(v. a.adv.) : ē-rĭpĭo, ĭpŭi, eptum, 3, v. a.rapio
* To snatch, tear, or pull out; to snatch away, take away (freq. and class.; cf.: capio, prehendo, sumo, demo, adimo, rapio, furor).
* Lit.
* 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.
* 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; 32fin.; 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.
* 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.

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