rumpant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →rumpo, rumpere, rupi, ruptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
break; destroy;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Thetis unguento palleat uncta tuo, Candida Setini rumpant crystalla trientes, Dormiat in pluma nec meliore Venus: Ad nocturna..."- M
VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...proterat miserum onustum vehiculum et sanctissimum pectus ungulae rumpant. ipsa, quoniam deficeris oculis, elisum caput et oppressa ponderibus..." - P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...corpora volves, Thybri pater! poscant acies et foedera rumpant.' Haec ubi dicta dedit, solio se tollit ab alto..."