praerupta

praerupta is a Latin form of praeruptus, meaning “steep, broken off”. It is the nominative singular feminine adjective.

Found 30 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.86.4: Interiores desperatis campestribus locis propter magnitudinem munitionum loca praerupta ex ascensu temptant: huc ea quae paraverant conferunt.

Curtius Rufus, Historiarum Alexandri Magni 5.3.8: Praerupta erant omnia saxis et cotibus inpedita. Multis ergo vulneribus depulsi, ut quibus non cum hoste solum, sed etiam cum loco dimicandum esset, subibant tamen,

All forms of praeruptus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.