to tear asunder, overthrow, demolish, destroy: maceriam iube dirui, T.: urbem:
muros, N.: nova diruunt, alia aedificant, S.:
post diruta Pergama, O.—To scatter, disperse,
destroy: agmina vasto impetu, H.: omnia
Bacchanalia, L. — Esp., to deprive (of pay), ruin: aere dirutus est, his pay was stopped: homo
dirutus, bankrupt.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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