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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

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  • 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.

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  • 3 obitus

        obitus (ūs), m    [ob+1 I-], an approach, visit, T.—A going down, setting: siderum: signorum, V.—Downfall, ruin, destruction, death: regis: post eorum obitum, Cs.: Difficiles obitūs, painful death, V.: post obitum vestrum, ruin: dici beatus ante obitum nemo debet, O.
    * * *
    approaching; approach, visit; setting (of the sun, etc), death

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  • 4 occāsus

        occāsus ūs, m    [ob+1 CAD-], a falling, going down, setting: Maiae, V.: cum occasu solis, at sunset, S.—The sunset, west: ab ortu ad occasum: ager Longus in occasum, V.: Prospicit occasūs, O.—Fig., downfall, ruin, destruction, end, death: rei p.: in occasu vestro, V.: post Ael<*> occasum, death.
    * * *

    solis occasus -- sunset; west

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  • 5 casus

    I.
    accident, chance, fortune.
    II.
    downfall
    III.
    a falling / occasion, opportunity / event, accident, violent death

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  • 6 obitus

    1.
    ŏbĭtus, a, um, Part., from obeo.
    2.
    ŏbĭtus, ūs ( gen. obiti, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 24 med.), m. [obeo].
    I.
    A going [p. 1235] to, approaching; an approach, a visit (perhaps only ante- and post-class.; syn. adventus): obitu dicebant pro aditu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 188 Müll.: ecquis est qui interrumpit sermonem meum obitu suo? Turp. ap. Non. 357, 21 sq.: ut voluptati obitus, sermo, adventus suus quocumque adveneris, Semper siet, * Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 19 (obitus occursus: ob enim significat contra;

    ergo obitus aditus): civitatum multarum,

    App. M. 9, 13.—
    II.
    A going down, setting (the class. signif. of the word; syn. occasus).
    A.
    Of the heavenly bodies:

    solis et lunae reliquorumque siderum ortus, obitus motusque,

    Cic. Div. 1, 56, 128; id. de Or. 1, 42, 187:

    lunae,

    id. N. D. 2, 7, 19; Lucr. 4, 393:

    stellarum ortus atque obitus,

    Cat. 66, 2:

    signorum obitus et ortus,

    Verg. G. 1, 257. —
    B.
    Pregn., downfall, ruin, destruction, death, etc. (syn. interitus):

    post obitum vel potius excessum Romuli,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 30, 52; cf.

    of the same: post optimi regis obitum,

    id. ib. 1, 41, 64: posteaquam mihi renuntiatum est de obitu Tulliae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1:

    obitus consulum,

    id. Brut. 11, 10, 2:

    post eorum obitum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 29 fin.:

    immaturus,

    Suet. Calig. 8:

    longum miserata dolorem Difficilesque obitus,

    her painful death, Verg. A. 4, 694:

    ducum,

    id. ib. 12, 501: post obitum occasumque nostrum, since my ruin (i. e. exile), Cic. Pis. 15, 34:

    omnium interitus atque obitus,

    id. Div. 2, 16, 37 (al. leg. ortus):

    dici beatus ante obitum nemo debet,

    Ov. M. 3, 137.—
    III.
    (Acc. to obeo, II. B. 4.) An entering upon, undertaking a thing (post-class.): fugae, Tert. Fug. ap. Persec. 1.

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  • 7 occasus

    1.
    occāsus, a, um, Part., from occĭdo.
    2.
    occāsus, ūs, m. [occĭdo].
    I.
    A falling, going down (class.; cf. obitus).
    A.
    Lit., a going down, setting, of the heavenly bodies;

    esp. of the sun: ante occasum Maiae,

    Verg. G. 1, 225:

    ortus occasusque signorum,

    the rising and setting of the constellations, Quint. 1, 4, 4:

    solis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 50; 2, 11; 3, 15; Liv. 9, 32.— Absol.:

    praecipiti in occasum die,

    Tac. H. 3, 86.—
    B.
    Transf., the quarter of the heavens in which the sun sets, sunset, the west:

    inter occasum solis et septentriones,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

    ab ortu ad occasum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49. — Plur., Ov. M. 2, 190:

    ager Longus in occasum,

    Verg. A. 11, 317:

    de terrā occasus solis,

    Vulg. Zach. 8, 7.—
    C.
    Trop., downfall, ruin, destruction, end, death:

    post obitum occasumque vestrum,

    Cic. Pis. 15, 34:

    occasus interitusque rei publicae,

    id. ib. 8, 18: id. Sull. 11, 33:

    Iliaci cineres et flamma extrema meorum, Testor, in occasu vestro, etc.,

    Verg. A. 2, 432; cf.

    Trojae,

    id. ib. 1, 238:

    post L. Aelii nostri occasum,

    death, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

    odii,

    Quint. Decl. 9, 18.—
    * II.
    For occasio, an occasion, opportunity, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 178 Müll. (Ann. v. 164; 171; 292 Vahl.).

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