praereptor

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αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς ὑποσυρίζει (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 126) → The bright air fanned | whistles and shrills with rapid beat of wings.

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

praereptor: ōris, m. praeripio,
I one who seizes a thing before another, a forestaller (eccl. Lat.): fllius, qui ad benedictionem fratris praereptor adstiterat, Hier. Ep. 36, n. 15.