snatch down
snatch down:
1. dērĭpio, 3: to s. down the moon from the sky, lunam coelo d., Hor. Epod. 5, 46: to s. down boughs from a tree, ramos arbore d., Ov. M. 11, 29.
2. dēvello, velli, vulsum, 3: they were for s.ing down Piso's statues, effigies Pisonis devellebant (v. l. divellebant), Tac. A. 3, 14: v.TO PULL DOWN .
1. dērĭpio, 3: to s. down the moon from the sky, lunam coelo d., Hor. Epod. 5, 46: to s. down boughs from a tree, ramos arbore d., Ov. M. 11, 29.
2. dēvello, velli, vulsum, 3: they were for s.ing down Piso's statues, effigies Pisonis devellebant (v. l. divellebant), Tac. A. 3, 14: v.