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  • 1 ruīna

        ruīna ae, f    [RV-], a rushing down, tumbling, falling down, fall: iumentorum, L.: primique ruinam Dant sonitu ingenti, fall upon each other, V.: graves aulaea ruinas In patinam fecere, fell down, H.—Of buildings, a tumbling, falling down, downfall, ruin (only sing.): repentinā ruinā pars eius turris concidit, Cs.: ferunt eā ruinā ipsum cum cognatis suis oppressum interiisse: iam Deiphobi dedit ampla ruinam domus, i. e. fell in, V. —Fig., a downfall, fall, ruin, catastrophe, calamity, disaster, overthrow, destruction: vis illa fuit et ruina quaedam, a catastrophe: incendium meum ruinā restinguam, with the fall (of the State), S.: patriae, L.: strage ac ruinā fudere Gallos, utter defeat, L.: ille dies utramque Ducet ruinam, i. e. death, H.: ruinae fortunarum tuarum: pectora Quantis fatigaret ruinis, H.: ruinas videres: caeli, i. e. a storm, V.— Plur, a fallen building, ruin, ruins: veteres tantummodo Troia ruinas ostendit, O.: Sagunti ruinae nostris capitibus incident, L.: fumantes Thebarum, L.: Si fractus inlabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinae, H.— A cause of ruin, destroyer: rei p.: publicanorum.
    * * *
    fall; catastrophe; collapse, destruction

    Latin-English dictionary > ruīna

  • 2 ruina

    rŭīna, ae, f. [ruo], a rushing or tumbling down; a falling down, fall (syn.: casus, lapsus).
    I.
    In abstracto.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen. (rare). grandinis, Lucr. 6, 156:

    aquarum,

    Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1 med.:

    nostra (sc. nucum),

    Mart. 13, 25, 2:

    jumentorum sarcinarumque,

    Liv. 44, 5: Capanei, a fall by lightning (v. Capaneus), Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 40:

    (apri saevi) Permixtas dabant equitum peditumque ruinas,

    Lucr. 5, 1329: Tyrrhenus et Aconteus Conixi incurrunt hastis, primique ruinam Dant sonitu ingenti, rush or fall upon each other, Verg. A. 11, 613:

    interea suspensa graves aulaea ruinas In patinam fecere,

    fell down, Hor. S. 2, 8, 54.—
    2.
    In partic., of buildings, a tumbling or falling down, downfall, ruin (class.; in good prose only in sing.):

    repentinā ruinā pars ejus turris concidit... tum hostes, turris repentinā ruinā commoti, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 11 fin. and 12 init.; cf.: ferunt conclave illud, ubi epularetur Scopas, concidisse: eā ruinā ipsum oppressum cum suis interiisse, Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353; id. Div. 2, 8, 20; Tac. A. 2, 47:

    aedificiorum,

    Suet. Oth. 8:

    amphitheatri,

    id. Tib. 40:

    camerae,

    id. Ner. 34:

    spectaculorum,

    id. Calig. 31:

    pontis,

    id. Aug. 20:

    tecta Penthei Disjecta non leni ruinā,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 15:

    jam Deiphobi dedit ampla ruinam, Vulcano superante, domus,

    i. e. fell in, Verg. A. 2, 310; so,

    trahere ruinam,

    id. ib. 2, 465; 9, 712; cf. B. a, infra:

    effulsisse inter ruinam ignes,

    Tac. A. 2, 47:

    ruinam urbis et incendia recordantes,

    Just. 5, 7, 10:

    morbus, captivitas, ruina, ignis,

    Sen. Tranq. 11, 6:

    multos occidere incendii ac ruinae potentia est,

    id. Clem. 1, 26, 5.—In plur.:

    tantae in te impendent ruinae, nisi suffulcis firmiter,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 77; so Vell. 2, 35, 4 (with incendia); Suet. Vesp. 8; Lucr. 2, 1145:

    si fractus illabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinae,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 8:

    dum Capitolio dementes ruinas parabat,

    id. ib. 1, 37, 7.—
    B.
    Trop., a downfall, fall, ruin; accident, catastrophe, disaster, overthrow, destruction, etc. (freq. and class.; used equally in sing. and plur.; cf.: exitium, pernicies).
    (α).
    Sing.:

    vis illa fuit et, ut saepe jam dixi, ruina quaedam atque tempestas,

    a catastrophe, Cic. Clu. 35, 96: incendium meum ruinā restinguam, with the overthrow, fall (of the State), Catilina ap. Sall. C. 31, 9, and ap. Cic. Mur. 25, 51:

    ut communi ruinā patriae opprimerentur,

    Liv. 45, 26; Vell. 2, 91, 4; 2, 85, 1; 2, 124, 1:

    in hac ruinā rerum stetit una integra atque immobilis virtus populi Romani,

    Liv. 26, 41:

    rerum nostrarum,

    id. 5, 51:

    urbis,

    id. 25, 4:

    ex loco superiore impetu facto, strage ac ruinā fudere Gallos,

    utter defeat, id. 5, 43; cf.:

    ruinae similem stragem eques dedit,

    id. 4, 33:

    Cannensis,

    id. 23, 25; 42, 66 fin.; 4, 46;

    5, 47: ruina soceri in exsilium pulsus,

    Tac. H. 4, 6; cf. id. G. 36:

    pereat sceleratus, regnique trahat patriaeque ruinam,

    Ov. M. 8, 497:

    aliae gentes belli sequuntur ruinam,

    Flor. 2, 12, 1:

    ille dies utramque Ducet ruinam,

    i. e. death, Hor. C. 2, 17, 9:

    Neronis principis,

    Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 245.—
    (β).
    Plur.:

    praetermitto ruinas fortunarum tuarum, quas omnes impendere tibi proximis Idibus senties,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 14:

    in ruinis aversae, atque afflictae rei publicae,

    id. Sest. 2, 5:

    devota morti pectora liberae Quantis fatigaret ruinis,

    Hor. C. 4, 14, 19; cf.:

    nox auget ruinas,

    Val. Fl. 3, 207:

    principiis in rerum fecere ruinas et graviter magni magno cecidere ibi casu,

    i. e. false steps, errors, mistakes, Lucr. 1, 740:

    (Academia) si invaserit in haec, miseras edet ruinas,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 39:

    ruinas videres,

    id. Fin. 5, 28, 83.—
    II.
    In concreto.
    1.
    That which tumbles or falls down, a fall (not anteAug.).
    A.
    In gen. ( poet.):

    disjectam Aenaeae toto videt aequore classem Fluctibus oppressos Troas caelique ruinā,

    i. e. a storm, rain, Verg. A. 1, 129; so,

    caeli (with insani imbres),

    Sil. 1, 251:

    poli,

    i. e. thunder, Val. Fl. 8, 334.—
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to I. A. 2.), a building that has tumbled down, a ruin, ruins (mostly in plur., and not in Cic. prose):

    nunc humilis veteres tantummodo Troja ruinas ostendit,

    Ov. M. 15, 424:

    Sagunti ruinae nostris capitibus incident,

    Liv. 21, 10, 10:

    (urbs) deserta ac strata prope omnis ruinis,

    id. 33, 38, 10:

    fumantes Thebarum ruinae,

    id. 9, 18, 7:

    ruinis templorum templa aedificare,

    id. 42, 3:

    in tugurio ruinarum Carthaginiensium,

    Vell. 2, 19 fin. —In sing.:

    alius par labor... flumina ad lavandam hanc ruinam jugis montium ducere,

    Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 74:

    EX RVINA TEMPLI MARTIS,

    Inscr. Orell. 2448 (A.D. 256).—
    2.
    Transf., of persons who cause ruin, a destroyer:

    rei publicae,

    Cic. Sest. 51, 109:

    ruinae publicanorum,

    id. Prov. Cons. 6, 13.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ruina

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