rescue (v.) Copy link Outline 1. ērĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (to snatch away2. vindĭco, 1 (to claim; hence, with the words "in libertatem" understood, to r.)3. lībĕro, 14. servo, 1 (prop. to preserve unharmed) • rescue (v.): 1. ērĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (to snatch away: constr. with ab, ex, de, or dat.): to r. his son from death, e. filium a morte, Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25: to r. their country from the hands of the enemy, e. patriam ex hostium manibus, Liv. 5, 46, ad med.: to r. him from your severity, e. istum de vestra severitate, Cic. Verr. 5, 67, 173: r. me from these ills, eripe me his malis, Virg. Aen. 6, 365. 2. vindĭco, 1 (to claim; hence, with the words "in libertatem" understood, to r.): wisdom r.s us from the impulses of lust, sapientia nos a libidinum impetu vindicat, Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 46: to r. their name from oblivion, laudem eorum ab oblivione hominum v., id. de Or. 2, 2, 7. 3. lībĕro, 1: v. deliver, release. 4. servo, 1 (prop. to preserve unharmed): to r. from danger, s. ex periculo, Caes. B. C. 2, 41: v. save. Phr.: to r. him from death at the cost of their life, eum suo sanguine ab Acheronte redimere, Nep. Dion 10, 2: to r. from death, a morte revocare, reducere, Virg. Aen. 5, 476; 4, 375: to r. the needy, opem indigentibus salutemque ferre, Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 118 (cf. salutem absentibus hominibus dare, id. Lig. 12, 38): r.d from slavery, servitute exceptus, Liv. 33, 23.