arripio

arripio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From ad- + rapio.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    arripiō (present infinitive arripere, perfect active arripuī, supine arreptum); third (-iō variant) conjugation

    1. to seize or snatch
      Synonyms: potior, obsideō, teneo, adipīscor, comprehendo, dēprehendō, apprehendo, corripiō, occupō, capessō, possideō, capio
    2. to procure or appropriate
    3. to arrest
      Synonyms: possideō, obsideō, comprehendō, occupo, opprimō, inclūdō
    4. to assail
      Synonyms: irrumpō, incurrō, impetō, occurro, concurro, aggredior, adorior, inruō, accēdō, insto, accurrō, peto, intrō, invado, excurrō, opprimō, appetō, assiliō, incessō, invehō, lacessō
    5. to bring or summon before a tribunal, complain of, accuse
      Synonyms: crīminor, arcessō, obloquor, compellō, incūsō, pulsō, castīgō, accūsō, corripiō, increpō, arguō

    Conjugation

    References

    • 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