snatch Copy link Outline 1. răpio, răpui, raptum, 32. corrĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 33. arrĭpio, 34. praerĭpio, 3 (to take quickly)5. carpo, psi, ptum, 36. capto, 1 • snatch, snatch up (v.): 1. răpio, răpui, raptum, 3: let the youth s. up arms, arma rapiat juventus, Virg. Aen. 7, 340: cf. bipennem dextra r., ib. 11, 651: to s. kisses, oscula r., Hor. Od. 2, 12, 28: cf. Venerem r., id. S. 1, 3, 109; illicitas voluptates r., Tac. H. 3, 41. Fig.: to s. (or seize) the rule, dominationem r., Tac. A,. 4, 1: to s. (or seize) an opportunity, occasionem r., Hor. Epod. 13, 3: v. to seize, pounce upon. 2. corrĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3: to s. up a bow and arrows, arcum sagittasque c., Virg. Aen. 1, 188: to s. up the reins, c. lora, Ov. M. 2, 145. 3. arrĭpio, 3: our men s. up what arms they can, nostri arma quae possunt a., Caes. B. C. 2, 14: to s. up bows, arcus a., Ov. M. 5, 64: cf. ensem a., ib. 13, 385: to s. one up by the waist and hold up, sublimem medium (aliquem) a., Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18. 4. praerĭpio, 3 (to take quickly): to s. kisses, oscula p., Lucr. 3, 896: to s. up billets, codicillos p., Suet. Ner. 49. 5. carpo, psi, ptum, 3: to s. kisses, c. oscula, Prop. 1, 20 (21), 27: Ov. H. 11, 117. Fig.: s. the (present) day, carpe diem, Hor. Od. 1, 11, 8: s. pleasures as they fly, fugitiva gaudia c., Mart. 7, 47, 11: to s. sleep, somnos c., Virg. G. 3, 435: c. quietem, id. Aen. 7, 414: c. soporem, ib. 4, 522. 6. capto, 1: v. to catch at.