(adverb) : dē-ruptus, a, um, Part. [derumpo, not in use]
* Broken; hence, like abruptus, of localities, precipitous, steep (not before Lucret.): dextra pars (maceriae) in aliquantum altitudinis,Liv. 42, 15; so, saxa,Lucr. 6, 539: ripae,Liv. 37, 39: angustiae (with praecipites),id. 21, 33: collis (with arduus),Tac. A. 2, 80: spatia terrae (with prona),Gell. 7, 2, 11.—Comp.: in deruptiorem tumulum,Liv. 38, 2.—Sup. and appear not to occur.
* In plur. subst., dērupta, ōrum, n., precipices: in derupta praecipitati,Liv. 38, 2 fin.: per derupta et avia,Tac. A. 4, 45; 6, 21.

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