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.