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RAP 
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tres partes abstulit c®lntn : Oceani rapi- 
lia in incerto est, what the ocean encroach¬ 
es upon; what the ocean usurps to itself. 
-IT Sever, in JEtna. 611. Turn vero, 
ut cuique est animus, viresque, rapina 
tutari conantur opes, h. e. by quickly 
collecting and removing their property. 
RaPIN-X. (rapa), ®, f. a bed of rapes, a 
field of turnips. Colum. - IT Also, 
rapes, turnips. Cato. 
RXPINaTIS (rapina), onis, f. a pillaging, 
3 plundering. M. Aurel. ap. Fronton. 
RXPINaTOR (Id.), oris, m. arobbcr.3Lucil. 
RaPIS (from apneo, apirain, dcpna^io), is, 
pui, ptum, a. 3. to rob, carry off by force, 
apnd^co. Cic. Spes rapiendi atque pr®- 
dandi. Id. Ut tantum haberet, quan¬ 
tum rapere potuisset. Sallust. Sibi 
quisque ducere, trahere, rapere. Liv. 
virgines ad stuprum. Virg. Tempora 
populata raptis auribus, h. e. cut off. 
Horal. oscula, to snatch. Ovid. Si quis 
rapiat stabulis armeqta reclusis, arma 
feras; rapta conjuge, lentus eris? 
Hence, Rapturn, what is got by robbery, 
booty, plunder. Liv. Vivere rapto; -or, 
Ovid. ex rapto, to live by robbery (strict¬ 
ly, to live upon the booty one gets by rob¬ 
bery). — Hence, to rob, take away, 
snatch away, withdraw. Ovid. Ingen io 
vires ille dat, ille rapit. Senec. Rapit 
somnos pavor. Id. Cur tuos rapis as- 
pectus ? — Also, to rob, plunder. Liv. 
villas. — Also, to carry off ravish. Ovid. 
Te (sc. Helenam) rapuit Theseus. Id. 
Rapta semel, videbor (ego, sc. Helena) 
bis quoqtie digna rapi ? Also, to deflour, 
debauch. Quintil. 9, 2, 70.-IT Also, 
of any thing which is done with speed 
or haste, especially when accompanied 
with violence. — To tear, drag, snatch, 
hurry away. Cic. aliquem ad supplici- 
uai. Plaut. Vi rapiam te domum. Id. 
aliquem ad carnificem. Liv. corpus 
consulis , remove hastily. Plaut. aliquem 
in jus. Id. Opta ocius, rapi te obtorto 
collo mavis, an trahi. Ovid. Raptus H;e- 
moniis Hector equis, dragged. Horat. 
Ni bine te rapis, make off, harry off. Val. 
Flacc. Membra toris rapit, h. e. springs 
up. Hence, of persons dying prema¬ 
turely, Rapi, to be snatched away. Ovid. 
Amicus raptus. Plin. Agrippa quin- 
quagesimo uno raptus anno. And of 
persons carried away into a foreign 
land. Ovid, and Propert. Also, figur. 
to carry away, hurry away or off, trans¬ 
port. Cic. Cupiditas te rapiebat. Ovid. 
C®co raptus amore. Cic. duum Cffisar 
amentia qusedam raperetur. Horat. 
Furor lie ciecos, an rapit vis acrior? Id. 
In medias res auditorem rapit, hurries. 
Cic. Incensi omnes rapimur ad liberta- 
tem recuperandam. With infi.ii. Jtlanil. 
Mundus rapit setherios pandere census, 
hurries away, attracts, draws. So, also, 
absol. to carry away, transport, ravish, at¬ 
tract, captivate. Propert. Utraque forma 
rapit. — Also, to hurry, force, snatch or 
draw to any thing. Cic. Honesta res 
(hos) totos ad se convertit et rapit, 
draws, as it were snatches, hurries. 'Pe¬ 
rmit. aiiquid in pejorem partem, h. e. put 
a wrong construction on, misconstrue, mis¬ 
represent. So, also, Pollio ad Cic. Vere- 
bar, ne pium meum consilium raperent 
in contrarium partem obtrectatores 
mei. Also, Virg. Animum eelerem in 
partes rapit varias, hurries in different 
directions. Plixdr. Si quis rapiet ad se 
quod erit commune omnium, forcibly ap¬ 
propriate to himself. — Also, to snatch, 
catch or seize hurriedly, take or take in 
quickly. Cic. e poeta. Vive, Ulixes, 
dum licet: oculis postremum lumen ra- 
diatum rape, snatch a last hasty glance 
of the sun. Horat. Sic tamen ut limis 
rapias, quid cera velit, h. e. read rapidly 
with a sidelong glance. Ovid. Com® 
nigrum rapuere colorem, contracted 
quickly. Virg. Rapuit in fotnite fiam- 
matn. Ovid. Admotam rapiunt vivacia 
sulpliura llainmam, catch quickly. Sul- 
pic. Sever. duum liber tota certatim 
urbe raperetur, eagerly bought. — Also, 
to take quickly. Liv. castra. Also, 
Virg. Pars silvas rapit, range quickly 
through. Stat. Campum sonipes rapit, 
h. e. celeriter percurrit. — Also, to bring 
quickly. Liv. comineatum in naves, 
hilrry on board. Horat. aiiquid sub di- 
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vum, drag into broad light. Senec. en- 
seni per nostrum latus, drive, plunge, 
force. — Also, to hurry, lead quickly. 
Liv. agmen Tusculum, march his army 
rapidly to Tusculum. Virg. Rapit acer 
totam aciem in Teucros.° — Also, to 
make or do quickly, hasten, make haste 
with, speed. Liv. nuptias. Plin. Agri- 
col® (by the husbandman) rapiemla sunt 
ea, must be despatched without loss of time. 
Ovid, fugam. Cic. Ips® res verba rapi¬ 
unt, hasten along the words, bring a copi¬ 
ous stream of words ; or, the words follow 
of themselves. — Also, to read rapidly. 
Horat. (See above.) - IT Rapsit, for 
rapuerit. Cic. Leg. 2, 9. e legg. xii. tab. 
Ed. Em. — Raptabus ( femin .), for rap¬ 
tis. Cn. Gell. ap. Charis. 
RAPISTRUM, i, n. probably the herb wild- 
rape. Colum. 
RXP5 (rapio), onis, m. same as Raptor. 
3 Varr. ap. Jgon. 
RaPTIM (Id.), adv. by rapine, by violent 
1 robbery, rapaciously, aprraXeros, hpirayi- 
pa>S. Liv. Cibo vinoque raptim hausto. 
Plin. Semen raptim avium fame devo- 
ratum.-- IT Also, quickly , hastily, in 
haste. Cic. Agere rem raptim. Cws. 
Aguntur omnia raptim. Liv. Exercitus 
raptim ductus. Cic. H®c scripsi rap¬ 
tim. Liv. Raptim cibum capere. Virg. 
Fugiens raptim secat ®thera pennis. 
RaPTIS (Id.), oilis, f. a carrying off by 
3 force, abduction. Terent. Ctesiphontem 
audivi una in raptione fuisse cum 
/Eschino. Amah. Raptio Proserpin®, 
the rape of Proserpine. 
RaPTITS (frequentat. from rapto), as, a. 
3 1. same as Rapto. Gell. 9, 6. 
RaPTS (frequentat. of rapio), as, avi, 
1 atum, a. 1. to rob, plunder, ravage. 
Tacit. -II Also, to drag or carry 
away violently, take away by force, 
drag by force. Lucret. Avia cum 
Ph®thonta rapax vis solis equortim 
ffithere raptavit toto, terrasque per om¬ 
nes. Virg. Ter circum Iliacos raptave- 
rat Hectora muros, he had dragged. Cic. 
Conjux raptata, sc. ad tabulam Valeri¬ 
an!. Ovid. Raptaturque comis per vim 
nova nupta prehensis. Stat. Mann rap- 
tare aliquem. Lucret. Mare, terras, nu- 
bila cadi verrunt (venti), ac subito vex- 
antia turbine raptant. Plant,, duid me 
raptas ? Sil. Sparsi ad pabula campis 
vicinis raptanda, to forage. -II Fig¬ 
ur. to drag along with violence. Plaut. 
Me amor raptat, retie et. Valer. Flacc. 
Sacer effera raptat corda pavor, h. e. agi¬ 
tates, disquiets. Propert. Nam quid ego 
heroas, quid raptem in crimina (al. 
crimine) divos ? h. e. quasi in jus rapi¬ 
am, incusem, reos faciam, charge, ac¬ 
cuse. Auctor Argum. Amphitr. Plaut. 
Turbas uxori ciet Amphitruo, atque in- 
vicem raptant pro mcechis, h. e. upbraid, 
reproach. — Also, figur. to lead quickly. 
Auct. B. Afric. iegiones hue atque illuc. 
RaPTOR (rapio), oris, m. a seizer or taker 
2 away by force, a plunderer, robber, spoiler, 
ravisher, apnaKryp. Plaut. Raptor hos- 
tium, h. e. qui hostes vivos capit, et ab- 
ducit. Id. Raptores panis et peni. Pro¬ 
pert. Incola Caeus erat, metuendo rap¬ 
tor ab antro. Tacit. Discordiis et sedi- 
tionibus potens, raptor, largitor, &c. 
Martial. Raptor Gangeticus, h. c. vena- 
tor, qui tigridum catulos, matribus ab- 
sentibus rapit. Pluedr. Miivius raptor, 
ravenous. Virg. Raptores lupi. Veiled. 
Raptores Italic® libertatis. Val. Max. 
Raptor spiritus, a Icilln, slayer. - 
II Also, a ravisher, violator, deflourcr. 
Tacit. Raptor filiae me®. Senec. Raptor 
thalami mei, h. e. uxoris. Horat. Tity- 
osque raptor, h. e. who was about to rav¬ 
ish Latona. Hence, Senec. Raptor stu- 
pri, h. e. qui per vim stuprum intulit, 
vel inferre tentavit. - II Also, that 
draws or attracts to itself. Augustin. 
Magnes raptor ferri, the attractor. 
RaPToRIOS (raptor), a, urn, adj . fit for 
3 dragging. Cxi. Aurel. 
RaPTuS (rapio), us, m. a robbing, plunder- 
1 ing. Tacit. Hence, a rape, forcible abduc¬ 
tion. Cic. virginis. Ovid. Proserpin®. 
-IT Also, a carrying or taking away 
Ivy force, a removing. Plin. Ramento- 
rum crinibus pampinato semper orbe se 
volvens, ad incitato3 runcinarum rap¬ 
tus, h. e. at every stroke of the plane. 
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RaPTuS, a, urn, particip. from rapio. 
RaPuLUM (dimin. of rapum), i. n. a lit- 
3 tie rape or turnip, yoyyvXlfnov. Horat. 
RaPUJYI (pazrvs), i, n. seldom KaPX, ®, f 
a rape, turnip, naveio, (Brassiea rapa, L.), 
yoyyv\i). Colum., Plin., &c. 
RaRe (rarus), adv. thinly, nvtclosetogether , 
2 scatteredly. Colum. Rare conserere. Id. 
Rarius. Id. Rarissime.-II Also, sel¬ 
dom, not often, rarely, orruviais- Plaut. 
Hie piscis rare capitur. Cic. Si rarius 
fiet, quam tu exspectabis. Sudton. Spec- 
taculis rarissime interfuit. (In this 
sense raro is more common.) 
RaReFXCIB (rarus & facio), &cis, gei, 
3 actum, a. 3. to make thin, rarefy, apaidoi. 
Lucret. — Also, irreg. passiv. Rarefio, 
fieri, factus sum, to be rarefied, become 
thin. Lucret. 
IIaRkF it), is, actus sum. See Rnrefacio. 
It a ReNTER (rarus), adv. rarely,not often, 
3 seldom, anavioig. Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 
2 —- IT Also, sometimes. Cato 
RaReSCS (Id.), is, n. 3. to grow thin , 
2 lose thickness or compactness, become loose,, 
break away from each other, not hang 
closely together, dpaiovpai. Lucret. 
Rarescunt nubila, are rarefied. id. 
Rarescit terra calore. Plin. duadru- 
pedibus in senectute lan® rarescunt. 
Stat. Rarescunt alta colonis Mrenala. 
Sil. Rarescit miles, atque aperit jiatulas 
vias, h. e. the ranks begin to have breaks. 
Virg. Angusti rareseent clanstra Pelori, 
will open, dilate, expand. Tacit. Colies 
paulatiin rarescunt, h. e. become fewer or 
rarer, open. - 1i Also, to become less 
frequent, decrease. Propert.. Litore si 
tacito sonitus rarescit aren®. 
RaRIPILuS (rarus & pilus), a, um, adj. 
2 having thin hair or few hairs, thin-haired, 
\peivbi_, apai63rpif. Colum. 
RaRITaS (rarus), atis, f. thinness, rarity, 
looseness, apaiorys, pav6rt]s. Cic. in 
pulmonibus inest raritas quredam. Vi- 
truv. (de calce) Foraminum raritates. 
Plin. Nec pontes transeunt, per rarita- 
tem eorum translucentibus fluviis. Id. 
Raritatem superciliorum emendare. 
Quintil. Raritas dentium. -II Also, 
fewness, scantiness, thinness, scarceness, 
rareness, scarcity, rarity, ciravibryi. 
Plin. Modo multitudo ( stellarum) con- 
ferta inest, modo raritas. Sueton. Tan- 
tam infirmitateni magna cura tuebatur: 
in primis levandi raritate. Id. Raritas 
remanentium. Plin. exemplorum. Id. 
duinque, nec plures arbores, non rari¬ 
tate magis, quam suavitatemirabiles. Id. 
Alexandra equi magna raritas contigit: 
Bucephalon eum vocarunt. Gell. Anti- 
quos Romanos Varro dicit non recepisse 
hujuscemodi quasi monstruosas rarita¬ 
tes, strange and unnatural things. 
RaRITuDu (Id.), inis, f. same as Raritas. 
2 Colum. 
RaRo (abl.), adv. Fee Rarus, a, um. 
RaROS (unc.), a, um, adj. (the opposite 
of d.ensus), rare, thin, not close or thick, 
not dense, thinly scattered, loose, full of 
holes, spaces, breaks, interstices; here and 
there, single, dpatos, pavoVirg. Rara 
acies, not close or thick. Lucret. Aer 
rarior. Id. lingua, spongy, porous. 
Quintil. manus, with the fingers spread 
apart. Colum. terra, loose. Ovid, tu¬ 
nica, thin, not thick, and so, transparent. 
Id. Alba et rara coma, thin, thinly-scat¬ 
tered, scattered singly. Horal. Lacrima 
manat lara, now and. then, singly, one at a 
time, drop by drop, not in connected drops. 
Virg. retia, full of holes or interstices. 
Plin. Bacc® expanduntur rar®. Cats. 
Raros milites, ne animadverterentur, 
in castra transducit, a few at a lime, 
in small bodies, or singly, one by one. Id. 
Ut rari magnisque intervallis prceliaren- 
tur, singly or in small bodies. Liv. Raris 
locis ignes fieri, li. c. here and there. Virg. 
Apparent rari in gurgite nantes, here and 
there or single. Ovid, duercus patulis 
rarissima ram is, very thin, very open. 
Virg. Raris racemis, here and there. So, 
Id. umbra. - II Also, rare, seldom to 
be seen or met with, scarce, infrequent, 
few, scanty, a-av6$. Cic. Omnia prre- 
clara rara. Id. Optimum quidque raris- 
simum est. Horat. Rara inventus, few, 
thinned. Sallust. Raris animus est, few 
have the strength of mind. Quintil. Ra- 
rum est, ut, &c. it is rare, that; it seldom 
