rapere

The theme is taken from the story of the founding of ancient Rome, where the men of Rome steal the women from the neighbouring Sabine tribe - here rape has the connotation of a kidnapping or an abduction, as represented in many of the renaissance paintings, originating from the Latin word rapere from which rapt or rapture is derived.

Spread ArtCulture: Interview: Eve Sussman - on the making of her film, Rape of the Sabine Women Spread ArtCulture 2010

The theme is taken from the story of the founding of ancient Rome, where the men of Rome steal the women from the neighbouring Sabine tribe - here rape has the connotation of a kidnapping or an abduction, as represented in many of the renaissance paintings, originating from the Latin word rapere from which rapt or rapture is derived.

Spread ArtCulture: Interview: Eve Sussman - on the making of her film, Rape of the Sabine Women Spread ArtCulture 2010

It comes from the Latin word rapere, which means to snatch or seize rapidly.

Archive 2009-12-01 Rus Bowden 2009

It comes from the Latin word rapere, which means to snatch or seize rapidly.

Great Regulars: Consider, for instance, the word [John] Donne Rus Bowden 2009

"The word raptor comes from the Latin word 'rapere.'

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

"The word raptor comes from the Latin word 'rapere.'

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

A quick check of the dictionary confirms this, tracing both words back to their Latin root “rapere”, from which we also get “rapt”, “rapture” and “raptor”, that root term being, in fact, the Latin word meaning “to seize”.

On Profanity: 1 Hal Duncan 2009

First, I do know and understand the older meanings of rapere; I took four university Latin classes.

On Profanity: 4 Hal Duncan 2009

A quick check of the dictionary confirms this, tracing both words back to their Latin root “rapere”, from which we also get “rapt”, “rapture” and “raptor”, that root term being, in fact, the Latin word meaning “to seize”.

Archive 2009-01-01 Hal Duncan 2009

This week I'm reminded--though I never really forget--that we see women and especially young women as things for taking, rapere.

Archive 2009-09-01 Flavia 2009