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κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλινbend back along the second turn of the race, turning the bend and coming back for the second leg of the double run, run the homeward course, retrace one's steps

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Latin > English

destruo destruere, destruxi, destructus V TRANS :: demolish, pull/tear down; destroy, ruin; demolish/refute (arguments/evidence)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dē-strŭo: xi, ctum, 3,
I 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dēstrŭō,¹¹ xī, ctum, ĕre, tr., démolir, détruire, renverser, abattre : ædificium Cic. CM 72, démolir un bâtiment || [fig.] détruire, abattre : jus Liv. 34, 3, détruire le droit ; hostem Tac. Ann. 2, 63, abattre un ennemi.

Latin > German (Georges)

dē-struo, strūxī, strūctum, ere, etw. Gebautes niederreißen, einreißen, zerstören (Ggstz. construere, exstruere, aedificare), I) eig.: navem, aedificium, Cic.: theatrum, Liv. epit. u. Plin. ep.: templum prope funditus, Suet.: quod destruitur aedificatum est, Lact. – poet., crinem manumque, d.i. des Diadems u. Szepters berauben, Stat. Theb. 12, 93. – II) übtr., aus seinen Fugen reißen, niederreißen, stürzen, zugrunde richten, vernichten, zerstören (zerstörend wirken auf usw.), unschädlich machen, lahm legen, umstoßen, a) lebl. Objj.: regnum alcis, Iustin.: tyrannidem, Quint.: ius destr. ac demoliri, Liv.: constantiam alcis, jmdm. den Lebensmut rauben, Petron.: finitionem (Ggstz. confirmare), Quint.: orationem, Quint.: beneficia levitate, Col.: v. lebl. Subjj., sic longius aevum destruit ingentes animos (Mut), Lucan. 8, 28. – b) Pers.: alqm, Vell. u. Plin. pan.: Artaxerxem, Val. Max.: hostem, Tac.: testem infamiā criminum, Quint.