enrapture Copy link • enrapture: căpio, 3: v. to charm. Phr.: when some noble object completely e.s (or engrosses) them, quum aliqua honesta res (eos) totos ad se convertit et rapit, Cic. Off. 2, 10, fin.: to be e.d at anything, stŭpere, foll. by in and abl., or abl. alone: Albius is e.d with bronzes, stupet Albius aere, Hor. Sat. 1, 4, 28: to be e.d with joy, gaudio efferri, Cic.: v. TRANSPORTED (TO BE).
ENRAPTURE, ENRAVISH Copy link • ENRAPTURE, ENRAVISHcapere: voluptate perfundere: suavissime afficere. Homer enraptures me when he sings of Hector, Hectorem canens Homerus me totum ad se convertit et rapit: to be enraptured, maxima laetitia perfusum esse; laetitia exsultare; immortaliter gaudeo (e.g., quod scribis te... diligi, Cic.).