destruis
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. ind. 2nd
Examples
de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...inuidia (alit enim liuorem infelix inertia et omnes destrui cupiunt, quia se non potuere prouehere); ex hac deinde..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...imperium si iis quoque legionibus cupido novandi fuisset. destrui per haec fortunam suam Caesar imparemque tanto merito rebatur..."