diripio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From dis- (“separation, dispersion”) + rapiō (“grab, seize”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diːˈri.pi.oː/, [d̪iːˈrɪpioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈri.pi.o/, [d̪iˈriːpio]
Verb edit
dīripiō (present infinitive dīripere, perfect active dīripuī, supine dīreptum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to tear apart; to tear to pieces
- Synonym: scindō
- to lay waste, plunder an enemy’s territory or possessions
- to loot; steal; rob
- Synonyms: dēmō, āvertō, rapiō, auferō, abdūcō, fraudō, āmoveō, adimō, ēripiō, tollō, abdō, corripiō, praedor, agō
- Quem perterriti omnes Arverni circumsistunt atque obsecrant, ut suis fortunis consulat, neve ab hostibus diripiantur ― Crowd around him all the horrified Arverni and entreat him to protect their property, and not to suffer them to be plundered by the enemy. (Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico, VII, 8)
- to whip out (a sword)
- to run after; to compete for the company of
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “diripio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “diripio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- diripio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to plunder a town: oppidum diripere
- to plunder a town: oppidum diripere