raptus
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin raptus, from rapio (“‘seize’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
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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:
[edit] Italian
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Noun
raptsus m. inv.
[edit] Latin
[edit] Noun
raptus (genitive raptūs); m, fourth declension
- violent snatching
- violent dragging away
- robbery
- thievery
- carrying off
- abduction
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | raptus | raptūs |
| genitive | raptūs | raptuum |
| dative | raptuī | raptibus |
| accusative | raptum | raptūs |
| ablative | raptū | raptibus |
| vocative | raptus | raptūs |
[edit] Adjective
Passive participle of rapere ("to seize")
raptus m. (feminine rapta, neuter raptum); first/second declension
- seized
- carried away (by force)
- dragged off
- snatched
- destroyed
- pillaged
- hurried
- abducted
- robbed
- stolen
[edit] 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 | |
[edit] See also
- raptor ("thief", "robber")
