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ar-rēpo (better, adr- ), repsi, reptum, 3, v. n.,
I.to creep or move slowly to or toward something, to steal softly to, lit. and trop.; constr. with ad; post-Aug. with dat.
I. Lit.: “mus aut lacerta ad columbaria,” Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 3; so Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 98: “rubetae adrepentes foribus,” id. 11, 18, 19, § 62; Val. Max. 6, 8 fin.—
II. Trop.: sensim atque moderate ad amicitiam adrepserat, * Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68: leniter in spem Adrepe officiosus, * Hor. S. 2, 5, 48: “qui animis muliercularum adrepit,” Tac. A. 3, 50: “occultis libellis saevitiae principis adrepit,” id. ib. 1, 74.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.157
    • Horace, Satires, 2.5.48
    • Tacitus, Annales, 3.50
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.62
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 6.8
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