snatch
snatch
v. trans.
P. and V. ἁρπάζειν, ἀ̆ναρπάζειν, σῠναρπάζειν, V. κᾰθαρπάζειν, συμμάρπτειν (Eur. Cycl.), Ar. and V. μάρπτειν.
Seize hold of: P. and V. λαμβά̆νεσθαι (gen.), Ar. and V. λάζυσθαι (acc.), V. ἀντῐλάζυσθαι (gen.); see seize.
Snatch away: P. and V. ἁρπάζειν, ἀ̆ναρπάζειν, ἀ̆φαρπάζειν, σῠναρπάζειν, ἐξαρπάζειν, V. ἐξᾰναρπάζειν.
v. trans.
P. and V. ἁρπάζειν, ἀ̆ναρπάζειν, σῠναρπάζειν, V. κᾰθαρπάζειν, συμμάρπτειν (Eur. Cycl.), Ar. and V. μάρπτειν.
Seize hold of: P. and V. λαμβά̆νεσθαι (gen.), Ar. and V. λάζυσθαι (acc.), V. ἀντῐλάζυσθαι (gen.); see seize.
Snatch away: P. and V. ἁρπάζειν, ἀ̆ναρπάζειν, ἀ̆φαρπάζειν, σῠναρπάζειν, ἐξαρπάζειν, V. ἐξᾰναρπάζειν.
SNATCH
s. Act of catching hastily captura or by the verb. By snatches (i.e. at intervals) per intervalla (Plin. 8 42 66); perhaps carptim; per intermissa spatia. Snatches of sunshine *sol interdum nubibus interfulgens.
s. Act of catching hastily captura or by the verb. By snatches (i.e. at intervals) per intervalla (Plin. 8 42 66); perhaps carptim; per intermissa spatia. Snatches of sunshine *sol interdum nubibus interfulgens.
v. rapere. To snatch at captare: prehendere: to snatch from eripere; adimere; auferre (to take away unjustly); avellere: divellere (to tear away); extorquere (to wrest from the hands; PROP. and figuratively; e.g. alicui regnum); alicui eripere de (or e) manibus (PROP. and figuratively): to snatch from the mother’s arms aliquem de amplexu matris avellere or de complexu matris abripere: to snatch one from danger from death eripere ex periculo a morte; from destruction servare aliquem ab interitu.
snatch, snatch up (v.):
1. răpio, răpui, raptum, 3: let the youth s. up arms, arma rapiat juventus, Virg. Aen. 7, 340: cf. bipennem dextra r., ib. 11, 651: to s. kisses, oscula r., Hor. Od. 2, 12, 28: cf. Venerem r., id. S. 1, 3, 109; illicitas voluptates r., Tac. H. 3, 41. Fig.: to s. (or seize) the rule, dominationem r., Tac. A, 4, 1: to s. (or seize) an opportunity, occasionem r., Hor. Epod. 13, 3: v. TO SEIZE , POUNCE UPON .
2. corrĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3: to s. up a bow and arrows, arcum sagittasque c., Virg. Aen. 1, 188: to s. up the reins, c. lora, Ov. M. 2, 145.
3. arrĭpio, 3: our men s. up what arms they can, nostri arma quae possunt a., Caes. B. C. 2, 14: to s. up bows, arcus a., Ov. M. 5, 64: cf. ensem a., ib. 13, 385: to s. one up by the waist and hold up, sublimem medium (aliquem) a., Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18.
4. praerĭpio, 3 (to take quickly): to s. kisses, oscula p., Lucr. 3, 896: to s. up billets, codicillos p., Suet. Ner. 49.
5. carpo, psi, ptum, 3: to s. kisses, c. oscula, Prop. 1, 20 (21), 27: Ov. H. 11, 117. Fig.: s. the (present) day, carpe diem, Hor. Od. 1, 11, 8: s. pleasures as they fly, fugitiva gaudia c., Mart. 7, 47, 11: to s. sleep, somnos c., Virg. G. 3, 435: c. quietem, id. Aen. 7, 414: c. soporem, ib. 4, 522.
6. capto, 1: v.TO CATCH AT .
1. răpio, răpui, raptum, 3: let the youth s. up arms, arma rapiat juventus, Virg. Aen. 7, 340: cf. bipennem dextra r., ib. 11, 651: to s. kisses, oscula r., Hor. Od. 2, 12, 28: cf. Venerem r., id. S. 1, 3, 109; illicitas voluptates r., Tac. H. 3, 41. Fig.: to s. (
2. corrĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3: to s. up a bow and arrows, arcum sagittasque c., Virg. Aen. 1, 188: to s. up the reins, c. lora, Ov. M. 2, 145.
3. arrĭpio, 3: our men s. up what arms they can, nostri arma quae possunt a., Caes. B. C. 2, 14: to s. up bows, arcus a., Ov. M. 5, 64: cf. ensem a., ib. 13, 385: to s. one up by the waist and hold up, sublimem medium (aliquem) a., Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18.
4. praerĭpio, 3 (to take quickly): to s. kisses, oscula p., Lucr. 3, 896: to s. up billets, codicillos p., Suet. Ner. 49.
5. carpo, psi, ptum, 3: to s. kisses, c. oscula, Prop. 1, 20 (21), 27: Ov. H. 11, 117. Fig.: s. the (present) day, carpe diem, Hor. Od. 1, 11, 8: s. pleasures as they fly, fugitiva gaudia c., Mart. 7, 47, 11: to s. sleep, somnos c., Virg. G. 3, 435: c. quietem, id. Aen. 7, 414: c. soporem, ib. 4, 522.
6. capto, 1: v.
snatch (subs.): usu. in phr.: to make a s. at, expr. by verb (v. TO SNATCH AT ). Phr.: s.s of sunshine, *sol interdum nubibus interfulgens (based on Liv. 28, 23, med.: aurum cumulo aliarum rerum interfulgens): by s.s of moonlight, per incertam lunam, Virg. Aen. 6, 270: to do a thing by s.s, *carptim ac temere agere (v. FIT , subs., II.): cf. per intervalla, Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 164: to sing a s. of a song, perh. *carptim, interrupte cantare. See FITFULLY , RANDOM (AT) .
rapio
to seize and carry off, abduct (and rape), snatch, tear, pluck, drag, hurry away
deprehendo
to take away, seize upon, catch, snatch
capto
to strive to seize, lay hold of, catch at, snatch, chase, hunt, capture
prehendo
to lay hold of, grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take
rapto
to seize and carry off, snatch, drag, hurry away
to snatch, catch hurriedly, grasp, seize
to seize and carry off, abduct (and rape), snatch, tear, pluck, drag, hurry away
deprehendo
to take away, seize upon, catch, snatch
capto
to strive to seize, lay hold of, catch at, snatch, chase, hunt, capture
prehendo
to lay hold of, grasp, snatch, seize, catch, take
rapto
to seize and carry off, snatch, drag, hurry away
appearing fewer than 50 times
adripioto snatch, catch hurriedly, grasp, seize