subruere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →subruo, subruere, subrui, subrutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
undermine;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndpl. perf. act. ind. 3rdsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
- P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...tamquam ex aggere proeliarentur, pars intus occulti muros subruerent. sed excussa ballistis saxa stravere informe opus. et cratis..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...abnuerent, 'gladiisne' inquit 'et pilis perfringere ac subruere muros ullae manus possunt? si aggerem struere, si pluteis cratibusve..."
