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diripio
diripio
Latin
Verb
dīripiō (present infinitive dīripere, perfect active dīripuī, supine dīreptum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I tear apart; I tear to pieces.
- I lay waste.
- I loot; steal; rob.
- I whip out (a sword).
- I run after; I compete for the company of.
Inflection
References
- 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “diripio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to plunder a town: oppidum diripere
- to plunder a town: oppidum diripere