diripio

Latin

Etymology

From dis- (“separation, dispersion”) +‎ rapiō (“grab, seize”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːˈri.pi.oː/, [d̪iːˈrɪpioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈri.pi.o/, [d̪iˈriːpio]

Verb

dīripiō (present infinitive dīripere, perfect active dīripuī, supine dīreptum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to tear apart; to tear to pieces

   Synonym: scindō

2. to lay waste, plunder an enemy’s territory or possessions

   Synonyms: praedor, dēpraedor, populor, expugnō, trahō, agō

3. to loot; steal; rob

   Synonyms: dēmō, āvertō, rapiō, auferō, abdūcō, fraudō, āmoveō, adimō, ēripiō, tollō, abdō, corripiō, praedor, agō

   Quem perterriti omnes Arverni circumsistunt atque obsecrant, ut suis fortunis consulat, neve ab hostibus diripiantur ― Crowd around him all the horrified Arverni and entreat him to protect their property, and not to suffer them to be plundered by the enemy. (Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico, VII, 8)

4. to whip out (a sword)
5. to run after; to compete for the company of

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dīripiō (third conjugation iō-variant)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dīripiō		dīripis		dīripit		dīripimus		dīripitis		dīripiunt
	imperfect	dīripiēbam		dīripiēbās		dīripiēbat		dīripiēbāmus		dīripiēbātis		dīripiēbant
	future	dīripiam		dīripiēs		dīripiet		dīripiēmus		dīripiētis		dīripient
	perfect	dīripuī		dīripuistī		dīripuit		dīripuimus		dīripuistis		dīripuēre, dīripuērunt
	pluperfect	dīripueram		dīripuerās		dīripuerat		dīripuerāmus		dīripuerātis		dīripuerant
	future perfect	dīripuerō		dīripueris		dīripuerit		dīripuerimus		dīripueritis		dīripuerint
passive	present	dīripior		dīripere, dīriperis		dīripitur		dīripimur		dīripiminī		dīripiuntur
	imperfect	dīripiēbar		dīripiēbāre, dīripiēbāris		dīripiēbātur		dīripiēbāmur		dīripiēbāminī		dīripiēbantur
	future	dīripiar		dīripiēre, dīripiēris		dīripiētur		dīripiēmur		dīripiēminī		dīripientur
	perfect	dīreptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dīreptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dīreptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dīripiam		dīripiās		dīripiat		dīripiāmus		dīripiātis		dīripiant
	imperfect	dīriperem		dīriperēs		dīriperet		dīriperēmus		dīriperētis		dīriperent
	perfect	dīripuerim		dīripuerīs		dīripuerit		dīripuerīmus		dīripuerītis		dīripuerint
	pluperfect	dīripuissem		dīripuissēs		dīripuisset		dīripuissēmus		dīripuissētis		dīripuissent
passive	present	dīripiar		dīripiāre, dīripiāris		dīripiātur		dīripiāmur		dīripiāminī		dīripiantur
	imperfect	dīriperer		dīriperēre, dīriperēris		dīriperētur		dīriperēmur		dīriperēminī		dīriperentur
	perfect	dīreptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dīreptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dīripe		—		—		dīripite		—
	future	—		dīripitō		dīripitō		—		dīripitōte		dīripiuntō
passive	present	—		dīripere		—		—		dīripiminī		—
	future	—		dīripitor		dīripitor		—		—		dīripiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dīripere			dīripī			dīripiēns			—
future		dīreptūrum esse			dīreptum īrī			dīreptūrus			dīripiendus, dīripiundus
perfect		dīripuisse			dīreptum esse			—			dīreptus
future perfect		—			dīreptum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dīreptūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dīripiendī		dīripiendō		dīripiendum		dīripiendō		dīreptum		dīreptū

Related terms

• dīreptiō

References

• “diripio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “diripio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• diripio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to plunder a town: oppidum diripere