subruerent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →subruo, subruere, subrui, subrutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
undermine;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
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..."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..."