snatch away Copy link Outline 1. răpio, răpui, raptum, 32. abstrăho, 3; abrĭpio, 33. rapto, 14. ērĭpio, 3 (gen. in part. pass. in the sense of snatched away by death)5. intercĭpio, 3 (in the sense of preced.)6. aufĕro, abstŭli, ablātum, 3 (mostly in bad sense7. surrĭpio, 3 (to s. away secretly)8. praerĭpio, 3 • snatch away: 1. răpio, răpui, raptum, 3: the hour which s.s away genial day, almum quae r. hora diem, Hor. Od. 4, 7, 8: v. to drag (I.), to hurry (II.). 2. abstrăho, 3; abrĭpio, 3: v. to tear away, to hurry away. 3. rapto, 1: the standards which were being s.'d (or swept) away by whirlwind and water, signa quae turbine atque unda raptabantur, Tac. A. 1, 30. 4. ērĭpio, 3 (gen. in part. pass. in the sense of snatched away by death): s.'d away by the Fates, fatis erepta, Ov. M. 1, 358: a husband s.'d away (or cut off) in the prime of life, primis conjux e. in annis, Val. Fl. 3, 316: v. to cut off (II.). 5. intercĭpio, 3 (in the sense of preced.): Cererem (i. e. corn) i., Ov. M. 8, 292: if the Fates had s.'d me away, si me fata intercepissent, Quint. prooem. lib. 6, init.: cf. fero, aufero (v. to carry off). 6. aufĕro, abstŭli, ablātum, 3 (mostly in bad sense: to take with violence, steal): to s. away money from the treasury, pecuniam de aerario a., Cic. Att. 7, 21, 2: cf. aliquid heris a., Pl. Bac. 4, 4, 8. Join: eripuisti atque abstulisti, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 19. 7. surrĭpio, 3 (to s. away secretly): v. to filch, pilfer. 8. praerĭpio, 3: v. to carry off, ravish.