steal Copy link Outline I. Intrans.II. Trans.1. fūror, ātus, 12. surrĭpio, ui, reptum, 33. subdūco, xi, ctum, 34. intercĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 35. averto, ti, sum, 3 • steal: I. Intrans.: furtum facere, Pl. Rud. 4, 3, 21. Phr.: to be accused of s.ing, furti reum esse, Quint. 4, 2, 51: to be caught in the act of s.ing, furto comprehendi, Caes. B. G. 6, 15: given to s.ing, furtificus (comic), Pl. Epid. 1, 1, 10. II. Trans.: 1. fūror, ātus, 1: to s. a thing, aliquid f. (opp. to eripere), Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40. 2. surrĭpio, ui, reptum, 3: to s. his napkin from the praetor, s. mappam praetori, Mart. 12, 29, 10: to s. (plagiarise) a great deal from Naevius, multa a Naevio s., Cic. Brut. 19, 76. Fig.: you stole away from me, surripuisti te mihi, Pl. Men. 3, 2, 26. 3. subdūco, xi, ctum, 3: to s. a ring from a man, alicui s. anulum, Pl. Curc. 2, 3, 81: he laments that his travelling money has been stolen, subducta viatica plorat, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54. Fig.: he s.s away from the company, de circulo se s., Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4. 4. intercĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: to s. a thing from any one, i. aliquid alicui, Ov. Pont. 4, 7, 25: he stole (plagiarised) the book before it was published, librum nondum editum intercepit, Suet. Gr. 3. 5. averto, ti, sum, 3: to s. corn from the state, frumentum a Rep. a., Cic. Verr. 3, 69, 163: Virg.: Cat. Phr.: stolen goods, res furtivae, Quint. 5, 13, 49: furta, Cic. Verr. 2, 70, 171: an action brought against one for offering stolen goods for sale, actio oblati, Gell.: v. Dict. Ant. s. v. furtum.