deartuo
ἀμείνω δ' αἴσιμα πάντα (Odyssey VII.310 / XV.71) → all things are better in moderation
Latin > English
deartuo deartuare, deartuavi, deartuatus V TRANS :: dismember; rend limb from limb (L+S); ruin
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dĕ-artŭo: āvi, ātum, l, v. a. artus; cf. artuatus and artuatim. Lit.,
I to dismember, to rend limb by limb; hence, trop., to ruin: "quasi per artus concidere," Non. 95, 17 (only in the foll. passages): fallaciis opes, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 14: deartuatus sum hujus technis, id. ib. 3, 4, 108; cf. Non. l. l.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dĕartŭō,¹⁵ āvī, ātum, āre (de, artus), tr., démembrer, disloquer [fig.] : deartuare opes Pl. Capt. 672, dépecer, disloquer une fortune, cf. Non. 95, 17.
Latin > German (Georges)
de-artuo, āvī, ātum, āre (de u. artus), eig. gliederweise zerreißen, dah. übtr., durch Betrug zugrunde richten, ruinieren, deartuatus sum miser, Plaut. capt. 640: deartuavisti opes, ibid. 672.
