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English
Etymology
From Latin raptus, from rapio (“seize”).
Pronunciation
Noun
raptus (plural raptuses)
- A state of rapture.
1902, William James, “Lectures XVI and XVII: Mysticism”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. , →OCLC, page 412:In the condition called raptus or ravishment by theologians, breathing and circulation are so depressed that it is a question among the doctors whether the soul be or be not temporarily dissevered from the body.
- (pathology) A seizure.
Anagrams
Ido
Verb
raptus
- conditional of raptar
Italian
Etymology
From Latin.
Pronunciation
Noun
raptus m (invariable)
- fit, raptus, brainstorm
- rampage
References
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of rapiō (“snatch, carry off”).
Pronunciation
Participle
raptus (feminine rapta, neuter raptum, adverb raptim); first/second-declension participle
- snatched, having been snatched; grabbed, having been grabbed; carried off, having been carried off; kidnapped, having been kidnapped
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.28:
- et genus invīsum, et raptī Ganymēdis honōrēs
- and the hated race, and the honors the kidnapped Ganymede
(Juno hated the Trojans and was jealous of prince Ganymede: Jupiter's eagle had snatched up and carried off the youth who then became the heavenly cupbearer. See: Ganymede (mythology).)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Noun
raptus m (genitive raptūs); fourth declension
- violent snatching
- violent dragging away
- robbery
- thievery
- rape
- carrying off
- abduction
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowed:
See also
References
- “raptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “raptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- raptus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- raptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to live on meat, fish, by plunder: vivere carne, piscibus, rapto (Liv. 7. 25)
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin raptus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrap.tus/
- Rhymes: -aptus
- Syllabification: rap‧tus
Noun
raptus m pers
- (dated) hothead, spitfire (short-tempered, quarrelsome person)
- Synonyms: awanturnik, kłótnik, nerwus, paliwoda, piekielnik, złośnik
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- raptus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- raptus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French raptus, from Latin raptus.
Noun
raptus n (uncountable)
- raptus
Declension