raptio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

raptĭo, ōnis, f. [rapio],

a carrying off , abduction , ravishing , rape (ante- and postclass.): in raptione affuisse, * Ter. Ad. 356: Proserpinae, Arn. 5, 183: Helenae, Aus. Per. Iliad. prooem. § 4.