ruo

cor-rŭo ( conr-), ŭi, 3, v. n. and a.

To fall together, fall or tumble down, fall, sink to the ground, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.:

tabernae mihi duae corruerunt,

Cic. Att. 14, 9, 1; cf.:

aedes corruerunt,

id. Top. 3, 15:

triclinium supra convivas,

Quint. 11, 2, 13:

quicquid superstruxeris corruet,

id. 1, 4, 5:

quid labefactum viribus ignis,

Ov. M. 2, 403; cf.:

arbor labefacta Ictibus innumeris,

id. ib. 8, 777; so,

arbor,

Suet. Dom. 15:

statuae equestres,

id. Vit. 9 et saep.:

paene ille timore, ego risu conrui,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 2:

nec corruit ille, Sed retinente manum moriens e poste pependit,

Ov. M. 5, 126; so,

exspirantes corruerunt,

Liv. 1, 25, 5; cf. id. 1, 26, 14:

morbo comitiali,

Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 63:

in vulnus,

Verg. A. 10, 488:

haedus ante focos,

Prop. 2 (3), 19, 14; cf. id. 4 (5), 10, 15 sq.—

Trop.:

si uno meo fato et tu et omnes mei conruistis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 1:

quanto altius elatus erat, eo foedius corruit,

Liv. 30, 30, 23:

Lacedaemoniorum opes,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84:

Antiochea ista universa,

id. Ac. 2, 31, 98.—Of actors:

ii mihi videntur fabulam aetatis peregisse, nec tamquam inexercitati histriones corruisse,

Cic. Sen. 18, 64.—In a cause in court, to fail, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 34.—

To fall, to rush headlong (very rare):

quo cum corruit haec vis,

Lucr. 6, 825: accipitres velut rostris inter se corruerent, were falling upon each other (al. leg. concurrerent), Curt. 3, 3, 18.— Impers.:

longe violentius semper ex necessitate quam ex virtute corruitur,

the onset is made, Sen. Q. N. 2, 59, 5.—

Act., to bring to the ground, to heap together, overthrow, ruin (very rare).

Lit.:

hanc rerum summam,

Lucr. 5, 369:

corpus,

App. M. 8, p. 204, 37:

divitias,

to heap up, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 58:

corbes ab eo quod eo spicas aliudve quid corruebant,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.—

Trop.:

in quo me corruerit genere,

Cat. 68, 52.

cor-rŭo ( conr-), ŭi, 3, v. n. and a.

To fall together, fall or tumble down, fall, sink to the ground, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.:

tabernae mihi duae corruerunt,

Cic. Att. 14, 9, 1; cf.:

aedes corruerunt,

id. Top. 3, 15:

triclinium supra convivas,

Quint. 11, 2, 13:

quicquid superstruxeris corruet,

id. 1, 4, 5:

quid labefactum viribus ignis,

Ov. M. 2, 403; cf.:

arbor labefacta Ictibus innumeris,

id. ib. 8, 777; so,

arbor,

Suet. Dom. 15:

statuae equestres,

id. Vit. 9 et saep.:

paene ille timore, ego risu conrui,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 2:

nec corruit ille, Sed retinente manum moriens e poste pependit,

Ov. M. 5, 126; so,

exspirantes corruerunt,

Liv. 1, 25, 5; cf. id. 1, 26, 14:

morbo comitiali,

Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 63:

in vulnus,

Verg. A. 10, 488:

haedus ante focos,

Prop. 2 (3), 19, 14; cf. id. 4 (5), 10, 15 sq.—

Trop.:

si uno meo fato et tu et omnes mei conruistis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 1:

quanto altius elatus erat, eo foedius corruit,

Liv. 30, 30, 23:

Lacedaemoniorum opes,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84:

Antiochea ista universa,

id. Ac. 2, 31, 98.—Of actors:

ii mihi videntur fabulam aetatis peregisse, nec tamquam inexercitati histriones corruisse,

Cic. Sen. 18, 64.—In a cause in court, to fail, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 34.—

To fall, to rush headlong (very rare):

quo cum corruit haec vis,

Lucr. 6, 825: accipitres velut rostris inter se corruerent, were falling upon each other (al. leg. concurrerent), Curt. 3, 3, 18.— Impers.:

longe violentius semper ex necessitate quam ex virtute corruitur,

the onset is made, Sen. Q. N. 2, 59, 5.—

Act., to bring to the ground, to heap together, overthrow, ruin (very rare).

Lit.:

hanc rerum summam,

Lucr. 5, 369:

corpus,

App. M. 8, p. 204, 37:

divitias,

to heap up, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 58:

corbes ab eo quod eo spicas aliudve quid corruebant,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.—

Trop.:

in quo me corruerit genere,

Cat. 68, 52.

dē-rŭo, rŭi, 3, v. a. and n. (a very rare word).

Act., to throw or cast down.

Lit.:

hiems immensam vim aquarum ruptis nubibus deruat,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 27.—

Trop., to take away, detract: cumulum de laudibus alicujus, * Cic. Att. 16, 11, 2.—

Neutr., to fall down: Ap. M. 2, p. 128; 7, p. 196.

dī-rŭo, rŭi, rŭtum, 3, v. a., to tear asunder, overthrow, demolish, destroy (class. —cf.: deleo, diluo, exstinguo, everto, demolior).

Prop.:

maceriam,

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 10:

urbem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25; Suet. Caes. 54; Ov. M. 12, 551 et saep.:

muros,

Nep. Con. 4 fin.:

templa,

Suet. Calig. 60:

arcum circi,

id. Ner. 25:

monumentum,

id. Dom. 8; Hor. C. 3, 30, 4: fores ira, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 14:

arbusta,

Verg. A. 10, 363:

regna Priami,

Prop. 2, 28, 54 (3, 26, 8 M.); cf. id. 4 (5), 1, 113 et saep.— Absol.:

diruit, aedificat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100; cf.:

nova diruunt, alia aedificant,

Sall. C. 20, 12.—Hyperbol.: caelum, Auct. B. Hisp. 42 fin. —

Transf.:

agmina vasto impetu,

to drive asunder, scatter, Hor. C. 4, 14, 30:

omnia Bacchanalia,

i. e. to abolish, Liv. 39, 18.—And in milit. lang.: aere dirutus, qs. ruined in pay, i. e. deprived of pay; said of a soldier whose pay was stopped as a punishment, Varr. ap. Non. 532, 4 sq.; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13 Zumpt; cf.

also beyond the milit. sphere, and without aere, of a bankrupt: homo diruptus dirutusque,

both ruptured and bankrupt, Cic. Phil. 13, 12.

ē-rŭo, ŭi, ŭtum, 3, v. a., to cast forth, throw out; to dig, tear, or pluck out (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

qui sciet, ubi quidque positum sit, quaque eo veniat, is, etiam si quid obrutum erit, poterit eruere,

Cic. Fin. 4, 4 fin.; so,

aurum terrā,

Ov. Am. 3, 8, 53; cf.:

caprificos sepulcris,

Hor. Epod. 5, 17:

gemmam vadis,

Mart. 8, 28; Tac. A. 2, 69:

segetem ab radicibus imis,

Verg. G. 1, 320; cf.:

pinum radicibus,

id. A. 5, 449 Heyne N. cr.; and:

herbam radicitus,

Plin. 21, 11, 36, § 62:

mortuum,

Cic. Div. 1, 27 fin.:

oculum,

Plin. 25, 8, 50, § 89; 28, 8, 29, § 114:

dentes de sinistra parte,

id. 28, 8, 27, § 95:

aquam remis,

lo stir up, plough up, Ov. H. 5, 54; cf.:

sepulcra (hyaena),

Plin. 8, 30, 44, § 106.— Poet. in Greek construction:

eruitur oculos,

his eyes are torn out, Ov. M. 12, 269 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 458).—

Since the Aug. per., sometimes, in partic., to root out, to destroy from the foundation:

urbem totam a sedibus,

Verg. A. 2, 612; Sil. 3, 2, 13; cf. under II. B. 2.—

Trop.

In gen., to draw out, bring out, elicit: inde tamen aliquando (servum fugitivum) eruam, Vat. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9 fin.; cf. Curt. 4, 14:

scrutari locos, ex quibus argumenta eruamus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 146; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 13:

si quid est, quod indagaris, inveneris, ex tenebris erueris,

id. Agr. 1, 3:

ex annalium vetustate eruenda est memoria nobilitatis tuae,

id. Mur. 7, 16:

memoriam,

id. de Or. 2, 68, 360:

veritatem,

Quint. 12, 9, 3:

causam rerum et rationem,

Plin. 18, 4, 5, § 24:

sacra recognosces annalibus eruta priscis,

Ov. F. 1, 17:

mi sicunde potes, erues, qui decem legati Mummio fuerint,

Cic. Att. 13, 30, 2 et saep.: fanum erui volo;

neque hoc mihi erui potest,

I cannot be talked out of it, id. ib. 12, 36.—

In partic.

To rescue, release:

propter difficultatem pecuniariam, qua erui nusquam nisi ex privatorum bonis posset,

Cic. Att. 10, 14, 1.—

To overthrow, destroy:

Trojanas ut opes et lamentabile regnum Eruerint Danai,

Verg. A. 2, 5; cf.

civitatem,

Tac. H. 4, 72:

Thracas (with frangere gentem),

Stat. Th. 5, 76.

ingrŭo, ŭi, 3, v. n. [in-ruo, with an epenth. g from gruo, kindr. with krouô], to rush or break into, to fall violently upon, assail, attack (syn. incumbo; differing from immineo and impendo, in that it denotes the actual doing of that which they merely threaten; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.: hostes crebri cadunt;

nostri contra ingruunt,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 81:

ingruit Aeneas Italis,

Verg. A. 12, 628; cf.:

ingruere hostes,

id. ib. 11, 899:

simul ingruunt saxa jaciunt,

Tac. A. 1, 27:

ingruentes accusatores,

id. ib. 6, 38:

ingruente in Italiam Hannibale,

id. H. 3, 34.—

Transf., of things:

ferreus ingruit imber,

Verg. A. 12, 284:

umbra vitibus,

id. G. 2, 410:

nox,

Tac. A. 4, 50:

tela,

id. ib. 1, 65:

ingruere morbi in remiges coeperunt,

Liv. 37, 23, 2:

si bellum ingrueret,

Verg. A. 8, 535; Tac. A. 1, 48:

si nullus ingruat metus,

Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95:

si quid subitum ingruat,

Tac. A. 4, 2:

damnatio,

id. ib. 4, 35.

irrŭo ( inr-), rŭi, 3, v. n. [in-ruo], to rush or force one ' s way into, invade, press into, make an attack upon.

Lit.:

ilico equites jubet dexterā inruere,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 88 (dub.;

Ussing, inducere): quam mox inruimus?

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 18:

irruimus ferro,

Verg. A. 3, 222:

in aedis alienas,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 8:

in mediam aciem,

Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61:

in aliquem,

id. Dom. 45:

super collum alicujus,

to embrace eagerly, Vulg. Gen. 46, 29:

super gladium suum,

id. 1 Par. 10, 4.—

With dat.:

flammis,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 194.—

With acc.:

proximos agros,

Front. 1, 5, 16:

Rhodopen,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 50:

Alpes,

id. Epigr. 77, 5:

has terras, of waters,

Amm. 17, 13, 4.—

With se:

vide ne ille huc prorsus se irruat,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 11.—

Trop., to force one ' s way into, rush into, enter eagerly into or upon, seize upon:

in alienas possessiones,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 41:

verecunda debet esse translatio, ut deducta esse in alienum locum, non irruisse videatur,

id. ib. 3, 41, 165:

in odium alicujus et offensionem,

to incur, id. Verr. 1, 12, 35:

inruente in se Spiritu Dei,

Vulg. Num. 24, 2:

permulta sunt circumspicienda, ne quid offendas, ne quo irruas,

make a hasty blunder in speaking, Cic. de Or. 2, 74, 301.—

With dat.:

cladibus,

Luc. 7, 60.

irrŭo ( inr-), rŭi, 3, v. n. [in-ruo], to rush or force one ' s way into, invade, press into, make an attack upon.

Lit.:

ilico equites jubet dexterā inruere,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 88 (dub.;

Ussing, inducere): quam mox inruimus?

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 18:

irruimus ferro,

Verg. A. 3, 222:

in aedis alienas,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 8:

in mediam aciem,

Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61:

in aliquem,

id. Dom. 45:

super collum alicujus,

to embrace eagerly, Vulg. Gen. 46, 29:

super gladium suum,

id. 1 Par. 10, 4.—

With dat.:

flammis,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 194.—

With acc.:

proximos agros,

Front. 1, 5, 16:

Rhodopen,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 50:

Alpes,

id. Epigr. 77, 5:

has terras, of waters,

Amm. 17, 13, 4.—

With se:

vide ne ille huc prorsus se irruat,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 11.—

Trop., to force one ' s way into, rush into, enter eagerly into or upon, seize upon:

in alienas possessiones,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 41:

verecunda debet esse translatio, ut deducta esse in alienum locum, non irruisse videatur,

id. ib. 3, 41, 165:

in odium alicujus et offensionem,

to incur, id. Verr. 1, 12, 35:

inruente in se Spiritu Dei,

Vulg. Num. 24, 2:

permulta sunt circumspicienda, ne quid offendas, ne quo irruas,

make a hasty blunder in speaking, Cic. de Or. 2, 74, 301.—

With dat.:

cladibus,

Luc. 7, 60.

ob-rŭo, ŭi, ŭtum, 3 ( inf. pres. pass. OBRI for obrui, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 341; v. in the foll. I. B. 1.), v. a. (n. Lucr. 3, 775; v. infra), to overwhelm, overthrow, strike down; to cover, cover over with any thing; also to hide in the ground, bury by heaping over (class.; cf.: opprimo, subruo).

Lit.

In gen.:

aliquem caestu,

Stat. Achill. 1, 191:

concidit, et totis fratrem gravis obruit armis,

id. Th. 11, 573; Verg. A. 5, 692:

confossus undique obruitur,

Curt. 8, 11:

ranae marinae dicuntur obruere sese harenā solere,

bury themselves in the sand, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

thesaurum,

to bury, id. Sen. 7, 21:

ova,

to hide in the earth, id. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

aegros veste,

to cover, Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16: oceanum rubra tractim obruit aethra, covered, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 418 Vahl.); so,

terram nox obruit umbris,

Lucr. 6, 864.—

In partic., to bury, inter a dead body (perh. only post-Aug.), Tac. A. 1, 29 fin.:

cadaver levi caespite obrutum est,

Suet. Calig. 59: cujus ossa in Vulcanali obruta sunt, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. statua, p. 290 Müll.: QVOD SE VOLVIT OBRI. Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 341.—

To sink in the sea, cover with water:

puppes,

Verg. A. 1, 69:

quos Obruit Auster,

overwhelmed, sunk, id. ib. 6, 336:

navem,

Dig. 9, 2, 29:

obrutus adulter aquis,

Ov. Her. 1, 6:

obruerit cum tot deus aequoris undis,

id. P. 3, 6, 29:

vultus,

id. Tr. 1, 2, 34:

Aegyptum Nilus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 52.—

To sow seed; cover with earth:

semina terrā,

Ov. R. Am. 173:

milium,

Col. 11, 2, 72:

lupinum,

id. 11, 2, 81:

betam,

id. 11, 3, 42.—

To overload, surfeit with any thing:

se vino,

Cic. Deiot. 9. —

Trop.

To overwhelm, bury, conceal, put out of sight, abolish, consign to oblivion:

ut adversā quasi perpetuā oblivione obruamus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 57; cf.:

ea quae umquam vetustas obruet aut quae tanta delebit oblivio?

id. Deiot. 13, 37; and:

(sermo) nec umquam de ullo perennis fuit, et obruitur hominum interitu,

id. Rep. 6, 23, 25:

talis viri interitu sex suos obruere consulatus,

to dim, cloud, destroy the glory of six consulships, id. Tusc. 5, 19, 56.—

Neutr.:

et domus aetatis spatio ne fessa vetusto obruat,

i. e. fall to ruin, Lucr. 3, 775.—

To overwhelm, overload, weigh down, oppress with any thing:

criminibus obrutus atque oppressus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20; so,

copiā sententiarum atque verborum,

id. Tusc. 2, 1, 3:

ambitione, et foro,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

aere alieno,

id. Att. 2, 1, 11; cf.

faenore,

Liv. 6, 14; 35, 7:

magnitudine negotii,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4.—

To overcome, overpower, surpass, eclipse, obscure:

famam alicujus,

Tac. Agr. 17:

obruimur numero,

are outnumbered, Verg. A. 2, 424:

obruit Idaeam quantum tuba Martia buxum,

Val. Fl. 1, 320:

M. Brutus Vatinium dignatione obruerat,

Vell. 2, 69:

Venus Nymphas obruit,

Stat. Achill. 1, 293.

prō-cumbo, cŭbŭi, cŭbĭtum, 3, v. n.

Lit., to fall forwards, fall or sink down, to prostrate one's self; of the wounded, the dying, suppliants, etc. (class.; cf.;

cado, ruo): procumbunt Gallis omnibus ad pedes Bituriges, ne pulcherrimam urbem succendere cogerentur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 15:

genibus, Ov M. 13, 585: ad genua alicujus, Liv 25, 7: ad pedes alicujus,

Gell. 10, 15, 10:

ante pedes,

Ov. M. 10, 415; Petr. 30:

templis,

Tib. 1, 5, 41 (1, 2, 83):

qui vulneribus confecti procubuissent,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27; so,

in genua,

Curt. 9, 5, 13:

Coroebus Penelei dextrā Procumbit,

Verg. A. 2, 424.—With dat. (post-Aug.):

sibi tres legiones procubuisse,

had yielded, Tac. A. 1, 59:

veteranae cohortes, quibus nuper Othonis legiones procubuerint,

id. H. 4, 17.— Poet., to fall upon, attack, Mart. 1, 60, 3.— To lean or bend forwards:

olli certamine summo Procumbunt,

i.e. they bend to their oars, Verg. A. 5, 197.—

Transf., of inanimate subjects, to lean forwards, bend down, sink, to be beaten or broken down (class.):

tigna prona ac fastigiata, ut secundum naturam fluminis procumberent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

frumenta imbribus procubuerant,

i.e. were beaten down, id. ib. 6, 43:

ne gravidis procumbat culmus aristis,

Verg. G. 1, 111:

ulmus in aram ipsam procumbebat,

Plin. 16, 32, 57, § 132.—

Of buildings: (domus) in domini procubuit caput,

Ov. P. 1, 9, 14:

tecta super habitantes,

Quint. 2, 16, 6; Plin. Pan. 50, 3; Ov. M. 13, 176.—

To be upset, break down; of a vehicle: nam si procubuit qui saxa Ligustica portat Axis, Juv 3, 257.—

Trop., to fall or sink down ( poet. and post-Aug.): procumbere in voluptates, to sink into sen [p. 1454] suality, Sen. Ep. 18, 2:

procumbentem rem publicam restituere,

sinking, Vell. 2, 16, 4:

res procubuere meae,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 2.—

To extend, spread:

mons Haemus vasto jugo procumbens in Pontum,

Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 45:

planities sub radicibus montium spatiosa procumbit,

Curt. 5, 4, 6.

prō-rŭo, rŭi, rŭtum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to cast or tear down in front, to pull down, throw down, hurl to the ground, overthrow, overturn, demolish (class.):

his (munitionibus) prorutis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 26:

vallo proruto, jam in castra proclium intulerat,

Liv. 4, 29; Curt. 4, 13, 26;

columnam,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 14:

Albam a fundamentis,

to raze to the ground, Liv. 26, 13:

vallum in fossas,

id. 9, 14; 9, 37:

terrae motus montes,

id. 22, 5:

terrae motibus prorutae domus,

thrown down, Tac. A. 12, 43:

prorutae arbores,

id. ib. 2, 17:

proruere ac profligare hostem,

to overthrow, id. H. 3, 22.—With se, to rush out, hurry forth ( poet.):

foras simul omnes proruunt se,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 51:

prorutus tumulo cinis,

Sen. Troad. 648.—

To rush forth, to rush or fall upon an enemy: ex parte, quā (dextrum cornu) proruebat, Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

proruere in hostem,

Curt. 4, 16, 6; cf. Gell. 1, 11, 2.—

To tumble down (post-Aug.):

motu terrae oppidum proruit,

Tac. A. 15, 22.

rŭīna, ae, f. [ruo], a rushing or tumbling down; a falling down, fall (syn.: casus, lapsus).

In abstracto.

Lit.

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.—

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.—

Trop., a downfall, fall, ruin; accident, catastrophe, disaster, overthrow, destruction, etc. (freq. and class.; used equally in sing. and plur.; cf.: exitium, pernicies).

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.—

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.—

In concreto.

That which tumbles or falls down, a fall (not anteAug.).

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.—

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).—

Transf., of persons who cause ruin, a destroyer:

rei publicae,

Cic. Sest. 51, 109:

ruinae publicanorum,

id. Prov. Cons. 6, 13.

rŭtābŭlum, i, n. [ruo], an instrument for raking or stirring up.

Lit.

For fire, a fire-shovel, oven-rake, Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 5; Novat. ap. Fest. p. 262 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 226 Rib.); Suet. Aug. 75.—

For cookery, a wooden shovel or spattle for stirring and mixing liquids, Col. 12, 20, 4; 12, 23, 2.—

Transf., = membrum virile, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 262 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 24 Rib.).

rūtrum, i, n. [ruo, cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 134 Müll.].

An implement for digging, a spade, shovel, Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 4; Varr. and Pompon. ap. Non. 18, 22 sq.; Liv. 28, 45; Ov. F. 4, 843.—

For mixing mortar, a trowel, Cato, R. R. 128; Vitr. 7, 3; Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177; Pall. 1, 15.

sur-rŭo ( subr-), ŭi, ŭtum, 3, v. a., to tear down below, to undermine, to dig under, dig out; to break down, overthrow, demolish, etc. (class.; perh. not in Cic.).

Lit.:

arbores a radicibus,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

robora,

Ov. M. 15, 228:

ubi ingentes speluncas surruit aetas,

Lucr. 6, 545:

murum surruunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 6:

multis simul locis aut surruti aut ariete decussi ruebant muri,

Liv. 33, 17, 9:

moenia cuniculo,

id. 5, 21, 6:

muri partem ariete incusso,

id. 31, 46, 15; 21, 11, 8; 34, 29, 6:

muros (with perfringere),

Tac. H. 3, 28:

turrim,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12:

vallum,

Tac. H. 3, 28:

arces et stantia moenia,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 23:

arces mundi,

Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 31:

claustra Pelusi Romano ferro,

id. 3, 9, 55:

montes,

Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 3:

harena fluctibus subruta,

Vitr. 5, 12.— Poet.:

haerens Subruta fallaci servat vestigia limo,

Stat. Th. 9, 475.—

Trop., to undermine, subvert, corrupt:

omnis surruitur natura,

Lucr. 4, 866:

nostram libertatem,

Liv. 41, 23, 8:

animum laudis avarum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 180:

animos militum variis artibus,

Tac. H. 2, 101:

aemulos Reges muneribus,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 14: ne multorum securitas subruatur, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 111 (112).