deripio

Latin

Etymology

From de- (of; from, away from) +‎ rapiō (grab, sieze).

Pronunciation

Verb

dēripiō (present infinitive dēripere, perfect active dēripuī, supine dēreptum); third conjugation -variant

  1. to tear or snatch off or away; pull or tear down
  2. to plunder, loot, despoil, pillage

Conjugation

References

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