines Schwerts) hilt
    4) (Musik) finger-placing
    * * *
    Griff m; -(e)s, -e
    1. mit der Hand, zum Halten: grip; zum Ergreifen: grasp (
    nach at); schneller: snatch (at); klammernd: clutch (at); (Handgriff) movement (of the hand); Turnen: grip; Ringen etc: hold; Bergsteigen: (hand)hold; MUS (Fingerstellung) fingering; Blasinstrumente: stop; (Akkord) chord;
    fester Griff firm grip;
    sicherer Griff sure touch;
    mit einem Griff with one swift movement; fig in no time;
    einen Griff nach etwas tun reach for sth; schnell: grasp at sth;
    einen Griff in die Kasse tun umg put one’s fingers ( oder hand) in the till;
    bei ihr sitzt jeder Griff she’s good with her hands;
    kloppen sl MIL do rifle drill
    2. fig:
    einen guten Griff tun make a good choice, strike it lucky (
    mit with);
    einen schlechten Griff tun make a bad choice, pick the wrong man etc;
    im Griff haben have got(ten US) the hang of; (unter Kontrolle haben) have sth under control; (Person, Tier, Thema etc) auch have a good grip on;
    kriegen get the hang of; (Situation etc) get a grip on;
    kühner Griff bold stroke;
    Griff nach der Macht attempt to seize power;
    der Griff zur Flasche/Droge taking to the bottle/drugs
    3. von Koffer, Messer etc: handle; (Knauf, Knopf) knob; von Pistole: butt; von Schwert: hilt; Türgriff etc
    4. von Stoff etc: feel
    * * *
    der; Griff[e]s, Griffe
    1) grip; grasp

    mit eisernem/festem Griff — with a grip of iron/a firm grip

    der Griff nach etwas/in etwas (Akk.)/an etwas — (Akk.) reaching for something/dipping into something/taking hold of or grasping something

    [mit jemandem/etwas] einen guten/glücklichen Griff tun — make a good choice [with somebody/something]

    2) (beim Ringen, Bergsteigen) hold; (beim Turnen) grip

    etwas im Griff haben(etwas routinemäßig beherrschen) have the hang of something (coll.); (etwas unter Kontrolle haben) have something under control

    3) (Knauf, Henkel) handle; (eines Gewehrs, einer Pistole) butt; (eines Schwerts) hilt
    4) (Musik) finger-placing
    * * *
    -e (Sport) m.
    hug n. -e m.
    grasp n.
    grip n.
    handle n.
    hilt n.
    knob n. -e Schalter m.
    Grip Shift n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Griff

  • 122 Macht

    f; -, Mächte
    1. nur Sg. (Kraft) power; (Stärke) strength; bes. lit. might; mit aller Macht with all one’s might; lit. with might and main
    2. nur Sg. (Einfluss, Herrschaft) power; (Machtbefugnis) auch authority; es steht nicht in meiner Macht it’s not within my power; wenn es in meiner Macht stünde(, es zu tun) if I had it within my power (to do so); Macht der Gewohnheit force of habit; die Macht ergreifen seize power; an die Macht kommen oder zur Macht gelangen come (in)to power; an der Macht sein be in power
    3. POL. (Staat) power; (einflussreiche Gruppe) auch force
    4. metaphysische: power, force; die Macht des Schicksals the force of destiny; die Mächte der Finsternis the powers of darkness
    * * *
    die Macht
    might; power; force; potency; authority
    * * *
    Mạcht [maxt]
    f -, -e
    ['mɛçtə]
    1) no pl (= Einfluss, Kraft) power; (= Stärke) might, power

    die Macht der Gewohnheit/Verhältnisse/des Schicksals — the force of habit/circumstance(s)/destiny

    alles, was in unserer Macht steht, alles in unserer Macht Stehende — everything (with)in our power

    es stand nicht in seiner Macht, zu... — it was not or did not lie within his power to...

    mit aller Macht —

    2) no pl (= Herrschaft, Befehlsgewalt) power

    die Macht ergreifen/erringen — to seize/gain power

    an der Macht sein/bleiben — to be/remain in power

    seine Macht behaupten — to maintain control, to continue to hold sway

    die Macht übernehmen — to assume power, to take over

    3) (= außerirdische Kraft, Großmacht) power

    die Mächte der Finsternis (old, liter)the Powers of Darkness (old, liter)

    4) (dated = Heeresmacht) forces pl
    * * *
    die
    2) (power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) might
    4) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) power
    5) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) power
    * * *
    <-, Mächte>
    [ˈmaxt, pl ˈmɛçtə]
    f
    1. kein pl (Befugnis) power
    seine \Macht gebrauchen/missbrauchen to exercise [or wield]/abuse one's power
    die \Macht haben, etw zu tun to have the power to do sth
    etw liegt [o steht] in jds \Macht sth is within sb's power
    2. kein pl (Herrschaft) rule
    seine \Macht behaupten to maintain one's hold on power
    an der \Macht bleiben to remain in power
    die \Macht ergreifen [o die \Macht an sich akk reißen] to seize power
    nach der \Macht greifen to attempt to seize power
    an der \Macht sein to be in power
    an die \Macht kommen [o gelangen] to gain [or come to] power
    sich akk an die \Macht putschen to seize power by force
    die \Macht übernehmen to assume [or take over] power
    die \Macht der Gewohnheit the force of habit
    \Macht über jdn haben to have power over sb
    eine... \Macht auf jdn ausüben to have a... power over sb
    eine geistige \Macht mental powers
    die Mächte der Finsternis (liter) the powers of darkness liter
    aus eigener \Macht under one's own steam
    mit aller \Macht with all one's strength [or might]
    mit \Macht with vigour [or AM -or]
    ich werde alles tun, was in meiner \Macht steht I'll do everything in my power
    4. (mächtiger Staat) power
    verbündete Mächte allied powers
    Krieg führende Mächte warring powers
    5. kein pl (Kraft, Gewalt) force, power
    6.
    \Macht geht vor Recht (prov) might is right, power is a law unto itself
    * * *
    die; Macht, Mächte
    1) o. Pl. power; (Stärke) strength; (Befugnis) authority; power

    mit aller Machtwith all one's might

    alles, was in seiner Macht steht, tun — do everything in one's power

    das liegt nicht in ihrer Machtthat is not within her power; that is outside her authority

    die Macht der Gewohnheit/der Verhältnisse — the force of habit/circumstances

    2) o. Pl. (Herrschaft) power no art.

    die Macht ergreifen od. an sich reißen — seize power

    an der Macht seinbe in power

    3) (Staat) power
    4)
    * * *
    Macht f; -, Mächte
    1. nur sg (Kraft) power; (Stärke) strength; besonders liter might;
    mit aller Macht with all one’s might; liter with might and main
    2. nur sg (Einfluss, Herrschaft) power; (Machtbefugnis) auch authority;
    es steht nicht in meiner Macht it’s not within my power;
    wenn es in meiner Macht stünde(, es zu tun) if I had it within my power (to do so);
    Macht der Gewohnheit force of habit;
    die Macht ergreifen seize power;
    zur Macht gelangen come (in)to power;
    an der Macht sein be in power
    3. POL (Staat) power; (einflussreiche Gruppe) auch force
    4. metaphysische: power, force;
    die Macht des Schicksals the force of destiny;
    die Mächte der Finsternis the powers of darkness
    * * *
    die; Macht, Mächte
    1) o. Pl. power; (Stärke) strength; (Befugnis) authority; power

    alles, was in seiner Macht steht, tun — do everything in one's power

    das liegt nicht in ihrer Macht — that is not within her power; that is outside her authority

    die Macht der Gewohnheit/der Verhältnisse — the force of habit/circumstances

    2) o. Pl. (Herrschaft) power no art.

    die Macht ergreifen od. an sich reißen — seize power

    3) (Staat) power
    4)
    * * *
    ¨-e (über) f.
    power (of) n. ¨-e f.
    clout n.
    force n.
    might n.
    potency n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Macht

  • 123 gribe

    4
    хвата́ть, схва́тывать

    gríbe cháncen [en léjlighed] — воспо́льзоваться слу́чаем

    gríbe ind i nóget — вмеша́ться во что-л.

    * * *
    grasp, grip, jump at, seize, stop, take
    * * *
    vb (greb, grebet) catch ( fx a ball);
    ( med et fast tag) seize ( fx seize somebody by the collar; seize power),
    ( og holde fast i) grasp, grip ( fx somebody's hand),
    ( ivrigt) grab,
    ( angst) clutch;
    ( rive til sig) snatch,
    ( grådigt, ublidt) grab;
    ( pågribe) catch;
    (fig: slå ned på) seize on, fasten on ( fx an idea, a suggestion, a detail);
    ( betage, røre) affect,
    ( stærkere) move;
    [ med sb:]
    [ gribe chancen (el. lejligheden)] seize the opportunity;
    [ gribe flugten] take flight;
    [ gribe en tanke ( ivrigt)] seize on (el. jump at) an idea;
    (se også I. pen);
    [ med præp & adv:]
    [ grebet af frygt] seized with fear;
    [ gribe noget an] go about something, tackle something;
    [ gribe efter] catch at; grasp at, clutch at; snatch at, grab at;
    [ gribe fat i] catch (el. take) hold of, grasp,
    ( om person også) collar;
    [ dørhåndtaget greb fat i mit ærme] my sleeve caught on the door handle;
    [ gribe for sig] put one's hand before one;
    [ gribe en i armen] grasp (, grab, clutch) somebody by the arm, grasp (etc) somebody's arm;
    [ gribe i strengene] touch (, kraftigt: pluck) the strings;
    [ gribe en i struben] seize somebody by the throat;
    [ gribe én i at lyve (el. i en løgn)] catch somebody lying;
    [ gribe ind] step in,
    F intervene (i in, fx the government intervened in the conflict);
    ( forstyrrende) interfere (i in, with);
    ( blande sig) meddle (i in, with);
    ( i ens ret) encroach on;
    ( have indflydelse på) influence, affect ( fx decisions that affect our daily life), bear on;
    ( om tandhjul) gear into;
    (fig) interact; be intertwined;
    [ gribe ind over for] take measures against;
    ( kraftigt) clamp (el. crack) down on;
    [ gribe om] catch (el. take) hold of, grasp,
    ( angst) clutch;
    ( brede sig) spread;
    ( om tilbud) accept;
    ( om udvej, middel, F) resort to ( fx an expedient, force, threats);
    [ gribe til våben] take up arms;
    [ grebet ud af livet] true to life;
    (fig) utterly unfounded.

    Danish-English dictionary > gribe

  • 124 chwy|cić

    pf — chwy|tać impf vt 1. (złapać) to get hold of, to take hold of; (bardziej zdecydowanie) to catch hold of, to grab (hold of) [torbę, talerz, krzesło, dziecko, zwierzę]; to catch [piłkę, jabłko]; to seize, to grasp [nóż, szablę]; [dźwig] to pick up [kontener]
    - chwytać piłkę obiema rękami a. w obie ręce to catch a ball with a. in both hands
    - chwytać (za) czapkę/kij to grab one’s cap/a stick
    - chwycić za klamkę to grab the door handle
    - chwytać linę to catch a. grab (at) a rope
    - chwycić rzucony cukierek to catch a sweet
    - chwycić kogoś za włosy/kark to grab sb by the hair/(the scruff of) the neck
    - chwycić kogoś za kołnierz/płaszcz to grab (hold of) a. get hold of sb by the collar/ to grab (hold of) sb’s coat
    - chwycić kogoś za rękę to grip sb’s hand, to grasp sb by the hand
    - chwycić kogoś za ramię to grip sb’s arm, to seize sb by the arm
    - chwycić kogoś w objęcia to grasp a. clasp sb in an embrace
    - pies chwycił go za nogawkę spodni the dog caught his trouser leg in its teeth
    2. (wędką, pułapką, sidłem) to catch [rybę, zwierzę, motyla]
    - chwytać ryby siecią/w sieć to catch fish with/in a net
    - chwytać konia na lasso to lasso a. rope a horse
    3. (spinać) to pin up [brzegi sukni] 4. przen. (postrzegać) to catch [dźwięki, spojrzenia]
    - chwytać uchem coś to catch the sound of sth
    - chwycić coś kątem oka to catch sth out of the corner of one’s eye
    5. przen. (pojmować) to grasp; to get pot.
    - chwycić żart to get a joke
    - chwytać, o co komuś chodzi to get what sb means
    - chwytać coś w lot to grasp sth immediately; to catch on (to sth) at once a. immediately pot.
    - chwytać rytm tańca to pick up the rhythm of a dance
    6. przen. (zauważać) to catch
    - chwycić kogoś na czymś to catch sb doing sth
    7. (przyciągać) [dywan, zasłony] to pick up, to attract [kurz] 8. przen. (ogarniać, opanowywać) chwyta go dolegliwość he is coming down with an illness
    - chwytały go bóle/konwulsje he was gripped by pain/seized by convulsions
    - chyba chwyta mnie grypa I think I’m coming down with a. I’m getting the flu
    - chwycił go kaszel he had a coughing fit
    - chwyciły ją dreszcze she started shivering
    - kobietę w ciąży często chwytają mdłości pregnant women often suffer from bouts of sickness
    - mojego kota chwyciła jakaś choroba my cat has caught a. picked up some disease
    - chwyta go sen he feels sleepy
    - położył się do łóżka i od razu chwycił go sen as soon as he got into bed he fell asleep a. he was overcome by sleep książk.
    - chwyta ją żal/wzruszenie she’s overcome with sorrow/emotion
    - gdy mróz chwyta, na ulicach robi się ślisko when it’s frosty a. there’s a frost the streets become slippery
    - w lutym chwyta zwykle kilkunastostopniowy mróz in February the temperature usually falls to 10 or 15 degrees below zero
    vi 1. przen. (przywrzeć) [farba, emulsja, barwnik] to take; [klej] to set, to stick; [taśma klejąca] to stick; [cement] to set
    - poczekaj, aż klej chwyci wait until the glue sets
    - ten klej nie chwyta metalu this glue doesn’t stick to a. adhere to metal
    - farba nie chwyciła the dye didn’t take
    2. pot., przen. (zyskać uznanie) [idea, pomysł, moda, reklama] to catch on pot.; [towar, film] to take off pot.; [propozycja] to be accepted
    - idea rządu koalicyjnego nie chwyciła the idea of a coalition government fell through a. didn’t take off
    chwycić sięchwytać się 1. (siebie samego) to clutch, to grasp
    - chwytać się za głowę z bólu to clutch one’s head in pain
    - chwytać się za bolącą nogę to grasp a. clutch an aching leg
    - chwytać się pod boki ze śmiechu to clutch one’s sides laughing, to hold one’s sides with laughter
    2. (jeden drugiego) to grasp one another, to hold one another
    - chwytać się za ręce to take hold of a. clasp one another’s hands
    3. (dla utrzymania równowagi) to hold on to, to cling to [mebli, poręczy, płotu, gałęzi]
    - chwycił się stołu, żeby nie upaść he caught hold of the table so as not to fall
    4. (dać się złapać) [ryba, zwierzę] to be caught 5. przen. (robić wszystko) to try (out), to resort to
    - chwytać się różnych pomysłów to try (out) different ideas
    - chwytać się różnych sposobów to resort to various methods a. means
    - chwytać się różnych zajęć to take on a. up various activities
    - chwytać się myśli/nadziei to cling to a. hold on to an idea/a hope
    - prezydent chwycił się pomocy wojska the president turned to the army for help
    6. pot. (spostrzegać w sobie) to catch oneself (na czymś doing sth)
    - chwytać się na myślach o śmierci to catch oneself thinking about death
    chwycić byka za rogi to take the bull by the horns
    - chwycić wiatr Myślis. [pies] to catch the scent, to get the scent; Żegl. to catch the wind
    - chwytać oddech a. powietrze to gasp (for breath), to catch one’s breath
    - ranny z ledwością chwytał powietrze the injured man could hardly catch his breath
    - chwytać kogoś za słowa a. słówka to pick sb up on every word (they say)
    - nie chwytaj mnie za słowa, tylko uważnie mnie wysłuchaj just listen to what I’m saying and stop picking me up on every word
    - chwytać coś na gorąco pot. (w mediach) to cover sth as it happens, to be where the action is pot.
    - dobry reporter powinien chwytać życie na gorąco a good reporter should always be there on the spot
    - chwytać na gorąco relacje świadków to get eyewitness reports on the spot a. at the scene
    - chwycić za broń/pióro/pędzel to take up arms/writing/painting
    - chwytać kogoś za gardło [emocje] to bring a lump to sb’s throat
    - chwytać kogoś za serce a. duszę [słowa, widok] to pull a. tug at sb’s heartstrings
    - chwytać kogoś za serce [osoba] to play on sb’s heartstrings
    - żadne choroby się go nie chwytają he’s totally immune to illness
    - nie chwytają się go żadne nasze tłumaczenia none of our explanations seem to (be) get(ting) through to him
    - tonący brzytwy się chwyta przysł. a drowning man will clutch at a straw przysł.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > chwy|cić

  • 125 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.

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  • 126 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

  • 127 схватить

    1. catch hold of

    схватить простуду, простудитьсяto catch cold

    2. get hold of
    3. lay hold of
    4. take hold of
    5. fasten
    6. take
    7. seize; grasp; grab; snatch; catch

    схватывать; схватитьcatch hold of

    8. snatch; grasp; seize; suffice; be sufficient; have enough; last; hit; knock; strike
    9. clutch
    10. grab
    11. grip
    12. pluck at
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. арестовать (глаг.) арестовать; бросить в тюрьму; бросить за решетку; взять; взять под арест; взять под стражу; забрать; задержать; заключить под стражу; замести; заточить в темницу; подвергнуть аресту; посадить; посадить в тюрьму; посадить под арест; сцапать; хапнуть; цапнуть
    2. заморозить (глаг.) заковать; заледенить; заморозить; сковать
    3. заразиться (глаг.) заразиться; захватить; подхватить; подцепить
    4. схватить с лету (глаг.) схватить на лету; схватить с лету
    5. уловить (глаг.) поймать; уловить; ухватить

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > схватить

  • 128 أمسك (بـ)

    أَمْسَكَ (بِـ)‏ \ bite: (of tools) to take firm hold: Tyres do not bite well an a wet road. catch, (caught): to seize sb. or sth. that is escaping: I ran after him but could not catch him, to seize in any way: Did you catch a fish?. hold: to keep (sth.) in the hand: He held the rope (in his hand), control; keep still: He held his breath. Hold your tongue. hook: to catch or fasten with a hook. \ أَمْسَكَ (بِشدة)‏ \ grip: to hold firmly. lay hands on: to seize violently. \ See Also قبض (قَبَضَ)‏ \ أَمْسَكَ عن \ abstain: not to make use of (drink, food, etc.); avoid doing sth., (such as voting). withhold: to hold back; refuse to give (money support, news, etc.). \ See Also اِمْتَنَعَ عن

    Arabic-English dictionary > أمسك (بـ)

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