rapto — Lewis & Short
rapto, āvi, ātum (
I inf. pass. paragog. raptarier, Enn. Trag. 192), 1, v. freq. a. id., to seize and carry off, to snatch, drag, or hurry away (mostly poet.).
I Lit.
A In gen.: vidi Hectorem curru quadrijugo raptarier, dragged along, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 105 (Trag. v. 129 Vahl.): imitated by Verg.: Hector raptatus bigis, A. 2, 272; and:
Hectoracirca muros,id. ib. 1, 483; cf.:
viscera viri Per silvas,id. ib. 8, 644:
Phaëthonta rapax vis solis equorum Aethere raptavit toto terrasque per omnes,Lucr. 5, 398; cf.
of the same: arbitrio volucrum raptatur equorum,Ov. M. 2, 234; Lucr. 1, 279:
raptatur comis per vim,Ov. M. 12, 223; cf.:
signa, quae turbine atque unda raptabantur,Tac. A. 1, 30: pars de divulso raptabant membra juvenco, * Cat. 64, 258:
quid me raptas?Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 5; cf.:
dissipati liberi, raptata conjux (sc. ad tabulam Valeriam),Cic. Sest. 69, 145 (cf. id. Fam. 14, 2, 2):
in fluctu carinas,Sil. 1, 409.—
B Esp., to lead quickly, hurry, hasten:
nos ad ostia Ponti Raptat iter,Val. Fl. 2, 576:
Hiberos,Sil. 16, 31:
in agmina turmas,id. 8, 406; 3, 404:
vexilla huc vel illuc,Tac. H. 3, 22; cf.: legiones huc atque illuc, Auct. B. Afr. 73, 4. — Poet., with inf.:
raptantur amantes jungere Nymphas,Nemes. Ecl. 3, 56.—
C In partic., to waste, ravage, plunder:
igitur raptare inter se, immittere latronum globos, etc.,Tac. A. 12, 54:
arces,Stat. Th. 6, 115: adhuc raptabat Africam Tacfarinas, i. e. devastabat, was laying waste, ravaging, Tac. A. 4, 23. —
II Trop.
A In gen., to drag along:
nam quid ego heroas, quid raptem in crimina divos?to accuse, arraign, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 27:
patres raptabat ad aras cura deūm,Sil. 7, 74 (cf. rapio, I. A.).—
B In partic., to hurry along with passion, to agitate, disquiet:
ita me amor lassum animi ludificat, fugat, agit, appetit, Raptat, etc.,Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 9:
sacer effera raptat Corda pavor,Val. Fl. 1, 799:
amor raptabat,Sil. 13, 720.