Latin

Verb

arripiō ‎(present infinitive arripere, perfect active arripuī, supine arreptum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I seize or snatch
2. I procure or appropriate
3. I arrest
4. I assail

Inflection

References

• arripio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “arripio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to seize an opportunity: occasionem arripere