ruentum
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;
gen. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...agros diffugiunt, quae sola salus. nec terga ruentum mens Minyis conversa sequi, stetit anxia virtus. ecce levi primos..."- P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...oriturque miserrima caedes defendentum armis aditus inque arma ruentum. exclusi ante oculos lacrimantumque ora parentum pars in praecipitis..."