deles
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;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...tinea pertunde libellos. frange miser calamum uigilataque proelia dele, qui facis in parua sublimia carmina cella, ut dignus..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...radicibus obstant Cyclades, ipsa tua Mycono Gyaroque reuelli, Dele, times magnique fidem testaris alumni. septima iam nitidum terris..."
