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demolior
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Lewis Short
dē-mōlĭor, ītus, 4
* V. dep. a., to cast off, remove.
* In gen. So only once in a trop. sense: culpam de me demolibor,Plaut. Bac. 3, 1, 16.—Far more freq.
* In partic., of buildings, to throw down, pull or tear down, demolish (for syn. cf.: deleo, eluo, diluo, diruo, everto, destruo).
* Lit.: monimenta virum,Lucr. 6, 242; (Lachm. lamenta): domum,Cic. Off. 1, 39: parietem,id. Top. 4, 22: statuas,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 67: signum,id. ib. 2, 4, 39: columnas,id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1 fin.: munitiones, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 95, 22; cf. Nep. Timol. 3, 3: deum immortalium templa,Liv. 42, 3.
* Of inanimate subjects: arcus et statuas, aras etiam templaque demolitur et obscurat oblivio,Plin. Pan. 55, 9.
* Trop., to demolish, destroy: aevi prioris Robora,Ov. M. 15, 228: si quod cuiquam privatim officiet jus, id destruet ac demolietur, quid attinebit? etc.,Liv. 34, 3: Bacchanalia,id. 39, 16: faciem,to disfigure,Hier. in Matt. 6, 16 (as a transl. of the Gr. ἀφανίζειν τὸ πρόσωπον): terram,lay waste,Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 25; id. Jer. 51, 2.—Absol.: ubi tinea demolitur,id. Matt. 6, 19 sq.!*?
* Act. form dēmōlĭo, īre, Naev. ap. Diom. p. 395 P. (Com. v. 48 Rib.); Varr. ib. Lex ap. Front. Aquaed. 129; Lact. 4, 11, 6.
* Demolior, īri, in pass. signif., Lex ap. Front. l. l.; Curio ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.; Dig. 7, 4, 10; 41, 3, 23; Inscr. Orell. 3015.
* V. dep. a., to cast off, remove.
* In gen. So only once in a trop. sense: culpam de me demolibor,Plaut. Bac. 3, 1, 16.—Far more freq.
* In partic., of buildings, to throw down, pull or tear down, demolish (for syn. cf.: deleo, eluo, diluo, diruo, everto, destruo).
* Lit.: monimenta virum,Lucr. 6, 242; (Lachm. lamenta): domum,Cic. Off. 1, 39: parietem,id. Top. 4, 22: statuas,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 67: signum,id. ib. 2, 4, 39: columnas,id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1 fin.: munitiones, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 95, 22; cf. Nep. Timol. 3, 3: deum immortalium templa,Liv. 42, 3.
* Of inanimate subjects: arcus et statuas, aras etiam templaque demolitur et obscurat oblivio,Plin. Pan. 55, 9.
* Trop., to demolish, destroy: aevi prioris Robora,Ov. M. 15, 228: si quod cuiquam privatim officiet jus, id destruet ac demolietur, quid attinebit? etc.,Liv. 34, 3: Bacchanalia,id. 39, 16: faciem,to disfigure,Hier. in Matt. 6, 16 (as a transl. of the Gr. ἀφανίζειν τὸ πρόσωπον): terram,lay waste,Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 25; id. Jer. 51, 2.—Absol.: ubi tinea demolitur,id. Matt. 6, 19 sq.!*?
* Act. form dēmōlĭo, īre, Naev. ap. Diom. p. 395 P. (Com. v. 48 Rib.); Varr. ib. Lex ap. Front. Aquaed. 129; Lact. 4, 11, 6.
* Demolior, īri, in pass. signif., Lex ap. Front. l. l.; Curio ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.; Dig. 7, 4, 10; 41, 3, 23; Inscr. Orell. 3015.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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