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Latin
Etymology
From de- + trudo (“thrust, push, shove”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dētrūdō (present infinitive dētrūdere, perfect active dētrūsī, supine dētrūsum); third conjugation
- to expel; dislodge; force, thrust, drive, or shove off, down, or away
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.144–145:
- Cȳmothoē simul et Trītōn adnīxus acūtō
dētrūdunt nāvīs scopulō; levat ipse tridentī- Cymothoë and Triton, pushing together, dislodge ships from the sharp reef; himself pries up with his trident.
- to dispossess, eject, force, compel
Conjugation
Descendants
→ English: detrusor
References
- “detrudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “detrudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- detrudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.