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destruo

destruo, to tear down, raze, demolish

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

dēstruō, strūxī, strūctus, 3, a.: to destroy, tear down, 4.326.

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destruxit Verb: perfect active indicative 3rd singular of destruo

See destruxit in Morpho

dē-strŭo, xi, ctum, 3,
  • v. a., to pull or tear down any thing built (opp. construo— for syn. cf.: demolior, diruo).
  • I Prop. (rare but class.): navem, aedificium idem destruit facillime, qui construxit, Cic. de Sen. 20, 72; so, templum prope funditus, Suet. Vesp. 9: moenia, Verg. A. 4, 326: aras, Vulg. Exod. 34, 13 et saep.—
    • B Poet. transf.: crinemque manumque, i. e., to strip off crown and sceptre, Stat. Th. 12, 93.—
  • II Trop., to destroy, ruin, weaken (perh. not ante-Aug.): destruere ac demoliri aliquid, Liv. 34, 3: tyrannidem, Quint. 1, 10, 48: orationem (opp. illustrare), id. 11, 1, 2; cf. finitionem (opp. confirmare), id. 7, 3, 19: singulos testes (opp. exornare), id. 5, 7, 25 sq.: hostem, Tac. A. 2, 63: senem, id. H. 1, 6: multa vetustas, Ov. F. 5, 132; cf. id. M. 15, 235: dicta vultu, id. A. A. 2, 312: legem, Vulg. Rom. 3, 31.

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