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
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...lampadas tibicinas, atque hanc in horto maceriam iube dirui quantum potest: hac transfer, unam fac domum: transduc..."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..."Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inuiolatum relinqueret, templa deum quae pagatim sacrata habebant dirui atque incendi iussit. et ornata eo genere operum eximie..."Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...lacerato uirgis tergo, ceruicem securi Romanae subiciam; nec dirui incendique patriam uidebo, nec rapi ad stuprum matres Campanas..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...deinde, ut monumento area esset oppressae nefariae spei, dirui extemplo iussit. Id Aequimaelium appellatum est. L. Minucius bove..."