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|lshtext=<b>dē-mōlĭor</b>: ītus, 4,<br /><b>I</b> v. dep. a., to [[cast]] [[off]], [[remove]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen. So [[only]] [[once]] in a trop. [[sense]]: culpam de me demolibor, Plaut. Bac. 3, 1, 16.—Far [[more]] freq.,<br /><b>II</b> In partic., of buildings, to [[throw]] [[down]], [[pull]] or [[tear]] [[down]], [[demolish]] (for syn. cf.: [[deleo]], [[eluo]], [[diluo]], [[diruo]], [[everto]], [[destruo]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: monimenta virum, Lucr. 6, 242; (Lachm. [[lamenta]]): domum, Cic. Off. 1, 39: parietem, id. Top. 4, 22: statuas, id. Verr. 2, 2, 67: [[signum]], id. ib. 2, 4, 39: columnas, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1 fin.: munitiones, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 95, 22; cf. Nep. Timol. 3, 3: deum immortalium templa, Liv. 42, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of [[inanimate]] subjects: [[arcus]] et statuas, aras [[etiam]] templaque demolitur et obscurat [[oblivio]], Plin. [[Pan]]. 55, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to [[demolish]], [[destroy]]: aevi prioris Robora, Ov. M. 15, 228: si [[quod]] cuiquam [[privatim]] officiet jus, id destruet ac demolietur, [[quid]] attinebit? etc., Liv. 34, 3: Bacchanalia, id. 39, 16: faciem, to [[disfigure]], Hier. in Matt. 6, 16 (as a transl. of the Gr. ἀφανίζειν τὸ [[πρόσωπον]]): terram, [[lay]] [[waste]], Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 25; id. Jer. 51, 2.—Absol.: ubi [[tinea]] demolitur, id. Matt. 6, 19 sq.!*?<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Act. form dēmōlĭo, īre, Naev. ap. Diom. p. 395 P. (Com. v. 48 Rib.); Varr. ib. Lex ap. Front. Aquaed. 129; Lact. 4, 11, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Demolior, īri, in [[pass]]. signif., Lex ap. Front. l. l.; [[Curio]] ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.; Dig. 7, 4, 10; 41, 3, 23; Inscr. Orell. 3015.
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|gf=<b>dēmōlĭor</b>,¹² ītus sum, īrī, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> mettre à bas, faire descendre : [[signum]] Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 75, descendre une statue de son socle, cf. 4, 99 ; parietem Cic. Top. 22, abattre, démolir une muraille, cf. Att. 4, 2, 5 ; Off. 1, 138<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] détruire, renverser : Ov. M. 15, 228 ; Liv. 34, 3<br /><b>3</b> éloigner, rejeter [fig.] : demoliri de se culpam Pl. Bacch. 383, rejeter loin de soi une faute. fut. [[demolibor]] Pl. Bacch. 383 &#124;&#124; sens passif : Lex d. Frontin. Aqu. 129 ; [[Curio]] d. Prisc. Gramm. 8, 19 ; Dig. 7, 4, 10 ; 41, 3, 23.||sens passif : Lex d. Frontin. Aqu. 129 ; [[Curio]] d. Prisc. Gramm. 8, 19 ; Dig. 7, 4, 10 ; 41, 3, 23.
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