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..."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..."