I.to seize, snatch, lay hold of, draw a person or thing to one's self (esp. with haste).
I. In gen.
A. Lit.: “ut eum eriperet, manum arripuit mordicus: Vix foras me abripui atque effugi,” Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 7; cf. “the first of the words following, formed by Plaut. after the manner of Aristophanes: Quodsemelarripides Numquampostreddonides,” Pers. 4, 6, 23 Ritschl: “gladium,” id. Capt. 4, 4, 7; Vulg. Gen. 22, 10: “pugionem,” ib. Num. 25, 7: “securim,” ib. Jud. 9, 48: “arma,” Liv. 35, 36: “cultrum,” id. 3, 48: “telum, vestimenta,” Nep. Alcib. 10, 5: “arcus Arripit,” Ov. M. 5, 64: “ensem,” id. ib. 13, 386: “saxum,” Curt. 6, 9: “pileum vel galerum,” Suet. Ner. 26: “scutum e strage,” Tac. A. 3, 23: “sagittam et scutum,” Vulg. Jer. 6, 23: “clipeum,” ib. Isa. 21, 5: “aliquem barbā,” Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 64: “manu,” Liv. 6, 8: “aliquam comā,” Ov. M. 6, 552: “caput capillo,” Suet. Galb. 20: manum alicujus, Auct. B. G. 8, 23; Hor. S. 1, 9, 4.—
B. Trop., to take to one's self, procure, appropriate, seize: “Arripe opem auxiliumque ad hanc rem,” Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 65: “vox et gestus subito sumi et aliunde adripi non potest,” Cic. Or. 1, 59, 252: “cognomen sibi ex Aeliorum imaginibus adripuit,” id. Sest. 32: “non debes adripere maledictum ex trivio aut ex scurrarum aliquo convicio,” id. Mur. 6: “libenter adripere facultatem laedendi,” id. Fl. 8, 19: “aliquid ad reprehendendum,” id. N. D. 2, 65, 162: “impedimentum pro occasione arripere,” Liv. 3, 35 al.—
II. Transf.
A. In gen., to seize, lay hold of, take possession of, secure: “Sublimem medium arriperem, et capite pronum in terram statuerem,” Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18: “simul arripit ipsum Pendentem,” Verg. A. 9, 561: “medium arripit Servium,” Liv. 1, 48: “quando arripuerit te spiritus Domini malus,” Vulg. 1 Reg. 16, 16; so ib. Luc. 8, 29: “Existit sacer ignis et urit corpore serpens, Quamcumque arripuit partim,” Lucr. 6, 661: “quemcumque patrem familias adripuissetis ex aliquo circulo,” you might have taken, Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159: “nisi forte eum (dolorem) dicis, qui simul atque adripuit, interficit,” id. Fin. 2, 28, 93: “vitulum,” Vulg. Deut. 9, 21: “leones,” ib. Dan. 6, 24: “navem,” ib. Act. 27, 15: “arrepto repente equo,” Liv. 6, 8: “cohortes arreptas in urbem inducit,” id. 34, 20.—Trop., of the mind, to seize upon with eagerness or haste, to learn quickly or with avidity: “pueri celeriter res innumerabiles adripiunt,” Cic. Sen. 21, 78: “quas (sc. Graecas litteras) quidem sic avide adripui, quasi diuturnam sitim explere cupiens,” id. ib. 8, 26; cf. id. Mur. 30: “Quarum studium etsi senior arripuerat,” Nep. Cato, 3, 2: “quaerit Socrates unde animum adripuerimus, si nullus fuerit in mundo,” Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 26: “quod animus adriperet aut exciperet extrinsecus ex divinitate,” id. Div. 2, 11, 26.—
B. As a judicial t. t., to bring or summon before a tribunal, to complain of, accuse (cf. rapio; “esp. freq. of those who are complained of after leaving their office): eum te adripuisse, a quo non sis rogatus,” Cic. Planc. 22, 54: “ad quaestionem ipse adreptus est,” id. Clu. 33: “tribunus plebis consules abeuntes magistratu arripuit,” Liv. 2, 54: “arreptus a P. Numitorio Sp. Oppius,” id. 3, 58: “arreptus a viatore,” id. 6, 16: “quaestor ejus in praejudicium aliquot criminibus arreptus est,” Suet. Caes. 23: “inter Sejani conscios arreptus,” id. Vit. 2.—Hence,
C. In Horace, to attack with ridicule or reproach, to ridicule, satirize: Primores populi arripuit populumque tributim, Sat. 2, 1, 69: “luxuriam et Nomentanum arripe mecum,” id. 2, 3, 224.
