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raptus (noun M) : rapio
* A carrying off by force.
* In gen. (very rare): Inoo lacerata est altera raptu,violent rending,Ov. M. 3, 722: runcinarum,Plin. 16, 42, 82, § 225: lenes cucurbitarum,Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 11.—Esp. a jerking, cramp in the limbs (med. t. t.): raptus omnium membrorum ex cerebri membranis,Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 1, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 37, = Gr. σπασμός, id. ib. 2, 10, 74.— More freq.
* In partic., a carrying off, robbing, plundering: ad praedam et raptus congregare,Tac. A. 2, 52; cf. id. H. 1, 46; 83; id. G. 35: raptus exercere,id. A. 15, 38 fin.
* Esp. of persons, an abduction, rape: quis de Ganymedi raptu dubitat?Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 71: virginis (Proserpinae),Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Suet. Ner. 46; Ov. F. 4, 417.—Absol., Tac. A. 6, 1; id. H. 2, 73 fin.; claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 12.
* A carrying off by force.
* In gen. (very rare): Inoo lacerata est altera raptu,violent rending,Ov. M. 3, 722: runcinarum,Plin. 16, 42, 82, § 225: lenes cucurbitarum,Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 11.—Esp. a jerking, cramp in the limbs (med. t. t.): raptus omnium membrorum ex cerebri membranis,Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 1, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 37, = Gr. σπασμός, id. ib. 2, 10, 74.— More freq.
* In partic., a carrying off, robbing, plundering: ad praedam et raptus congregare,Tac. A. 2, 52; cf. id. H. 1, 46; 83; id. G. 35: raptus exercere,id. A. 15, 38 fin.
* Esp. of persons, an abduction, rape: quis de Ganymedi raptu dubitat?Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 71: virginis (Proserpinae),Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107; Suet. Ner. 46; Ov. F. 4, 417.—Absol., Tac. A. 6, 1; id. H. 2, 73 fin.; claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 12.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
raptus, a, um, Part., from rapio.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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