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|lshtext=<b>dī-rĭpĭo</b>: ŭi, eptum, 3, v. a. [[rapio]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[tear]] [[asunder]], [[tear]] in pieces ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> In gen. ([[rarely]]): Pentheum diripuisse aiunt Bacchas, Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 1: Hippolytum (equi), Ov. A. A. 1, 338; id. F. 5, 310: nec opinantes (leae), Lucr. 5, 1319: membra manibus nefandis, Ov. M. 3, 731 et saep.: venti diripiunt [[fretum]], Stat. Th. 5, 367. —<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Milit. t. t., to [[lay]] [[waste]], [[ravage]], [[spoil]], [[plunder]] an [[enemy]]'s [[territory]] or possessions (so [[most]] freq.): bona alicujus, Caes. B. G. 7, 3, 1; 7, 42, 3; 7, 43, 2: magnum numerum frumenti commeatusque, id. ib. 7, 38, 9: [[impedimenta]], id. ib. 2, 17, 3: naves [[more]] praedonum, id. B. C. 3, 112, 3: praedas bellicas, Sall. J. 41, 7 et saep.: [[oppidum]], Caes. B. C. 1, 21, 2; 3, 80 fin.: urbes, Liv. 37, 32 fin.: tecta, id. 5, 41: templa [[hostiliter]], id. 37, 21; cf.: [[castra]] [[hostiliter]], id. 2, 14; and: oppida [[hostiliter]], Suet. Caes. 54: civitates, Caes. B. C. 3, 31 fin.: provincias, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57: patriam, id. Att. 8, 2, 3 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> With [[personal]] objects: [[Eburones]], Caes. B. G. 6, 34, 8; 6, 35, 4: Lusitanos, Nep. [[Cato]], 3, 4: ab hostibus diripi, Caes. B. G. 7, 8, 4; cf. id. B. C. 2, 12, 4 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf. [[beyond]] the milit. [[sphere]], to [[destroy]], to [[rob]]: ([[Harpyiae]]) diripiunt dapes, Verg. A. 3, 227: supellectilem, Suet. Ner. 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[struggle]], [[strive]], [[contend]] for a [[thing]] ([[post]]-Aug.): talos jecit in [[medium]], quos pueri diripere coeperant, Quint. 6, 1, 47: [[editum]] librum, to [[buy]] up [[rapidly]], Suet. Vita Pers. fin.—Of persons: diripitur [[ille]] toto [[foro]] [[patronus]], Sen. Brev. Vit. 7; so, Timagenem, id. de Ira, 3, 23: Homerum (urbes), Stat. Silv. 5, 3, 131: matrem avidis complexibus [[ambo]], id. Th. 5, 722: te potentiores per convivia, Mart. 7, 76.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[tear]] [[away]], [[snatch]] [[away]]: direpto ex capite regni insigni et lacerata veste, Curt. 7, 5, 24: [[ferrum]] a latere, Tac. A. 1, 35; Hor. C. 3, 5, 21 Stallb. (al. derepta). —<br /><b>III</b> Trop., of the [[mind]] and feelings, to [[distract]], [[distress]]: differor, distrahor, diripior, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 5.