diruo

diruo

Latin

Etymology

    From dis- + ruō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    dīruō (present infinitive dīruere, perfect active dīruī, supine dīrutum); third conjugation

    1. to overthrow, demolish, destroy, ruin down
      Synonyms: ruīnō, accido, tollo, aboleō, dēvāstō, ēvāstō, vāstō, dēstruō, perdō, exscindō, occido, populor, interimō, absūmō, impellō, sepeliō, perimō, trucīdō
      Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor
    2. to scatter
      Synonyms: effundo, fundo

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Catalan: derruir
    • French: deruer
    • Galician: derruír
    • Portuguese: derruir
    • Spanish: derruir

    References

    • diruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • diruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • diruo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.