destruite
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);
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...abscondere mentis gaudia quam lacrimis, meritumque inmane tyranni destruit et generi mauolt lugere reuolsum quam debere caput..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...accipi patiar; nam ut qui, quod , inputat, gratiam destruit, ita qui, quantum det, ostendit, munus suum conmendat..."Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...ferus matris tyrannus, obrui meritum cupit, simulacra, titulos destruit mortis metu totum per orbem, quem dedit poenam..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Eteocleos umbrae aspiciant.' simul haec dicens crinemque manumque destruit, accensaque iterat uiolentius ira: 'saeuum agedum inmitemque uocent..."