raptus

Perfect passive participle of rapiō (“snatch, carry off”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈrap.tus/, [ˈräpt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrap.tus/, [ˈräpt̪us]

Participle

raptus (feminine rapta, neuter raptum, adverb raptim); first/second-declension participle

1. snatched, having been snatched; grabbed, having been grabbed; carried off, having been carried off; kidnapped, having been kidnapped [ quotations ▼]

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	raptus	rapta	raptum		raptī	raptae	rapta
Genitive	raptī	raptae	raptī		raptōrum	raptārum	raptōrum
Dative	raptō		raptō		raptīs
Accusative	raptum	raptam	raptum		raptōs	raptās	rapta
Ablative	raptō	raptā	raptō		raptīs
Vocative	rapte	rapta	raptum		raptī	raptae	rapta

Noun

raptus m (genitive raptūs); fourth declension

1. violent snatching
2. violent dragging away
3. robbery
4. thievery
5. rape
6. carrying off
7. abduction

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	raptus	raptūs
Genitive	raptūs	raptuum
Dative	raptuī	raptibus
Accusative	raptum	raptūs
Ablative	raptū	raptibus
Vocative	raptus	raptūs