ereptus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of ēripiō (snatch away; rescue).

Participle

ēreptus (feminine ērepta, neuter ēreptum); first/second-declension participle

  1. snatched away, having been snatched away
  2. rescued, having been rescued

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • ereptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ereptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ereptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.