previous next

praeripiō ripuī, reptus, ere

prae+rapio, to snatch away, carry off : arma Minervae, O.: aliis laudem.— To seize prematurely : deorum beneficium festinatione, i. e. presume upon.—To forestall, anticipate : hostium consilia, baffle in advance .

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: