delendum
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;
acc. sg. fut. pass. part.acc. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. sg. fut. pass. part.voc. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sibi dedi postularet populus Romanus, Hiberum traiecisse ad delendum nomen Romanorum liberandumque orbem terrarum. Tum nemini visum..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Pedum armis virisque et omni vi expugnandum ac delendum senatus fremit coactique novi consules omnibus eam rem praeverti..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...populi Romani Ardeates credebant; senatui superesse aliquid ad delendum publicae avaritiae monumentum videbatur. Consul triumphans in urbem redit..."