destruat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →destruo, destruere, destruxi, destructus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
demolish, pull/tear down; destroy, ruin; demolish/refute (arguments/evidence);
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- M
Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Aristoteles. Haec enim est quae constituat, illa quae destruat. Hoc quoque idem aliquatenus novat, quod prohoemio non narrationem..." - P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...quid moror? an mea Pygmalion dum moenia frater destruat aut captam ducat Gaetulus Iarbas? saltem si qua mihi..."
