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Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
praeripiō (present infinitive praeripere, perfect active praeripuī, supine praereptum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to snatch (before another)
- to forestall
Conjugation
References
- “praeripio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praeripio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praeripio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.