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1 dēleō
dēleō ēvī (dēlērat, C.; dēlēsset, L.), ētus, ēre [de + LI-], to erase, efface, obliterate, blot out: epistulas: cum tabulas prehendisset, digito legata delevit: Non delenda carmina, H.: tabellas, O.: tabulas, Iu.—In gen., to abolish, destroy, annihilate, overthrow, raze, extinguish: urbīs: ante Carthaginem deletam, S.: Volscum nomen, L.: sepulcrum: dispersis ac pene deletis hostibus, Cs.: copias multis proeliis: homines morte deletos: Curionem: toto animante deleto.—Fig., to finish, put an end to, extinguish, abolish, annul: bella: decreta: ad delendam priorem ignominiam, L.: morte omnia deleri: omnis improbitas delenda: operis famam, O.: leges una rogatione.— To blot put, obliterate, efface: memoriam discordiarum oblivione: suspicionem ex animo: turpitudinem fugae virtute, Cs.* * *delere, delevi, deletus V TRANSerase, wipe/scratch/remove (letters/marks), wipe/blot out, expunge, delete; annihilate/exterminate, kill every member of a group; put end to, end/abolish; destroy completely, demolish/obliterate/crush; ruin; overthrow; nullify/annul -
2 aboleō
aboleō olēvī, olitus, ēre [2 OL-], to destroy, abolish, efface, put out of the way, annihilate: magistratum alicui, L.: nefandi viri monumenta, V.: dedecus armis, V.; of animals dead of the plague: viscera undis, to destroy the (diseased) flesh, V.* * *abolere, abolevi, abolitus V TRANSdestroy, efface, obliterate; kill; banish, dispel; put end to. abolish, rescind -
3 āmōlior
āmōlior ītus sum, īrī, dep. [ab + molior], to remove, move away: obstantia silvarum, Ta.: vos amolimini, take yourselves off, T.: onera, L.—Fig., to avert, put away, remove: dedecus, Ta.: nomen meum, put out of consideration, L.: uxorem, Ta.* * *amoliri, amolitus sum V DEPremove, clear away; get rid of, dispose of, remove, obliterate; avert, refute -
4 con-terō
con-terō trīvī, trītus, ere, to grind, bruise, pound, wear out: infamia pabula sucis, O.: manūs paludibus emuniendis, Ta.: silicem pedibus, Iu.: viam, Pr.—Fig., of time, to consume, spend. waste, use, pass, employ: vitem in quaerendo, T.: frustra tempus: ambulando diem, T.: diei brevitatem conviviis: otium socordiā, S.—To exhaust, engross, expend: se in musicis: conteri in causis: operam frustra, T.—To destroy, abolish, annihilate: iniurias quasi oblivione, obliterate: dignitatem virtutis, make insignificant. -
5 adnullo
adnullare, adnullavi, adnullatus V TRANSannihilate, obliterate, destroy; annul (eccl.) -
6 annullo
annullare, annullavi, annullatus V TRANSannihilate, obliterate, destroy; annul (eccl.) -
7 delino
delinere, delivi, delitus V TRANSsmear/daub/anoint (with); obliterate, smudge/blot out; daub w/owner mark (pig) -
8 aboleo
to destroy, abolish, annul, do away with, obliterate. -
9 annullo
to obliterate, destroy, annihilate. -
10 effligo
efflixiefflectumto wipe out, obliterate, destroy. -
11 eradico
to root out, destroy, obliterate, get rid of -
12 contero
con-tĕro, trīvi (rarely conterui, App. M. 8, p. 212, 12; Ven. Fort. C. 6, 4, 33), trītum, 3, v. a., to grind, bruise, pound, to crumble, separate into small pieces.I.Prop. (so freq. in medic. lang.):II.medium scillae cum aquā ad mellis crassitudinem,
Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 8:cornua cervi,
Ov. Med. Fac. 60:horrendis infamia pabula sucis,
id. M. 14, 44:radicem aridam in pulverem,
Plin. 26, 11, 70, § 113:fracta, contrita,
Lucr. 4, 697.—Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry,Transf., to diminish by rubbing, to waste, destroy (cf.: conficio, consumo, etc.), to rub off, wear out.A.Of material objects:B.latera tua,
Plaut. As. 2, 4, 13:boves et vires agricolarum (followed by conficere),
Lucr. 2, 1161; cf.:conteritur ferrum, silices tenuantur ab usu,
Ov. A. A. 3, 91: superbiter contemptim conterit legiones, Naev. ap. Non. p. 516, 1;humorously imitated: ne nos tam contemptim conteras,
treat contemptuously, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 34; and:conteris Tu tuā me oratione, mulier,
you wear me out, id. Cist. 2, 3, 65 (cf. B. 1. b. infra):corpora ipsa ac manus silvis ac paludibus emuniendis inter verbera ac contumelias conterunt,
Tac. Agr. 31:heri in tergo meo Tris facile corios contrivisti bubulos,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 11:Viam Sacram,
to tread upon frequently, Prop. 2 (3), 23, 15: Paideian Kurou legendo, i. e. to wear out with reading, Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 1:supellectilem pluribus et diversis officiis,
to wear out by use, Quint. 2, 4, 29.—In mal. part.:aliquas indigno quaestu, i. e. prostituere,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 44; cf.tero.—Prov.: is vel Herculi conterere quaestum possiet,
squander the greatest possible fortune, Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68 Lorenz ad loc.—Of immaterial objects.1.Most freq. (like the simple verb) of time, to waste, consume, spend, pass, employ, in a good and bad sense (cf. Sall. C. 4, 1 Kritz); constr. with in and abl. or the abl. only, with dum, or absol.(α).With in:(β).aetatem in pistrino,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 11:vitam atque aetatem meam in quaerendo,
Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15:aetatem in litibus,
Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53:omne otiosum tempus in studiis,
id. Lael. 27, 104:diem in eā arte,
Prop. 2, 1, 46.—With abl.:* (γ).totum hunc diem cursando atque ambulando,
Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 17:majorem aevi partem somno,
Lucr. 3, 1047:tempora spectaculis, etc.,
Quint. 1, 12, 18:diei brevitatem conviviis, longitudinem noctis stupris et flagitiis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26:bonum otium socordiā atque desidiā,
Sall. C. 4, 1.—With dum:(δ).contrivi diem, Dum asto, etc.,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 4.—Absol.:b.vitae modum,
Prop. 1, 7, 9.—Transf. to the person:2.se, ut Plato, in musicis, geometriā, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72; cf.in medial form: cum in causis et in negotiis et in foro conteramur,
id. de Or. 1, 58, 249; id. Caecin. 5, 14.—In gen.:b.operam,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 54; cf.:operam frustra,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 31:quae sunt horum temporum,
to exhaust, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 1.—Trop.:ejus omnis gravissimas injurias quasi voluntariā oblivione,
to obliterate from the memory, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 20: quam (dignitatem virtutis) reliquā ex collatione, facile est conterere atque contemnere, to tread under foot by comparison (opp. in caelum efferre), id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85.—Hence, contrītus, a, um, P. a., worn out, trite, common (mostly in Cic.):proverbium vetustate,
Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 52:praecepta (connected with communia),
id. de Or. 1, 31, 138:contritum et contemptum praemium,
id. Sest. 40, 86. -
13 erado
I.Lit.:II.eradere atque eruere terram,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 136 Müll.:muscum,
Col. 4, 24, 6:medullam,
id. Arb. 9 fin.; Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 162:aliquem (albo),
to strike out, erase, Plin. Pan. 25, 3; Tac. A. 4, 42 fin.; cf.:inscriptos titulos monumento,
Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 8; Amm. 15, 6, 2:corticem,
Vulg. Sap. 13, 11.— Poet. transf.: genas, i. e. to shave off the beard (for which, shortly before, vellere), Prop. 4 (5), 8, 26.—Trop., to abolish, extirpate, eradicate, remove: curam habendi penitus corde, Phacdr. 3, prol. 21; so, elementa cupidinis pravi, * Hor. C. 3, 24, 51:vitia,
Sen. Ep. 11:vestigia quoque nobilium civitatum (tempus),
i. e. to obliterate, cause to be forgotten, id. 91; cf.:tempora vitae,
Ov. Tr. 4, 9, 5:eum de terra,
Vulg. Jer. 11, 19; id. 1 Reg. 28, 9. -
14 oblitero
I.Lit. (post-Aug. and very rare;II.syn. deleo): oblitterata aerarii monumenta,
Tac. A. 13, 23 fin. —Trop., to blot out of remembrance, consign to oblivion, cause to be forgotten (esp. freq. in post-Aug. prose; principally in Tac.): inimicitias Pelopidarum exstinctā tam oblitteratas memoriā renovare, Att. ap. Non. 146, 30 (oblitterare est obscurefacere et in oblivionem ducere, Non. 146, 28); Cic. Vatin. 6, 15:famam rei,
Liv. 39, 20:rem,
id. 3, 71:memoriam,
id. 21, 29:mandata,
Cat. 64, 232:rem silentio,
Suet. Tib. 22:ne ritus sacrorum oblitterarentur,
Tac. A. 11, 15:conjugia,
id. ib. 3, 34:oblitterari in animo,
to become forgotten, Liv. 26, 41. -
15 oblittero
I.Lit. (post-Aug. and very rare;II.syn. deleo): oblitterata aerarii monumenta,
Tac. A. 13, 23 fin. —Trop., to blot out of remembrance, consign to oblivion, cause to be forgotten (esp. freq. in post-Aug. prose; principally in Tac.): inimicitias Pelopidarum exstinctā tam oblitteratas memoriā renovare, Att. ap. Non. 146, 30 (oblitterare est obscurefacere et in oblivionem ducere, Non. 146, 28); Cic. Vatin. 6, 15:famam rei,
Liv. 39, 20:rem,
id. 3, 71:memoriam,
id. 21, 29:mandata,
Cat. 64, 232:rem silentio,
Suet. Tib. 22:ne ritus sacrorum oblitterarentur,
Tac. A. 11, 15:conjugia,
id. ib. 3, 34:oblitterari in animo,
to become forgotten, Liv. 26, 41. -
16 verro
verro, verri, versum ( perf. versi, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 59:I.verri,
Charis. p. 218; Prisc. p. 900; neither form in use, acc. to Macr. D. Diff. 23, 8), 3, v. a. [root var-; cf. vello], to scrape, sweep, brush, scour; to sweep out, sweep up or together, clean out, etc. (syn.: tergo, tergeo).Lit.:II.nigras favillas,
Ov. F. 2, 523:argentum inter reliqua purgamenta,
Petr. 34:quicquid de Libycis verritur areis,
i. e. is collected, Hor. C. 1, 1, 10:aedes,
to sweep out, cleanse by sweeping, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 63, so, templa, Sen. Fragm. ap. Diom. p. 475 P.:pavimentum,
Juv. 14, 60:vias,
Suet. Calig. 43; id. Vesp. 5.— Absol.:qui tergunt, qui ungunt, qui verrunt, qui spargunt,
Cic. Par 5, 2, 37.—Stratae passim matres crinibus templa verrentes,
Liv. 3, 7, 8:crinibus passis aras verrentes,
id. 26, 9, 7; Sil. 6, 561; Claud. Laud. Seren 225; cf. poet.:aequora caudis (delphines),
Verg. A. 8, 674:harenas caudā,
Ov. M. 10, 701.—Of fishermen:retibus aequor,
Sil. 14, 262 sq.; Manil. 4, 285:caesariem longa per aequora,
Ov. M. 13, 961; so,canitiem suam concreto in sanguine,
dragging, draggling, trailing, id. ib. 13, 492.—Transf.A.In gen., to sweep along, drive, impel ( poet.);B.verrunt (venti) nubila caeli,
Lucr. 1, 279:verrentes aequora venti,
id. 5, 266; 5, 388; 6, 624; so,aequora,
Verg. A. 5, 778; Cat. 64, 7: caerula Verg. A. 3, 208:remis vada,
id. ib. 6, 320; Luc. 5, 572; cf. Lucr. 5, 1227: nec nostra Actiacum verreret ossa mare, drive or toss about, Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 44 (Müll. verteret).—To sweep away, i. e. to drag away, take away, carry off (rare but class.): domi quicquid habet, verritur exô, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 7:C.quicquid ponitur, hinc et inde verris,
Mart. 2, 37, 1. futurum ut omnia verreret Verres, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 55 Spald.:inter reliqua purgamenta scopis coepit verrere,
Petr. 34.—To obliterate, cover, hide, conceal (post-Aug. and poët.):si decet aurata Bacchum vestigia palla Verrere,
Stat. Achill. 1, 262; so,vestigia,
Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 248: undosi verrebant bracchia crines, id. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 145.
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