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Latin
Etymology
From sub- + rapiō.
Pronunciation
Verb
surripiō (present infinitive surripere, perfect active surripuī, supine surreptum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to snatch away; to steal, pilfer, purloin, filch
- Synonym: rapiō
c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE,
Catullus,
Carmina 86.5–6:
- Lesbia formosa est, quae cum pulcerrima tota est, / tum omnibus una omnis subripuit veneres.
- Lesbia is beautiful, she who is not just good-looking entirely, but also stole everyone's charm by herself.
Conjugation
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
Descendants
References
- “surripio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- surripio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
surripio
- first-person singular present indicative of surripiar