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corruo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : cor-rŭo (conr-), ŭi, 3, and
* A.
* Neutr.
* To fall together, fall or tumble down, fall, sink to the ground, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
* Act., to bring to the ground, to heap together, overthrow, ruin (very rare).
* To fall, to rush headlong (very rare): quo cum corruit haec vis,Lucr. 6, 825: accipitres velut rostris inter se corruerent, were falling upon each other (al. leg. concurrerent), Curt. 3, 3, 18.— Impers.: longe violentius semper ex necessitate quam ex virtute corruitur,the onset is made,Sen. Q. N. 2, 59, 5.
* Lit.: hanc rerum summam,Lucr. 5, 369: corpus,App. M. 8, p. 204, 37: divitias,to heap up,Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 58: corbes ab eo quod eo spicas aliudve quid corruebant,Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.—*
* Trop.: in quo me corruerit genere,Cat. 68, 52.
* A.
* Neutr.
* To fall together, fall or tumble down, fall, sink to the ground, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
* Act., to bring to the ground, to heap together, overthrow, ruin (very rare).
* To fall, to rush headlong (very rare): quo cum corruit haec vis,Lucr. 6, 825: accipitres velut rostris inter se corruerent, were falling upon each other (al. leg. concurrerent), Curt. 3, 3, 18.— Impers.: longe violentius semper ex necessitate quam ex virtute corruitur,the onset is made,Sen. Q. N. 2, 59, 5.
* Lit.: hanc rerum summam,Lucr. 5, 369: corpus,App. M. 8, p. 204, 37: divitias,to heap up,Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 58: corbes ab eo quod eo spicas aliudve quid corruebant,Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.—*
* Trop.: in quo me corruerit genere,Cat. 68, 52.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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