arripio
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /arˈri.pi.oː/, [ärˈrɪpioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /arˈri.pi.o/, [ärˈriːpio]
Verb
editarripiō (present infinitive arripere, perfect active arripuī, supine arreptum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to seize or snatch
- Synonyms: potior, obsideō, teneo, adipīscor, comprehendo, dēprehendō, apprehendo, corripiō, occupō, capessō, possideō, capio
- to procure or appropriate
- to arrest
- to assail
- to bring or summon before a tribunal, complain of, accuse
Conjugation
editReferences
edit- “arripio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- arripio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to seize an opportunity: occasionem arripere
- to seize an opportunity: occasionem arripere