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
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..."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..."
