demolior

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ mōlior (“exert, undertake”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈmoː.li.or/, [d̪eːˈmoːlʲiɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈmo.li.or/, [d̪eˈmɔːlior]

Verb

dēmōlior (present infinitive dēmōlīrī, perfect active dēmōlītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent

1. to demolish, tear down

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēmōlior (fourth conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēmōlior		dēmōlīris, dēmōlīre		dēmōlītur		dēmōlīmur		dēmōlīminī		dēmōliuntur
	imperfect	dēmōliēbar		dēmōliēbāris, dēmōliēbāre		dēmōliēbātur		dēmōliēbāmur		dēmōliēbāminī		dēmōliēbantur
	future	dēmōliar		dēmōliēris, dēmōliēre		dēmōliētur		dēmōliēmur		dēmōliēminī		dēmōlientur
	perfect	dēmōlītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēmōlītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēmōlītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēmōliar		dēmōliāris, dēmōliāre		dēmōliātur		dēmōliāmur		dēmōliāminī		dēmōliantur
	imperfect	dēmōlīrer		dēmōlīrēris, dēmōlīrēre		dēmōlīrētur		dēmōlīrēmur		dēmōlīrēminī		dēmōlīrentur
	perfect	dēmōlītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēmōlītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dēmōlīre		—		—		dēmōlīminī		—
	future	—		dēmōlītor		dēmōlītor		—		—		dēmōliuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēmōlīrī			—			dēmōliēns			—
future		dēmōlītūrum esse			—			dēmōlītūrus			dēmōliendus, dēmōliundus
perfect		dēmōlītum esse			—			dēmōlītus			—
future perfect		dēmōlītum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		dēmōlītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dēmōliendī		dēmōliendō		dēmōliendum		dēmōliendō		dēmōlītum		dēmōlītū

Related terms

• dēmōlītiō
• dēmōlītor
• mōlior

Descendants

• Catalan: demolir
• Old French: demolir
  • → English: demolish
  • French: démolir
• → German: demolieren
• Italian: demolire
• Norman: dêmoli (Jersey)
• Romanian: demola
• Portuguese: demolir
• Spanish: demoler

References

• “demolior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “demolior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• demolior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to demolish, raze a house: domum demoliri (Top. 4. 22)