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prō-rĭpĭo , pŭi, reptum, 3, v. a.
I. To drag or snatch forth (class.).
A. Lit.: “hominem proripi jubet,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161: “nudos pedes,” i. e. spring forth, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 82.—With se, to rush out, to hasten or hurry forth or away: “quo illum hunc hominem proripuisse foras se dicam ex aedibus?Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 1: “se ex curiā repente proripuit,Cic. Har. Resp. 1, 2: “se ex curiā domum,Sall. C. 32, 1: “se porta foras,Caes. B. C. 2, 11 fin. (12 init.); “1, 80: se domo,Liv. 29, 9; 8, 30: “ex totā urbe,id. 2, 24.—
II. To snatch or hurry on, forwards, or away.
A. Lit.: “se in publicum,to rush into the street, Liv. 8, 28; 2, 23: “se in silvam,to take refuge, Suet. Oth. 6: “se custodibus,Tac. A. 4, 45: “se cursu,to run away, App. M. 7, p. 196, 15.—Without se (poet.): “quo deinde ruis? quo proripis?Verg. A. 5, 741.—
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.161
    • Cicero, On the Responses of the Haruspices, 1.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 24
    • Plautus, Captivi, 3.4
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.741
    • Caesar, Civil War, 2.11
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.45
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 32
    • Suetonius, Otho, 6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 28
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 29, 9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 30
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 23
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.22
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