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raptus
raptus
English
Noun
raptus (plural raptuses)
- (pathology) A seizure.
- A state of rapture.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 351:
- In the condition called raptus or ravishment by theologians, breathing and circulation are so depressed that it is a question among the doctors whether the soul be or be not temporarily dissevered from the body.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 351:
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of rapiō (“snatch, carry off”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈrap.tus/, [ˈrap.tʊs]
Participle
raptus m (feminine rapta, neuter raptum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | raptus | rapta | raptum | raptī | raptae | rapta | |
genitive | raptī | raptae | raptī | raptōrum | raptārum | raptōrum | |
dative | raptō | raptō | raptīs | ||||
accusative | raptum | raptam | raptum | raptōs | raptās | rapta | |
ablative | raptō | raptā | raptō | raptīs | |||
vocative | rapte | rapta | raptum | raptī | raptae | rapta |
Noun
raptus m (genitive raptūs); fourth declension
- violent snatching
- violent dragging away
- robbery
- thievery
- carrying off
- abduction
Inflection
Fourth declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | raptus | raptūs |
genitive | raptūs | raptuum |
dative | raptuī | raptibus |
accusative | raptum | raptūs |
ablative | raptū | raptibus |
vocative | raptus | raptūs |
Descendants
See also
- raptor ("thief", "robber")
Derived terms
References
- raptus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- raptus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- RAPTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “raptus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) to live on meat, fish, by plunder: vivere carne, piscibus, rapto (Liv. 7. 25)
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(ambiguous) to live on meat, fish, by plunder: vivere carne, piscibus, rapto (Liv. 7. 25)