rape Copy link Outline I. Carrying off, abduction1. raptus, ūs2. raptioII. Violence offered to chastity1. raptus, ūs2. vis3. vĭtium virginisIII. A species of turnip1. rāpum2. rapīna Col. 11, 2, 71. Rape-seed, rapicium semen, Cato R. R. 134.IV. A division of the county of Sussex • rape: I. Carrying off, abduction: 1. raptus, ūs: the r. of Ganymede, r. Ganymedis, Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 71: the r. of the maiden, r. virginis, id. Verr. 4, 48, 107. 2. raptio: Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 2. (Donatus remarks, "Raptio ad personam refertur, raptus ad stuprum, si proprie volumus loqui.") II. Violence offered to chastity: 1. raptus, ūs: Cic.: v. supr. 2. vis: in certain common phrr. v. infr. 3. vĭtium virginis: Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 55. Phr.: to commit a rape, alicui per vim vitium offerre, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 10; pudicitiae vim afferre, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 7; alicui vim afferre, Ov. A. A. 1, 679: per vim stuprare aliquam, Liv. 1, 57; stuprum alicui per vim inferre, cf. Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38; aliquam stupro violare, Tac. Ann. 14, 31: virginitatem alicujus violare, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; expugnare pudicitiam alicujus, id. Coel. 20, 49; pudicitiam eripere alicui, id. Mil. 4, 9. III. A species of turnip: 1. rāpum: Varr.: *brassica rapa, Linn. Dimin. rapulum: Hor. S. 2, 2, 43. 2. rapīna Col. 11, 2, 71. Rape-seed, rapicium semen, Cato R. R. 134. IV. A division of the county of Sussex: *rapa, rapum: v. Du Cange, s. vv.