English

Noun

raptus ‎(plural raptuses)

1. (pathology) A seizure.
2. A state of rapture.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 351:

     In the condition called raptus or ravishment by theologians, breathing and circulation are so depressed that it is a question among the doctors whether the soul be or be not temporarily dissevered from the body.

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Verb

raptus

1. conditional of raptar

Italian

Etymology

Latin

Noun

raptus m ‎(invariable)

1. fit, raptus, brainstorm

Anagrams

• stupra

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈrap.tus/, [ˈrap.tʊs]

Participle

raptus m ‎(feminine rapta, neuter raptum); first/second declension

1. snatched, having been snatched, grabbed, having been grabbed, carried off, having been carried off

Inflection

First/second declension.

Noun

raptus m ‎(genitive raptūs); fourth declension

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

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Descendants

• French: rapt, raptus
• Spanish: rapto

See also

• raptor ("thief", "robber")

Derived terms

• rapt
• rapture
• rape

References

• raptus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• raptus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• RAPTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “raptus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to live on meat, fish, by plunder: vivere carne, piscibus, rapto (Liv. 7. 25)