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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dēstructĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a pulling down, destruction.
I Prop.: murorum, Suet. Galb. 12: munitionum, Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 4.—
II Trop.: sententiarum (opp. confirmatio), a refuting, refutation, Quint. 10, 5, 12: appetentiae, disturbance, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 21, 203.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dēstrūctĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (destruo), destruction, ruine : Suet. Galba 12 || Quint. 10, 5, 12, réfutation.

Latin > German (Georges)

dēstrūctio, ōnis, f. (destruo), das Niederreißen, murorum, Suet. Galb. 12, 1: munitionum, Hieron. epist. 53, 3. – übtr., appetentiae, Störung des Appetits, Cael. Aur. acut. 3, 21, 203: sententiarum, die Entkräftung, Widerlegung der Urteilssprüche (Ggstz. confirmatio), Quint. 10, 5, 12.

Latin > English

destructio destructionis N F :: destruction, demolishing, pulling down; refutation