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..."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..."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..."