diripio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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	dīripuērunt, dīripuēre
	pluperfect	dīripueram	dīripuerās	dīripuerat	dīripuerāmus	dīripuerātis	dīripuerant
	future perfect	dīripuerō	dīripueris	dīripuerit	dīripuerimus	dīripueritis	dīripuerint
passive	present	dīripior	dīriperis, dīripere	dīripitur	dīripimur	dīripiminī	dīripiuntur
	imperfect	dīripiēbar	dīripiēbāris, dīripiēbāre	dīripiēbātur	dīripiēbāmur	dīripiēbāminī	dīripiēbantur
	future	dīripiar	dīripiēris, dīripiēre	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	dīripiāris, dīripiāre	dīripiātur	dīripiāmur	dīripiāminī	dīripiantur
	imperfect	dīriperer	dīriperēris, dīriperēre	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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dīripere	dīripuisse	dīreptūrum esse	dīripī	dīreptum esse	dīreptum īrī
participles		dīripiēns	—	dīreptūrus	—	dīreptus	dīripiendus, dīripiundus
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