Abigere, diripere
From TTT
Latin Construction
- ‘To drive off [smth.] and ‘to plunder [smth.].’
Constructions
Noun constructions
Object constructions
- diripere, pecus abigere — ‘to plunder and to drive off cattle,’ Cic. [βʹ]; Liv. [γʹ]
Loci
- αʹ Cicero, In Verrem Secunda 2.7:
| praeterea greges nobilissimarum equarum abactos, argenti vestisque stragulae domi quod fuerit esse direptum | Furthermore, his herds of purebred mares were driven away; whatever silver and tapestry he had at home were plundered. |
- βʹ n. Cicero, In Verrem Secunda 3.23:
| hominibus coactis in eorum arationes Apronius venit, omne instrumentum diripuit, familiam abduxit, pecus abegit. | Apronius rounded up some men and came into their farms, seized all their equipment, confiscated their slaves, and drove off their cattle. |
- γʹ n. Livy, Ab Urbe Condita 2.23:
| Sabino bello ait se militantem, quia propter populationes agri non fructu modo caruerit, sed villa incensa fuerit, direpta omnia, pecora abacta, tributum iniquo suo tempore imperatum, aes alienum fecisse. | He said he served in the Sabine War and that he had not only lost his harvest on account of the pillaging, but his farmhouse had been burned down, everything had been plundered, his cattle was driven off, the war tax was levied at an inopportune time, and he went into debt. |
