delevit
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Alcibiades
Cornelius Nepos
"...gerendae non dimisit eoque impetu bellum totum delevit. At Alcibiades, victis Atheniensibus non satis tuta eadem loca sibi..."Themistocles
Cornelius Nepos
"...defendentibus, interfectis sacerdotibus, quos in arce invenerat, incendio delevit. Cuius flamma perterriti classiarii, cum manere non auderent..."In Catilinam IV
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...duas urbes huic imperio infestissimas, Carthaginem Numantiamque, delevit, habeatur vir egregius Paulus ille, cuius currum rex potentissimus quondam..."