Latin edit

Etymology edit

From dīripiō +‎ -tiō.

Noun edit

dīreptiō f (genitive dīreptiōnis); third declension

  1. plundering, pillaging, sack, sacking
  2. stealing
  3. rape

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dīreptiō dīreptiōnēs
Genitive dīreptiōnis dīreptiōnum
Dative dīreptiōnī dīreptiōnibus
Accusative dīreptiōnem dīreptiōnēs
Ablative dīreptiōne dīreptiōnibus
Vocative dīreptiō dīreptiōnēs

References edit

  • direptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • direptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • direptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.