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detrudo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From de- +‎ trudo (thrust, push, shove).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dētrūdō (present infinitive dētrūdere, perfect active dētrūsī, supine dētrūsum); third conjugation

  1. to expel; dislodge; force, thrust, drive, or shove off, down, or away
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.144–145:
      Cȳmothoē simul et Trītōn adnīxus acūtō
      dētrūdunt nāvīs scopulō; levat ipse tridentī
      Cymothoë and Triton, pushing together, dislodge ships from the sharp reef; [Neptune] himself pries up [ships] with his trident.
  2. to dispossess, eject, force, compel

Conjugation

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Descendants

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English: detrusor

References

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  • detrudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • detrudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • detrudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.