Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From sub- +‎ rapiō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

surripiō (present infinitive surripere, perfect active surripuī, supine surreptum); third conjugation iō-variant

  1. to snatch away; to steal, pilfer, purloin, filch
    Synonym: rapiō
    • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 86.5–6:
      Lesbia formosa est, quae cum pulcerrima tota est, / tum omnibus una omnis subripuit veneres.
      Lesbia is beautiful, she who is not just good-looking entirely, but also stole everyone's charm by herself.

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of surripiō (third conjugation -variant)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present surripiō surripis surripit surripimus surripitis surripiunt
imperfect surripiēbam surripiēbās surripiēbat surripiēbāmus surripiēbātis surripiēbant
future surripiam surripiēs surripiet surripiēmus surripiētis surripient
perfect surripuī surripuistī surripuit surripuimus surripuistis surripuērunt,
surripuēre
pluperfect surripueram surripuerās surripuerat surripuerāmus surripuerātis surripuerant
future perfect surripuerō surripueris surripuerit surripuerimus surripueritis surripuerint
sigmatic future1 surrepsō surrepsis surrepsit surrepsimus surrepsitis surrepsint
passive present surripior surriperis,
surripere
surripitur surripimur surripiminī surripiuntur
imperfect surripiēbar surripiēbāris,
surripiēbāre
surripiēbātur surripiēbāmur surripiēbāminī surripiēbantur
future surripiar surripiēris,
surripiēre
surripiētur surripiēmur surripiēminī surripientur
perfect surreptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect surreptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect surreptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present surripiam surripiās surripiat surripiāmus surripiātis surripiant
imperfect surriperem surriperēs surriperet surriperēmus surriperētis surriperent
perfect surripuerim surripuerīs surripuerit surripuerīmus surripuerītis surripuerint
pluperfect surripuissem surripuissēs surripuisset surripuissēmus surripuissētis surripuissent
sigmatic aorist1 surrepsim surrepsīs surrepsīt surrepsīmus surrepsītis surrepsint
passive present surripiar surripiāris,
surripiāre
surripiātur surripiāmur surripiāminī surripiantur
imperfect surriperer surriperēris,
surriperēre
surriperētur surriperēmur surriperēminī surriperentur
perfect surreptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect surreptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present surripe surripite
future surripitō surripitō surripitōte surripiuntō
passive present surripere surripiminī
future surripitor surripitor surripiuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives surripere surripuisse surreptūrum esse surripī surreptum esse surreptum īrī
participles surripiēns surreptūrus surreptus surripiendus,
surripiundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
surripiendī surripiendō surripiendum surripiendō surreptum surreptū

1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Descendants edit

  • Portuguese: surripiar

References edit

  • surripio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • surripio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

surripio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of surripiar