(verb) : sur-rĭpĭo (subr-), rĭpŭi (rŭpŭi, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 46; id. Men. 5, 5, 38;
* V. Ritschl, Proleg. p. xcv.), reptum, 3 (sync. forms: surpite,Hor. S. 2, 3, 283: surpere,Lucr. 2, 314: surpuit,Plaut. Capt. prol. 8; id. ib. 3, 5, 102; 5, 4, 14: surpuerit,id. Trin. 4, 3, 16: surpuerat,Hor. C. 4, 13, 20; perf. subj. surrepsit for surripuerit, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 62), and n. rapio, to snatch or take away secretly, to withdraw privily, to steal, pilfer, purloin (class.).
* Lit.: qui vasa ex privato sacro surripuerit,Cic. Inv. 2, 18, 55: ex ejus custodiā filium,id. Dom. 25, 66: libros servus. id. Fam. 13, 77, 3: puerum (servos),Plaut. Capt. prol. 8; cf. surreptus (puer),id. Poen. 4, 2, 80; 5, 2, 98: filius ex patriā,id. ib. 5, 4, 77: sacram coronam Jovis,id. Men. 5, 5, 38: de mille fabae modiis unum,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 55: mappam praetori surpuit,Mart. 12, 29, 10.—Of literary theft: qui a Naevio vel sumpsisti multa, si fateris, vel, si negas, surripuisti,Cic. Brut. 19, 76: Ennium hoc ait Homero surripuisse, Ennio Vergilium,Sen. Ep. 108, 34: non surripiendi causā, sed palam imitandi,id. Suas. 3, 7: surrupuisti te mihi dudum de foro,i. e. you have stolen away from me,Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 26; cf. id. Mil. 2, 3, 62: quae (puella) se surpuerat mihi,Hor. C. 4, 13, 20: unum me surpite morti,id. S. 2, 3, 283.—Absol.: quare, Si quidvis satis est, perjuras, surripis, aufers Undique?Hor. S. 2, 3, 127.
* Trop.: virtus, quae nec eripi nec surripi potest,Cic. Par. 6, 3, 51: aut occulte surripi aut impune eripi,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10: surripiendum aliquid putavi spatii,id. Att. 5, 16, 1: motus quoque surpere debent,Lucr. 2, 314: crimina oculis patris,Ov. H. 11, 66: diem,id. P. 4, 2, 40: tempus quod adhuc subripiebatur, collige et serva,Sen. Ep. 1, 1.