ruin (v.) Copy link Outline I. In gen.1. perdo, dĭdi, ĭtum, 32. praecĭpĭto, 1 (to hurl headlong3. pessumdo, dĕdi, dătum, 14. afflīgo, xi, ctum, 35. confĭcio, fēci, fectum, 36. frango, frēgi, fractum, 37. prōflīgo, 1 (to dash to the ground, deal a severe blow to)8. corrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3II. In moral point of view, esp. with ref. to women1. vĭtio, 12. corrumpo, 33. dēprāvo, 1 • ruin (v.): I. In gen.: 1. perdo, dĭdi, ĭtum, 3: many have utterly r.'d themselves, multi ... se ipsos penitus perdiderunt, Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49: I am r.'d, perditus sum, Pl. Curc. 1, 2, 46. Strengthened, less freq., dēperdo, 3: a cobbler r.'d with want., sutor inopia deperditus, Phaedr. 1, 14., 1: disperdo, 3: Vat. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10. 2. praecĭpĭto, 1 (to hurl headlong: a very strong expr.): for r.ing the state, ad praecipitandam rempublicam, Liv. 22, 12. 3. pessumdo, dĕdi, dătum, 1: or in two words: to one who seeks to r. (or send to r.) every thing, quaerenti pessum dare cuncta, Ov. Trist. 3, 5, 45: Sall. (who is fond of the phr.). 4. afflīgo, xi, ctum, 3: Pompey has r.'d himself, ipse se afflixit, Cic. Att. 2, 19, 2. 5. confĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3: to r. one's own property, suam rem c., Cic. in Sen. 5, 11. 6. frango, frēgi, fractum, 3: self-indulgence r.s all the powers both of mind and body, nervos omnes et mentis et corporis frangit, Quint. 1, 2, 6. Join: homo fractus et prope dissipatus, Cic. Red. 9, 4. 7. prōflīgo, 1 (to dash to the ground, deal a severe blow to): to r. the state, p. rempublicam, Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 3. 8. corrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3: you r. your eyes with weeping, lacrimis corrumpis ocellos, id. Am. 3, 6, 57. Phr.: to be r.'d with expense, sumtu exhauriri, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2: v. to destroy, injure, overthrow, waste. II. In moral point of view, esp. with ref. to women: 1. vĭtio, 1: Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 52. 2. corrumpo, 3: Suet. Jul. 50: v. to seduce. 3. dēprāvo, 1: a boy r.'d by indulgence, indulgentia depravatus, Cic. Att. 10, 4: v. to spoil.