raptus

I put the word raptus on the board and explain that this is where rape comes from: taken, plundered, stolen, a spoil of war.

Archive 2009-09-01 Flavia 2009

I put the word raptus on the board and explain that this is where rape comes from: taken, plundered, stolen, a spoil of war.

Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2009

"What king do you place above all other kings, Magister?" asked Petrea for the second time, -- having this evening her "raptus" of questioning.

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864

* raptus, meaning, “seized and taken, kidnapped by force, snatched hold of and then taken hostage, carried off or away.”

the plot of our life sweats in the dark like a face truepenny 2008

Likewise, there's a scene in Ink and Steel wherein I used every English word derived from the Latin raptus* that I could manage.

the plot of our life sweats in the dark like a face truepenny 2008

Who knows today, who even knew in classical times, what inspiration is, what genuine, old, primeval enthusiasm, insicklied critique, unparalysed by thought or by the mortal domination of reason — who knows the divine raptus?

Archive 2007-12-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007

Who knows today, who even knew in classical times, what inspiration is, what genuine, old, primeval enthusiasm, insicklied critique, unparalysed by thought or by the mortal domination of reason — who knows the divine raptus?

Comparative Ponerology of the Day Matthew Guerrieri 2007

But connecting with the raptus of summer is something most of us presume without noticing the link we've made.

Lindsay Mannering: Summertime Spirits, And I Don't Mean Booze 2008

Greek author that flourished in the time of Michael Paleologus, writes that a sheep or kid's skin, whom a wolf worried, [4344] Haedus inhumani raptus ab ore lupi, ought not at all to be worn about a man, because it causeth palpitation of the heart, not for any fear, but a secret virtue which amulets have.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Cephalus egregiae formae juvenis ab aurora raptus quod ejus amore capta esset.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007