diruto
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);
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- C
Conon
Cornelius Nepos
"...Conon cum parte navium in patriam venit, muros dirutos a Lysandro utrosque, et Piraei et Athenarum, reficiendos curat..." - T
Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...libera quoque corpora, quae caedibus superfuerunt, uenum data. diruto magna ex parte et incenso oppido profectus ad Phalannam..." - T
Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...esset, ne ulla parte crudelitas eorum cessaret, muros dirutos urbis nobilissimae esse, leges uetustissimas abrogatas, inclutamque per gentes..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...urbem poterant; nam et pari celeritate nouus pro diruto murus obiciebatur, et armati ruinis superstantes instar munimenti erant..." - T
Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...delecti primum qui, ubi caesam aciem suorum pro diruto muro pugnantem uidissent, extemplo coniuges liberosque interficerent, aurum argentum..." - T
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...aedes fuere in Palatio eius, quae Vacci prata diruto aedificio publicatoque solo appellata. Adversus hunc vastantem effuse Setinum..."