rapio.
to snatch, grab, carry off, abduct, rape, steal
Meaning & usage
to snatch, grab, carry off, abduct, rape, steal
Ībis tandem aliquandō quō tē iam prīdem ista tua cupiditās effrēnāta ac furiōsa rapiēbat.
to snatch (oneself); take off, hurry
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥h₁pyéti Proto-Italic *rapjō Latin rapiō Inherited from Proto-Italic *rapjō. De Vaan supports a derivation from a PIE root of the shape Proto-Indo-European *h₁rep- (“to take away, snatch”), the zero-grade of which—*h₁r̥p-—may have, according to De Vaan, yielded *erp-, which was then perhaps replaced by a secondary zero-grade *rap-. Even more specifically, De Vaan suggests an original athematic i-present of the shape *h₁r̥p-i-. Schrijver alternatively posits a root of the shape *h₁reh₁p-, the zero-grade of which—*h₁r̥h₁p-—could have yielded rap- via a sound law *HRHC > RaC. De Vaan, however, criticizes this etymology, arguing that it presumes the existence of two separate roots *h₁rep- and *h₁reh₁p-, both with identical meanings.
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