diruis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →diruo, diruere, dirui, dirutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
demolish/wreck/destroy, pull down, raze to ground; overthrow; bankrupt (L+S);; have one's pay stopped/docked (of soldier); scatter, drive asunder (L+S);
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
- P
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...lampadas tibicinas, atque hanc in horto maceriam iube dirui quantum potest: hac transfer, unam fac domum: transduc..." - G
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...pauca quae ipsi suis praesidiis tueri poterant, reliqua dirui ac deseri, et eorum incolas intra sua praesidia coegisse..." - T
Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inuiolatum relinqueret, templa deum quae pagatim sacrata habebant dirui atque incendi iussit. et ornata eo genere operum eximie..." - T
Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...lacerato uirgis tergo, ceruicem securi Romanae subiciam; nec dirui incendique patriam uidebo, nec rapi ad stuprum matres Campanas..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...deinde, ut monumento area esset oppressae nefariae spei, dirui extemplo iussit. Id Aequimaelium appellatum est. L. Minucius bove..."