ad-ripiō (arr-) ipuī, eptus, ere
ad + rapio, to snatch, catch hurriedly, grasp, seize : telum: arcūs, O.: manum, H.— To seize, lay hold of : alqm medium, T.: quem adripuit, has buttonholed , H.: alqm comā, O.: adreptus de pecuniis repetundis, arrested for : abeuntes magistratu, L.— To take, appropriate, seize, embrace : facultatem laedendi: sibi imperium, usurp , Cs.: tempore adrepto, V.: impedimentum pro occasione, L.: (tellurem) velis, make haste to , V.: aliquid ad reprehendendum: gestūs aliunde: cognomen sibi ex imaginibus: maledictum ex trivio: tu mihi id, etc., seize (as a reproach) to me , etc. — To seize upon, learn with avidity: haec: (litterarum) studium, N.: celeriter res: litteras adripui.— To ridicule, attack, satirize : primores populi, H.: Nomentanum mecum, H.