diripio

Latin

Etymology

From dis- (“separation, dispersion”) +‎ rapiō (“grab, seize”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dīripiō (present infinitive dīripere, perfect active dīripuī, supine dīreptum); third conjugation iō-variant

  1. to tear apart; to tear to pieces
    Synonym: scindō
  2. to lay waste, plunder an enemy’s territory or possessions
    Synonyms: praedor, dēpraedor, populor, expugnō, trahō, agō
  3. to loot; steal; rob
    Synonyms: dēmō, āvertō, rapiō, auferō, abdūcō, fraudō, āmoveō, adimō, ēripiō, tollō, abdō, corripiō, praedor, agō
    Quem perterriti omnes Arverni circumsistunt atque obsecrant, ut suis fortunis consulat, neve ab hostibus diripiantur ― Crowd around him all the horrified Arverni and entreat him to protect their property, and not to suffer them to be plundered by the enemy. (Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico, VII, 8)
  4. to whip out (a sword)
  5. to run after; to compete for the company of

Conjugation
   Conjugation of dīripiō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dīripiō dīripis dīripit dīripimus dīripitis dīripiunt
imperfect dīripiēbam dīripiēbās dīripiēbat dīripiēbāmus dīripiēbātis dīripiēbant
future dīripiam dīripiēs dīripiet dīripiēmus dīripiētis dīripient
perfect dīripuī dīripuistī dīripuit dīripuimus dīripuistis dīripuērunt,
dīripuēre
pluperfect dīripueram dīripuerās dīripuerat dīripuerāmus dīripuerātis dīripuerant
future perfect dīripuerō dīripueris dīripuerit dīripuerimus dīripueritis dīripuerint
passive present dīripior dīriperis,
dīripere		 dīripitur dīripimur dīripiminī dīripiuntur
imperfect dīripiēbar dīripiēbāris,
dīripiēbāre		 dīripiēbātur dīripiēbāmur dīripiēbāminī dīripiēbantur
future dīripiar dīripiēris,
dīripiēre		 dīripiētur dīripiēmur dīripiēminī dīripientur
perfect dīreptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dīreptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dīreptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dīripiam dīripiās dīripiat dīripiāmus dīripiātis dīripiant
imperfect dīriperem dīriperēs dīriperet dīriperēmus dīriperētis dīriperent
perfect dīripuerim dīripuerīs dīripuerit dīripuerīmus dīripuerītis dīripuerint
pluperfect dīripuissem dīripuissēs dīripuisset dīripuissēmus dīripuissētis dīripuissent
passive present dīripiar dīripiāris,
dīripiāre		 dīripiātur dīripiāmur dīripiāminī dīripiantur
imperfect dīriperer dīriperēris,
dīriperēre		 dīriperētur dīriperēmur dīriperēminī dīriperentur
perfect dīreptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dīreptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dīripe — — dīripite —
future — dīripitō dīripitō — dīripitōte dīripiuntō
passive present — dīripere — — dīripiminī —
future — dīripitor dīripitor — — dīripiuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dīripere dīripuisse dīreptūrum esse dīripī dīreptum esse dīreptum īrī
participles dīripiēns — dīreptūrus — dīreptus dīripiendus,
dīripiundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dīripiendī dīripiendō dīripiendum dīripiendō dīreptum dīreptū

References
  • “diripio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “diripio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • diripio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to plunder a town: oppidum diripere
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