diruo

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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

   Conjugation of dīruō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dīruō dīruis dīruit dīruimus dīruitis dīruunt
imperfect dīruēbam dīruēbās dīruēbat dīruēbāmus dīruēbātis dīruēbant
future dīruam dīruēs dīruet dīruēmus dīruētis dīruent
perfect dīruī dīruistī dīruit dīruimus dīruistis dīruērunt,
dīruēre
pluperfect dīrueram dīruerās dīruerat dīruerāmus dīruerātis dīruerant
future perfect dīruerō dīrueris dīruerit dīruerimus dīrueritis dīruerint
passive present dīruor dīrueris,
dīruere
dīruitur dīruimur dīruiminī dīruuntur
imperfect dīruēbar dīruēbāris,
dīruēbāre
dīruēbātur dīruēbāmur dīruēbāminī dīruēbantur
future dīruar dīruēris,
dīruēre
dīruētur dīruēmur dīruēminī dīruentur
perfect dīrutus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dīrutus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dīrutus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dīruam dīruās dīruat dīruāmus dīruātis dīruant
imperfect dīruerem dīruerēs dīrueret dīruerēmus dīruerētis dīruerent
perfect dīruerim dīruerīs dīruerit dīruerīmus dīruerītis dīruerint
pluperfect dīruissem dīruissēs dīruisset dīruissēmus dīruissētis dīruissent
passive present dīruar dīruāris,
dīruāre
dīruātur dīruāmur dīruāminī dīruantur
imperfect dīruerer dīruerēris,
dīruerēre
dīruerētur dīruerēmur dīruerēminī dīruerentur
perfect dīrutus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dīrutus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dīrue dīruite
future dīruitō dīruitō dīruitōte dīruuntō
passive present dīruere dīruiminī
future dīruitor dīruitor dīruuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dīruere dīruisse dīrutūrum esse dīruī dīrutum esse dīrutum īrī
participles dīruēns dīrutūrus dīrutus dīruendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dīruendī dīruendō dīruendum dīruendō dīrutum dīrutū

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.