diruo

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ ruō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.ru.oː/, [ˈd̪iːruoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ru.o/, [ˈd̪iːruo]

Verb

dīruō (present infinitive dīruere, perfect active dīruī, supine dīrutum); third conjugation

1. to overthrow, demolish, destroy, ruin down

   Synonyms: ruīnō, accido, tollo, aboleō, dēvāstō, ēvāstō, vāstō, dēstruō, perdō, exscindō, occido, populor, interimō, absūmō, impellō, sepeliō, perimō, trucīdō

   Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor

2. to scatter

   Synonyms: effundo, fundo

Conjugation

Conjugation of dīruō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dīruō	dīruis	dīruit	dīruimus	dīruitis	dīruunt
	imperfect	dīruēbam	dīruēbās	dīruēbat	dīruēbāmus	dīruēbātis	dīruēbant
	future	dīruam	dīruēs	dīruet	dīruēmus	dīruētis	dīruent
	perfect	dīruī	dīruistī	dīruit	dīruimus	dīruistis	dīruērunt, dīruēre
	pluperfect	dīrueram	dīruerās	dīruerat	dīruerāmus	dīruerātis	dīruerant
	future perfect	dīruerō	dīrueris	dīruerit	dīruerimus	dīrueritis	dīruerint
passive	present	dīruor	dīrueris, dīruere	dīruitur	dīruimur	dīruiminī	dīruuntur
	imperfect	dīruēbar	dīruēbāris, dīruēbāre	dīruēbātur	dīruēbāmur	dīruēbāminī	dīruēbantur
	future	dīruar	dīruēris, dīruēre	dīruētur	dīruēmur	dīruēminī	dīruentur
	perfect	dīrutus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dīrutus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dīrutus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dīruam	dīruās	dīruat	dīruāmus	dīruātis	dīruant
	imperfect	dīruerem	dīruerēs	dīrueret	dīruerēmus	dīruerētis	dīruerent
	perfect	dīruerim	dīruerīs	dīruerit	dīruerīmus	dīruerītis	dīruerint
	pluperfect	dīruissem	dīruissēs	dīruisset	dīruissēmus	dīruissētis	dīruissent
passive	present	dīruar	dīruāris, dīruāre	dīruātur	dīruāmur	dīruāminī	dīruantur
	imperfect	dīruerer	dīruerēris, dīruerēre	dīruerētur	dīruerēmur	dīruerēminī	dīruerentur
	perfect	dīrutus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dīrutus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dīrue	—	—	dīruite	—
	future	—	dīruitō	dīruitō	—	dīruitōte	dīruuntō
passive	present	—	dīruere	—	—	dīruiminī	—
	future	—	dīruitor	dīruitor	—	—	dīruuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dīruere	dīruisse	dīrutūrum esse	dīruī	dīrutum esse	dīrutum īrī
participles		dīruēns	—	dīrutūrus	—	dīrutus	dīruendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dīruendī	dīruendō	dīruendum	dīruendō	dīrutum	dīrutū

Descendants

• Catalan: derruir
• French: deruer
• Galician: derruír
• Portuguese: derruir
• Spanish: derruir

References

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