corripio

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ rapiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /korˈri.pi.oː/, [kɔrˈrɪpioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈri.pi.o/, [korˈriːpio]

Verb

corripiō (present infinitive corripere, perfect active corripuī, supine correptum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to seize or snatch up, catch, lay violent hands on, take hold of, grasp quickly

   Synonyms: potior, obsideō, teneo, adipīscor, comprehendo, dēprehendō, apprehendo, occupō, arripiō, capessō, possideō, capio

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.216–217:

     “Post ipsum auxiliō subeuntem ac tēla ferentem
     corripiunt spīrīsque ligant ingentibus.”

     “Then, [Laocoön] himself – rushing up to help, and even carrying weapons – [the serpents] seize and bind in huge coils.” – Aeneas

2. to hurry up, hasten, set up quickly

   Synonyms: currō, ruō, accurrō, trepidō, festīnō, prōvolō, prōripiō, affluō, properō, mātūrō, prōsiliō

   Antonyms: retardō, cūnctor, moror, dubitō, differō, prōtrahō, trahō

3. to carry off, rob, take possession of, plunder or usurp

   Synonyms: āmoveō, rapiō, abdūcō, dīripiō, ēripiō, adimō, rapiō, auferō, fraudō, āvertō, tollō, praedor, agō

4. to appropriate or arrogate
5. to reproach, reprove, chide or blame, condemn, accuse

   Synonyms: obiūrgō, castīgō, accuso, increpo, īnsector, exprobrō, obloquor, criminor, acclāmō, inclāmō, obiectō, damnō, incūsō, pulsō, arcessō, arguō, reprehendō, perstringō

6. to shorten, abbreviate, abridge, diminish

   Synonyms: premō, imminuō

7. (grammar, of pronunciation, Silver Latin) to shorten, pronounce a vowel short

   Antonyms: produco, porrigo

   • c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 1.6.32:

     Iam illa minora in quibus maxime studiosi eius rei fatigantur, qui verba paulum declinata varie et multipliciter ad veritatem reducunt aut correptis aut porrectis aut adiectis aut detractis aut permutatis litteris syllabisve.

     Now the lesser concerns in which the most zealous of this matter fatigue themselves: how words, lightly derived, are indeed altered down in many and multiple ways, by shortening or lengthening or adding or subtracting or changing either letters or syllables.

   • 354 CE – 430 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, De Musica 2:

     Itaque verbi gratia cum dixeris, cano, vel in versu forte posueris, ita ut vel tu pronuntians producas hujus verbi syllabam primam, vel in versu eo loco ponas ubi esse productam oportebat, reprehendet grammaticus (custos ille videlicet historiae) nihil aliud asserens cur hunc corripi oporteat, nisi quod hi qui ante nos fuerunt, et quorum libri exstant tractanturque a grammaticis, ea correpta, non producta usi fuerint.

     And so, for example, if you say cănō or put it in verse, pronouncing the first syllable long or putting it in a verse position where it should be long, a grammarian (as the guardian of history he is) condemns it, all while not explaining why it should be pronounced short except by saying that those who preceded us, whose books survive and are discussed by grammarians, formerly used it short, not long.

Conjugation

Conjugation of corripiō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	corripiō	corripis	corripit	corripimus	corripitis	corripiunt
	imperfect	corripiēbam	corripiēbās	corripiēbat	corripiēbāmus	corripiēbātis	corripiēbant
	future	corripiam	corripiēs	corripiet	corripiēmus	corripiētis	corripient
	perfect	corripuī	corripuistī	corripuit	corripuimus	corripuistis	corripuērunt, corripuēre
	pluperfect	corripueram	corripuerās	corripuerat	corripuerāmus	corripuerātis	corripuerant
	future perfect	corripuerō	corripueris	corripuerit	corripuerimus	corripueritis	corripuerint
passive	present	corripior	corriperis, corripere	corripitur	corripimur	corripiminī	corripiuntur
	imperfect	corripiēbar	corripiēbāris, corripiēbāre	corripiēbātur	corripiēbāmur	corripiēbāminī	corripiēbantur
	future	corripiar	corripiēris, corripiēre	corripiētur	corripiēmur	corripiēminī	corripientur
	perfect	correptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	correptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	correptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	corripiam	corripiās	corripiat	corripiāmus	corripiātis	corripiant
	imperfect	corriperem	corriperēs	corriperet	corriperēmus	corriperētis	corriperent
	perfect	corripuerim	corripuerīs	corripuerit	corripuerīmus	corripuerītis	corripuerint
	pluperfect	corripuissem	corripuissēs	corripuisset	corripuissēmus	corripuissētis	corripuissent
passive	present	corripiar	corripiāris, corripiāre	corripiātur	corripiāmur	corripiāminī	corripiantur
	imperfect	corriperer	corriperēris, corriperēre	corriperētur	corriperēmur	corriperēminī	corriperentur
	perfect	correptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	correptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	corripe	—	—	corripite	—
	future	—	corripitō	corripitō	—	corripitōte	corripiuntō
passive	present	—	corripere	—	—	corripiminī	—
	future	—	corripitor	corripitor	—	—	corripiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		corripere	corripuisse	correptūrum esse	corripī	correptum esse	correptum īrī
participles		corripiēns	—	correptūrus	—	correptus	corripiendus, corripiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		corripiendī	corripiendō	corripiendum	corripiendō	correptum	correptū

Descendants

• Portuguese: corrupiar

References

• “corripio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “corripio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• corripio in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
• corripio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be devoured by the flames: flammis corripi
    
  • to be attacked by disease: morbo tentari or corripi
    
  • to lengthen the pronunciation of a syllable or letter: syllabam, litteram producere (opp. corripere) (Quintil. 9. 4. 89)