deleo

dēlĕo, lēvi, lētum, 2 (perf. sync. delerunt, Cic. Red. in Sen. 2, 4: delerit, Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 19; id. Balb. 19, 43: delerat, id. Fam. 15, 5, 3: delerant, id. Sest. 19, 44; plqpf. subj. sync. delesset, Val. Max. 3, 7; Liv. 27, 40, 4; part. perf. dēlĭtus: litterae delitae, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372: epistola delita, Calvus ib.; Cic. Ep. ap. Prisc. p. 873; cf. 1. aboleo), v. a. [Sanscr. R. lī, adhere; cf.: vi-lī, dissolve; Gr. λίμνη, λιμήν, λειμών, etc.; Lat. lino, perf. levi; polio, etc.; cf. also Gr. λιμός, Lat. lētum], to abolish, destroy, annihilate (freq. and class.; cf.: eluo, diluo, diruo, exstinguo, everto, demolior, destruo).

• I Of objects not personal: si certo tempore luna Gignitur et certo deletur tempore rursus, Lucr. 5, 748 (for which, shortly before, nova luna creari ... aborisci): si Juppiter saepe urbes delevit, fruges perdidit, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; so, urbem Numantiam, Carthaginem, etc., Caes. B. C. 2, 12 fin.; Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 21; Sall. J. 8, 2; Hor. Od. 3, 6, 14; Ov. M. 13, 219 al.; cf.: magnam Graeciam, Cic. Lael. 4, 13: nomen Aequorum prope ad internecionem, Liv. 9, 45; and, Volscum nomen, id. 3, 8: sepulcrum, Cic. Leg. 2, 26: aedificia, id. Agr. 2, 32 fin. al.: epistulas, id. Fam. 7, 18, 2; so of the blotting out, effacing, obliterating, of writing, id. ib. 14, 3; id. Clu. 14, 41; id. Rosc. Com. 2 fin.; Quint. 10, 3, 31; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 69; id. A. P. 389; Ov. M. 9, 524; Vulg. Apoc. 3, 5: stigmata in facie, Plin. 25, 13, 110, § 175: radices, Col. 11, 3, 56 al. —
• • B Trop., to finish, stop, terminate, end: praesentia, futura bella, Cic. Lael. 3, 11: omnes leges una rogatione, id. Sest. 26: omnia morte, id. Lael. 4, 13: omnem memoriam discordiarum oblivione sempiterna, id. Phil. 1, 1; cf. id. Deiot. 13, 37: nec si quid olim lusit Anacreon, Delevit aetas, Hor. Od. 4, 9, 10; trop.: deleo omnes dehinc ex animo mulieres (i. e. memoriam mulierum), Ter. Eun. 296: veritatem (simulatio), Cic. Lael. 25, 92: omnem molestiam, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8: improbitatem (with exstinguere), id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26; cf.: turpitudinem fugae virtute, Caes. B. G. 2, 27: priorem ignominiam, Liv. 39, 30.—
• II Of personal objects: dispersis ac paene deletis hostibus, destroyed, annihilated, Caes. B. G. 6, 36, 2; so milit., id. ib. 6, 37, 7; id. B. C. 3, 70; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 8, 21; id. Mur. 35 fin.; id. Vat. 10, 24 init.; Tac. A. 4, 51; Verg. A. 11, 898 al.: homines morte deletos, Cic. N. D. 1, 15: toto animante deleto, id. Tusc. 1, 37, 90; rarely of a single person: C. Curionem, id. Vat. 10, 24 fin.

dēleo, lēvī, lētum, ēre (de u. *leo [bessen Nbf. lino, lēvi], wovon auch letum, od. de u. oleo, vgl. aboleo), zugrunde richten, I) eine Sache = vertilgen, zerstören, vernichten, A) im allg.: urbes, Liv.: aedificia, Cic.: alcis epistulas, Cic.: Volscum nomen, Liv.: bellum, mit der Wurzel vernichten, gänzlich beendigen, Nep., bella, Cic.: memoriam alcis, Liv.: omnes leges unā rogatione, Cic.: omnes ex animo mulieres, Ter.: suspicionem ex animo, Cic.: maculam, Cic.: turpitudinem fugae virtute, Caes. – B) insbes., Eingegrabenes, Geschriebenes tilgen, auslöschen, Cic. u.a.: digito legata, Cic.: lacrimis prope delere epistulam, Cic.: Stigmata in facie, Plin. – II) eine Person vertilgen, vernichten, aufreiben, paene hostes, Caes.: exercitum, Cic.: senatum, Cic.: totum senatum de re publica, Cic.: homines iam morte deletos (hingeraffte) reponere in deos, Cic. – selten eine Pers., C. Curionem delere voluisti, Cic. Vat. 24.

See: delere

dēlĕō, (8) ēvī, ētum, ēre (cf. aboleo ), tr., ¶ 1 effacer, biffer : Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 2 ; 14, 3, 1 || [abs^t ] Att. 15, 4, 3 ¶ 2 détruire anéantir : urbem Cic. Amer. 131, détruire une ville, cf. Mur. 80 ; homines morte deleti Cic. Nat. 1, 38, hommes que la mort a fait disparaître ; veritatem delet simulatio Cic. Læl. 92, lʼhypocrisie détruit la vérité ; deletis hostibus Cæs. G. 6, 36, 2, les ennemis étant anéantis, cf. 6, 37, 7 ; Cic. Pomp. 21 ; Tusc. 1, 90 ; Vat. 24.

➳ formes sync. delerunt Cic. Sen. 4 ; delerit Cic. Cat. 4, 19 ; delerat, delerant Cic. Fam. 15, 5, 3 ; Sest. 44 ; delesset Liv. 27, 40, 4.

deleo , es, evi, etum, ere. 2.
勾去。刮去。滅跡。 Delebo omnes dehinc ex animo mulieres 不使婦女縈吾心懷。

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dēleō ēvī (dēlērat, C.; dēlēsset, L.), ētus, ēre

• de + LI-, to erase, efface, obliterate, blot out: epistulas: cum tabulas prehendisset, digito legata delevit: Non delenda carmina, H.: tabellas, O.: tabulas, Iu.—In gen., to abolish, destroy, annihilate, overthrow, raze, extinguish: urbīs: ante Carthaginem deletam, S.: Volscum nomen, L.: sepulcrum: dispersis ac pene deletis hostibus, Cs.: copias multis proeliis: homines morte deletos: Curionem: toto animante deleto.—Fig., to finish, put an end to, extinguish, abolish, annul: bella: decreta: ad delendam priorem ignominiam, L.: morte omnia deleri: omnis improbitas delenda: operis famam, O.: leges una rogatione.—To blot put, obliterate, efface: memoriam discordiarum oblivione: suspicionem ex animo: turpitudinem fugae virtute, Cs.