delendae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deleo, delere, delevi, deletus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
erase, wipe/scratch/remove (letters/marks), wipe/blot out, expunge, delete;; annihilate/exterminate, kill every member of a group; put end to, end/abolish;; destroy completely, demolish/obliterate/crush; ruin; overthrow; nullify/annul;
dat. sg. fut. pass. part.gen. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. pl. fut. pass. part.voc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
In Catilinam IV
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...esse dixit. Quorum quod simile factum, quod initum delendae rei publicae consilium? Largitionis voluntas tum in re publica..."Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ceterum postquam Hasdrubalem Gisgonis uenientem ad reliquias belli delendas transisse Hiberum et adpropinquare adlatum est signumque pugnae propositum..."Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...aestate. In via plane non nulla leviora statimque delenda ea garrulitate qua sermones in vehiculo seruntur extendi..."
