dilapido

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Δαίμων ἐμαυτῷ γέγονα γήμας πλουσίαν → Malus sum mihimet ipse Genius, ducta divite → Ich stürzt' mich selbst ins Unglück durch die reiche Frau

Menander, Monostichoi, 132

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dī-lăpĭdo: āre, v. a., lit., to scatter like stones; hence,
I to throw away, squander, to consume (very rare): nostras triginta minas, Ter. Ph. 5, 7, 4; cf. facultates, Firm. Math. 6, 10: grandine hominumque boumque labores, to destroy, Col. 10, 330.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dīlăpĭdō, āvī, ātum, āre (dis, lapido), tr.,
1 cribler de pierres, [ou] comme à coups de pierres : grandine dilapidare hominum labores Col. Rust. 10, 330, cribler de grêle les travaux des hommes
2 jeter de côté et d’autre comme des pierres, disperser, dissiper, gaspiller, dilapider : Ter. Phorm. 898.