ruined Copy link Outline 1. ruīnōsus2. Fig. • ruined: 1. ruīnōsus: r. houses, r. domi, Ov. Her. 1, 56: a r. house, aedes r., Cic. Off. 3, 13, 54. 2. Fig.: naufrăgus: Cic. Pis. 19, 43. Phr.: half.-r., semirŭtus: the h.-r. city, semiruta urbs, Liv. 5, 49.