prō-rĭpĭo, pŭi, reptum, 3, v. a.
I To drag or snatch forth (class.).
A Lit.: hominem proripi jubet, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161: nudos pedes, i. e. spring forth , Ov. Am. 3, 7, 82.—With se , to rush out , to hasten or hurry forth or away : quo illum hunc hominem proripuisse foras se dicam ex aedibus? Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 1: se ex curiā repente proripuit, Cic. Har. Resp. 1, 2: se ex curiā domum, Sall. C. 32, 1: se porta foras, Caes. B. C. 2, 11 fin. (12 init. ); 1, 80: se domo, Liv. 29, 9; 8, 30: ex totā urbe, id. 2, 24.—
B Trop.: quae libido non se proripiet ac proiciet occultatione propositā? Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 73.—
II To snatch or hurry on , forwards , or away.
A Lit.: se in publicum, to rush into the street , Liv. 8, 28; 2, 23: se in silvam, to take refuge , Suet. Oth. 6: se custodibus, Tac. A. 4, 45: se cursu, to run away , Ap. Met. 7, 19, 2.—Without se (poet.): quo deinde ruis? quo proripis? Verg. A. 5, 741.—
B Trop. (poet.): ne virilis Cultus in caedem, et Lycias proriperet catervas? Hor. C. 1, 8, 16.