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rapit

rapit is a Latin form of rapio, meaning “seize, snatch; carry off; hurry away”. It is the 3rd person singular present active indicative.

Found 213 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.115: … lligantur; quod facit ea natura quae per omnem mundum omnia mente et ratione conficiens funditur et ad medium rapit et convertit extrema.

Seneca the Younger, Epistulae 17_18.108.7: … es vultu et animo, nec aliter concitantur quam solent Phrygii tibicinis sono semiviri et ex imperio furentes. Rapit illos instigatque rerum pulchritudo, non verborum inanium sonitus. Si quid acriter contra mortem dictum est, …

All forms of rapio (conjugation 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.