rapto

See also: raptó

Latin

Etymology

From raptus +‎ , from rapiō.

Pronunciation

Verb

raptō (present infinitive raptāre, perfect active raptāvī, supine raptātum); first conjugation

  1. to seize and carry off, abduct
  2. to drag along
  3. to ravage, plunder

Conjugation

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Participle

raptō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of raptus

Descendants

  • Catalan: raptar
  • English: rapt
  • Galician: raptar
  • Portuguese: raptar
  • Spanish: raptar

References

  • rapto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rapto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rapto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to live on meat, fish, by plunder: vivere carne, piscibus, rapto (Liv. 7. 25)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁap.tu/ [ˈhap.tu], /ˈʁa.pi.tu/ [ˈha.pi.tu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁap.tu/ [ˈχap.tu], /ˈʁa.pi.tu/ [ˈχa.pi.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁap.to/ [ˈhap.to]

  • Hyphenation: rap‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin raptus.

Noun

rapto m (plural raptos)

  1. abduction, kidnap
  2. theft
    Synonyms: roubo, rapina

Etymology 2

Verb

rapto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of raptar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrabto/ [ˈraβ̞.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -abto
  • Syllabification: rap‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin raptus.[1]

Noun

rapto m (plural raptos)

  1. abduction; kidnapping

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rapto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of raptar

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “rapto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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