noun · femininethird declension
raptiō
raptiō f (genitive raptiōnis)
Meaning
- an abduction; a carrying off
disperii! Ctesiphonem audivi filium una fuisse in raptione cum Aeschino.
Damm it! I have heard that my son Ctesiphon partook in the abduction of the girl with Aeschinus160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 355–356
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
āctus rapiendīraptiō -ōnis (f) — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 6
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | raptiō | raptiōnēs |
| genitive | raptiōnis | raptiōnum |
| dative | raptiōnī | raptiōnibus |
| accusative | raptiōnem | raptiōnēs |
| ablative | raptiōne | raptiōnibus |
| vocative | raptiō | raptiōnēs |
raptĭo, ōnis, f. rapio,
I. a carrying off, abduction, ravishing, rape (ante- and postclass.): in raptione affuisse, * Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 2:
Proserpinae, Arn. 5, 183: Helenae, Aus. Per. Iliad. prooem. § 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
raptiō ōnis, f
RAP-, an abduction, ravishing, rape : fuisse in raptione, T.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin raptiō From rapiō (“to carry off”) + -tiō.