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rapere

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However, rapere is also the source for innocuous English terms like rapt and rapture.

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However, rapere is also the source for innocuous English terms like rapt and rapture.

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However, rapere is also the source for innocuous English terms like rapt and rapture.

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Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

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> Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

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I don't know where this name came from, but it made me think of Latin rapere, "to snatch/grab/carry off", which is the etymological source of "rape" and, while a common word, was also used for somewhat related purposes in Roman times (namely, kidnapping women).

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I don't know where this name came from, but it made me think of Latin rapere, "to snatch/grab/carry off", which is the etymological source of "rape" and, while a common word, was also used for somewhat related purposes in Roman times (namely, kidnapping women).

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However, rapere is also the source for innocuous English terms like rapt and rapture.