deripio
Ῥᾷον παραινεῖν ἢ παθόντα καρτερεῖν → Patientiam suadere facile, non pati → Es spricht sich leichter zu, als stark zu sein im Leid
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-rĭpĭo: (-rupio), rĭpŭi, reptum, 3, v. a. rapio,
I to tear off, tear away, snatch away, remove violently; to pull down (class., esp. freq. in poets).
I Lit. constr., with abl. with or without a prep., or rarely with dat.: aliquem de ara, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 2; so with de, id. ib. 3, 5, 5; id. Men. 5, 2, 117; Tib. 1, 2, 82 al.; with ab, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 10: vestem a pectore, Ov. M. 9, 637: ferrum a latere, Tac. A. 1, 35; with ex: velamina ex humeris, id. ib. 6, 567; cf.: aurum matronis, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 18: pellem leoni, Ov. M. 3, 52: pignus lacertis, Hor. Od. 1, 9, 23; 4, 15, 7: amphoram horreo, id. ib. 3, 28, 7: qualos fumosis tectis, Verg. G. 2, 242: lunam caelo, Hor. Epod. 5, 46 et saep.: ensem vaginā, Ov. M. 10, 475: ramos arbore, id. ib. 11, 29: tunicam, id. Am. 1, 5, 13: derepta acus, id. ib. 1, 14, 18: arma templis, Sil. 10, 600: ore frena, id. 10, 319: plaustro derepta nurus, Val. Fl. 2, 160; Tac. A. 1, 20; 2, 45 et saep.—Absol.: facinus indignum, erum meum hic luci derupier in via, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 17.—Prov.: e caelo deripit ille deos, of outrageous impiety, Tib. 1, 10, 60.—
II Trop.: quantum de mea auctoritate deripuisset, Cic. Sull. 1, 2.!*? In MSS. and edd. often confounded with diripio q. v.
