ruentia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ruo, ruere, rui, rutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
destroy, ruin, overthrow; rush on, run; fall; charge (in + ACC); be ruined;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...huic iuvenis oneri per medios ignium globos et ruentia tecta sufficit? illud est, cui vix habere possit mortalitas..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...intus fumo acvapore ad duo milia armatorum, ruentia novissime in ipsas flammas, dum evadere tendunt, absumpta. M. Livio..."