rapio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *rapiō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rp-i-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rep-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.pi.oː/

Verb

rapiō (present infinitive rapere, perfect active rapuī, supine raptum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I snatch, grab, carry off, abduct, rape

Inflection

Conjugation of rapio (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rapiō	rapis	rapit	rapimus	rapitis	rapiunt
	imperfect	rapiēbam	rapiēbās	rapiēbat	rapiēbāmus	rapiēbātis	rapiēbant
	future	rapiam	rapiēs	rapiet	rapiēmus	rapiētis	rapient
	perfect	rapuī	rapuistī	rapuit	rapuimus	rapuistis	rapuērunt, rapuēre
	pluperfect	rapueram	rapuerās	rapuerat	rapuerāmus	rapuerātis	rapuerant
	future perfect	rapuerō	rapueris	rapuerit	rapuerimus	rapueritis	rapuerint
passive	present	rapior	raperis, rapere	rapitur	rapimur	rapiminī	rapiuntur
	imperfect	rapiēbar	rapiēbāris, rapiēbāre	rapiēbātur	rapiēbāmur	rapiēbāminī	rapiēbantur
	future	rapiar	rapiēris, rapiēre	rapiētur	rapiēmur	rapiēminī	rapientur
	perfect	raptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	raptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	raptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rapiam	rapiās	rapiat	rapiāmus	rapiātis	rapiant
	imperfect	raperem	raperēs	raperet	raperēmus	raperētis	raperent
	perfect	rapuerim	rapuerīs	rapuerit	rapuerīmus	rapuerītis	rapuerint
	pluperfect	rapuissem	rapuissēs	rapuisset	rapuissēmus	rapuissētis	rapuissent
passive	present	rapiar	rapiāris, rapiāre	rapiātur	rapiāmur	rapiāminī	rapiantur
	imperfect	raperer	raperēris, raperēre	raperētur	raperēmur	raperēminī	raperentur
	perfect	raptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	raptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	rape	—	—	rapite	—
	future	—	rapitō	rapitō	—	rapitōte	rapiuntō
passive	present	—	rapere	—	—	rapiminī	—
	future	—	rapitor	rapitor	—	—	rapiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		rapere	rapuisse	raptūrus esse	rapī	raptus esse	raptum īrī
participles		rapiēns	—	raptūrus	—	raptus	rapiendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		rapere	rapiendī	rapiendō	rapiendum	raptum	raptū

Derived terms

• abripiō
• arripiō
• corripiō
• dēripiō

• dīripiō
• ēripiō
• praeripiō
• prōripiō

• rapāx
• rapīna
• raptō
• surripiō

Descendants

• Aromanian: arachiu, arãchescu, arãchiri
• Catalan: rapir
• English: rapacious, rape, rapt, rapture, raptor, ravage, ravenous, ravine, ravish
• French: ravir, rapt, ravage
• Italian: rapire, rapace

• Old Catalan: rabir
• Occitan: rabir
• Romanian: răpi, răpire
• Spanish: rapaz, rápido, rapiña, raptar, raptor

References

• rapio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rapio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “rapio” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to lead a person into error: aliquem in errorem inducere, rapere
    
  • to lead the army with forced marches: citatum agmen rapere