raptus

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin raptus, from rapio (“seize”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɹaptəs

Noun

raptus (plural raptuses)

1. (pathology) A seizure.
2. 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.

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Italian

Etymology

Latin

Noun

raptus m (invariable)

1. fit, raptus, brainstorm

Anagrams

• stupra

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of rapiō (“snatch, carry off”).

Participle

raptus m (feminine rapta, neuter raptum); first/second declension

1. snatched, having been snatched, grabbed, having been grabbed, carried off, having been carried off

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	raptus	rapta	raptum		raptī	raptae	rapta
genitive	raptī	raptae	raptī		raptōrum	raptārum	raptōrum
dative	raptō	raptae	raptō		raptīs	raptīs	raptīs
accusative	raptum	raptam	raptum		raptōs	raptās	rapta
ablative	raptō	raptā	raptō		raptīs	raptīs	raptīs
vocative	rapte	rapta	raptum		raptī	raptae	rapta

Noun

raptus (genitive raptūs); m, fourth declension

1. violent snatching
2. violent dragging away
3. robbery
4. thievery
5. carrying off
6. abduction

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	raptus	raptūs
genitive	raptūs	raptuum
dative	raptuī	raptibus
accusative	raptum	raptūs
ablative	raptū	raptibus
vocative	raptus	raptūs

Adjective

Passive participle of rapere ("to seize")

raptus m (feminine rapta, neuter raptum); first/second declension

1. seized
2. carried away (by force)
3. dragged off
4. snatched
5. destroyed
6. pillaged
7. hurried
8. abducted
9. robbed
10. stolen

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	raptus	rapta	raptum		raptī	raptae	rapta
genitive	raptī	raptae	raptī		raptōrum	raptārum	raptōrum
dative	raptō	raptae	raptō		raptīs	raptīs	raptīs
accusative	raptum	raptam	raptum		raptōs	raptās	rapta
ablative	raptō	raptā	raptō		raptīs	raptīs	raptīs
vocative	rapte	rapta	raptum		raptī	raptae	rapta

See also

• raptor ("thief", "robber")

Derived terms

• rapt
• rapture
• rape