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Latin
Etymology
From de- (“of; from, away from”) + rapiō (“grab, sieze”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dēripiō (present infinitive dēripere, perfect active dēripuī, supine dēreptum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to tear or snatch off or away; pull or tear down
- to plunder, loot, despoil, pillage
Conjugation
References
- “deripio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “deripio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- deripio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.