ruinous Copy link Outline A. Injurious1. damnōsus2. exĭtiōsus3. fūnestusB. Ready to fall • ruinous: A. Injurious: 1. damnōsus: r. to the flock, d. pecori, Virg. G. 1, 37. 2. exĭtiōsus: Cic. Planc. 36, 87. 3. fūnestus: v. fatal. Phr.: a r. expense, effusi sumtus, Cic. R. Am. 24, 68: to live at a r. expense, profusis sumtibus vivere, id. Quint. 30, 93: he made a harbour at a r. expense, portum operis sumtuosissimi fecit, Suet. Ner. 9: v. costly. B. Ready to fall: Phr.: the r. temples of the gods, aedes labentes deorum, Hor. Od. 3, 6, 3: the r. house, lapsura domus, Ov. Ib. 511: so, cāsurus, id. Pont. 2, 3, 59.
RUINOUS Copy link • RUINOUSDilapidated, ruinosus; pronus in ruinam (ready to fall): vitiosus (injured, damaged): dilabens (falling to pieces). To be in a ruinous condition, ruinosum esse, ruinam minari (to be on the point of falling): labare (to totter). The house is in a ruinous condition, aedes vitium fecerunt. Destructive, pernicious, perniciosus: exitiosus: exitialis: exitiabilis: damnosus: funestus: pestilens: pestifer. SYN. in HURTFUL.