aere dirutus: decoctor (through extravagance): bonis eversus: a fraudulent bankrupt, creditorum fraudator: to become a bankrupt, a mensa surgere; dissolvere argentariam (of a banker); cedere foro (of a tradesman): conturbare (absolutely): corruere, cadere (opposed to stare): decoquere, with or without creditoribus; aere dirui: to become a complete bankrupt, naufragium omnium fortunarum facere: to become a bankrupt through misfortune, and not by one’s own fault, fortuna vitio non suo decoquere: to be near being a bankrupt, in aere alieno vacillare. ☞ Observe that decoquere is used for one who, by a private arrangement, assigns his property to his creditors.