ē-rĭpĭo — Lewis & Short
ē-rĭpĭo, ĭpŭi, eptum, 3, v. a.rapio,
I to snatch, tear, or pull out; to snatch away, take away (freq. and class.; cf.: capio, prehendo, sumo, demo, adimo, rapio, furor).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
tibias ex ore,Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 36; cf.:
bolum e faucibus,Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 6:
hirundines ex nido,Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 67; 3, 1, 8: ex manibus alicujus, Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 1; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:
torrem ab igne,Ov. M. 8, 457:
ensem vaginā,Verg. A. 4, 579 et saep.: aliena bona, Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 11; so,
vela, armamenta, copias,Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 7; 6, 30, 2; 7, 54, 3:
nubem,Verg. A. 2, 606:
purgamenta hortorum,to carry away, Tac. A. 11, 32 fin. et saep.:
aliquem, etc.,to deliver, set free, Plaut. Men. 5, 8, 3; 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 110, 4; Liv. 2, 54 al.; cf.:
aliquem e manibus hostium,Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 6; Liv. 5, 51; 41, 14:
Abydenos ex obsidione,id. 31, 16:
aliquem ex periculo,Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 5; cf.:
istum fortuna ex illo periculo eripuit,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 28, § 71:
aliquem ex vinculis,Curt. 4, 14, 22: aliquem ex miseriis, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 52:
aliquem ex media morte,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6; cf.:
filium a morte,id. Div. 2, 10:
praedam de manibus,id. Cat. 2, 1, 2:
istum de vestra severitate,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67;
but: ex severitate alicujus,id. ib. 2, 3, 36, §
83: aliquem malis,Verg. A. 6, 365 al.:
erepto ex equo C. Flaminio,Liv. 23, 45:
oculum alicui,Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 22; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 20:
gladium isti,Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 7:
classem Caesari,Caes. B. C. 3, 111, 4 al.:
concubinam militi,Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 2:
aliquem (aliquam) alicui,id. Merc. 5, 4, 12; id. Rud. 3, 4, 7; Ter. Ad. prol. 8; 2, 2, 30; Cic. Lael. 27, 102 al.—Less freq.:
aliquem ab aliquo,Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 30; id. Eun. 4, 6, 1; 14; so,
ereptis ab eo duabus legionibus,Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 3:
a Trisensibus plus lucri,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 38, § 86; 2, 1, 10, § 27. —
b With se, to take one's self off, to flee, escape:
per eos, ne causam diceret, se eripuit,Caes. B. G. 1, 4, 2:
se latebris,id. ib. 6, 43 fin.; cf.:
se ex manibus militum,id. ib. 7, 46 fin.:
se ab illa miseria,Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 1:
se ex pugna,id. Mur. 16, 34; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 140; id. Sest. 24, 53:
se sequentibus,Liv. 29, 32:
se hosti fugā,Curt. 5, 13:
se flammā,Cic. Brut. 23, 90:
se leto,Verg. A. 2, 134:
se flammis,id. ib. 2, 289:
se morae,Hor. C. 3, 29, 5:
se servituti,Sen. Ep. 80, 4:
rebus humanis se,id. de Prov. 8, 12 et saep.—With adv.:
eas inde,Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 8.—
c Prov.:
Lupo agnum eripere, for something difficult or impossible,Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 31.—
B Pregn.: eripi, to be snatched away by death, to die suddenly (not before the Aug. per.):
fatis erepta,Ov. M. 1, 358:
primis conjux ereptus in annis,Val. Fl. 3, 316; cf.:
in flore aetatis ereptus rebus humanis,Curt. 10, 5, 10.—Rarely act.:
lux ereptura eum vitā,Amm. 30, 5, 18; cf. 30, 5, 10.
II Trop., to take away, snatch away:
responsiones omnes hoc verbo,Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 63; cf.:
orationem alicui ex ore,id. Merc. 1, 2, 64:
primam vocem ab ore loquentis,Verg. A. 7, 119:
alicui jus suum,Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 6:
libertatem (hostis),id. Capt. 2, 2, 61; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 17:
potestatem hominis omnino aspiciendi (opp. suppeditare omnium rerum abundantiam),id. Lael. 23, 87; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 3, 5:
omnem usum navium,id. B. G. 3, 14, 7:
semestre imperium,id. B. C. 1, 9, 2; cf.:
tetrarchiam alicui,Cic. Div. 2, 37, 79:
mihi dolorem,id. Att. 9, 6, 5:
alicui errorem,id. ib. 10, 4, 6; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 31; id. Off. 2, 3, 10; Just. 6, 3, 12:
alicui timorem,Cic. Cat. 1, 7 fin.; id. Att. 1, 16, 8:
lucem,id. Ac. 2, 10; 32 fin.; id. N. D. 1, 3, 6 et saep.:
alicui pudicitiam,Quint. 5, 11, 15;
but: virginis pudorem,Amm. 15, 7, 5; cf.:
caelumque diemque Teucrorum ex oculis,Verg. A. 1, 88; and:
prospectum oculis,id. ib. 8, 254:
tempora certa modosque,Hor. S. 1, 4, 57:
jocos, venerem, etc. (anni),id. Ep. 2, 2, 56:
vatibus omnem fidem,Ov. M. 15, 283: fugam, poet. for se fuga, or for the simple rapere fugam, to flee, Verg. A. 2, 619.—Poet.: eripiunt flammae noctem, i. c. light up the night, Sil. 11, 281:
eripuere oculos aurae,id. 9, 501:
se fluvius retro eripit,turns back, id. 9, 238.—Poet., with an object clause:
posse loqui eripitur,Ov. M. 2, 483:
illis eriperes verbis mihi, sidera caeli Lucere,i. e. to persuade me that not, Tib. 1, 9, 35.—With quin: vix tamen eripiam, velis quin, etc., I shall scarcely hinder you from, etc., Hor. S. 2, 2, 23.