adverb
raptim
raptim (not comparable)
Meaning
- not comparablehastily, suddenly, speedily, hurriedly
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- raptim agmen ducere
- to lead the army with forced marches.
raptim, adv. raptus, from rapio,
I. by snatching or hurrying away, i. e.,
I. Violently, greedily, rapaciously (very rare): ludunt raptim pila, Nov. ap. Non. 96, 20:
semine raptim avium fame devorato, Plin. 17, 14, 22, § 99.—Far more freq. and class., II. Hastily, suddenly, speedily, hurriedly:
mittere, Lucr. 1, 662: haec scripsi raptim, ut, etc., Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1: cui donet inpermissa raptim Gaudia, Hor. C. 3, 6, 27: aliquem sequi, Liv 26, 5: omnia raptim atque turbate aguntur, Caes. B. C. 1, 5; cf.: raptim omnia praepropere agendo, Liv. 22, 19: praecipitata raptim consilia, id. 31, 32: proelium inire raptim et avide, id. 9, 35: ignis raptim factus, id. 21, 14: agmen ducere, Curt. 5, 13, 1; Tac. A. 1, 56: illa levem fugiens raptim secat aethera pennis, swiftly flying, Verg. G. 1, 409: fruaris tempore raptim, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 198 et saep. (old form raptē, Ven. Fort. Vit. S. Mart. 4, 651).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
raptim adv.
rapio, snatchingly, hastily, suddenly, speedily, hurriedly : haec scripsi raptim, ut, etc.: cui donet inpermissa raptim Gaudia, H.: secuti tam raptim euntem, L.: aguntur omnia, Cs.: praecipitata consilia, L.: ignis factus, L.: secare aethera pennis, V: fruaris tempore, H.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tim Proto-Italic *-tim Latin -tim Latin raptim From rapiō + -tim.