ruin (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Utter destruction1. exĭtium, pernĭcies, etc.2. ruīna (downfallII. Specially, seductionIII. Usu. pl., broken parts, esp. of buildings1. ruīnae, arum (not so in Cic.)2. păriĕtīnae, arum (ruined walls, parietes3. perh. vestīgia, orum4. expr. by verb5. strāges, is, f. (as of a building thrown down) • ruin (subs.): I. Utter destruction: 1. exĭtium, pernĭcies, etc.: v. destruction. 2. ruīna (downfall: a word always used with something of metaphor): in this universal r. ..., in hac rerum ruina, Liv. 26, 41, med.: r. of fortune (bankruptcy; breaking completely down), ruinae fortunarum, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 14: Hor. Phr.: to go to r., (1). ruo, i, rŭtum, 3 (to fall with violence; oft. in fig. sense): Cic. Verr. 5, 6, 12 (quae cum accidunt, nemo est quin intelligat ruere illam rempublicam): Hor. Strengthened, corruo, 3 (to go to utter r.: both lit. as a house, and fig.): Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84. (2). pessum eo, 4, irr. (lit. to go to the bottom: archaic, and not in Cic.): the finest plains of Italy would go to r., p. ituros fecundissimos Italiae campos, Tac. A. 1, 79. Also, pessum sīdo, 3: Sen. (3). ŏbeo, pĕreo (strengthened, dispereo), 4, irr.: v. to perish. (4). praecĭpĭto, 1 (to go headlong or with violence to r.): when the state was sinking headlong to r., praecipitante republica, Cic. Sall. 1, 1: Liv. (5). lābor, psus, 3 (to glide, fall, or waste away): cf. Cic. Or. 3, 10, cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi: also, Liv. 3, 33, init., eo citius res lapsa est = deteriorated, went to r. (6). dīlābor, 3 (to waste away and go to pieces: both lit. as a building, and fig.): fall to ruin, monumenta dilapsa, Lucr. 5, 311: the most admirably constituted commonwealth went to r., (ut) praeclarissime constituta respublica dilaberetur, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 80. (7). collābor, 3 (to go completely to decay, fall in ruins as a house): the roof of the house (appeared to) fall in r.s, fastigium domus collabi, Suet. Caes. 81: Liv. (8). poet. dare ruinam (to come down with a violent fall): Virg. Aen. 2, 310. Phr.: r. seize thee! dii te perduint! Cic. Deiot. 7, 21: Ter. II. Specially, seduction: stuprum (per vim illatum): v. seduction, rape. III. Usu. pl., broken parts, esp. of buildings: 1. ruīnae, arum (not so in Cic.): to rebuild temples out of the r.s of temples, ruinis templorum templa aedificare, Liv. 42, 3, fin.: Ov. 2. păriĕtīnae, arum (ruined walls, parietes: perh. ruinae understood): I was more impressed by the sight of the r.s of Corinth, magis me moverunt Corinthi p. aspectae, Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, 53: Plin. 3. perh. vestīgia, orum: v. traces, remains. 4. expr. by verb: nothing save the r.s of buildings, *nil praeter disjecta (dilapsa, of the effect of decay) aedificia: cf. Virg. Aen. 2, 608. 5. strāges, is, f. (as of a building thrown down): Tac. H. 1, 86 (strage obstantis molis refusus amnis).
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.
RUIN Copy link • RUIN 1. s. Destruction, ruina; excidium (PROP. and figuratively): interitus: pernicies: naufragium: occasus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) occasus interitusque (figuratively). To avert ruin, perniciem depellere: to plan anybody’s ruin, alicui perniciem struere, parare, moliri. To come to ruin, perire, interire [SYN. and PHR. in DESTRUCTION]. Ruins, fragmenta, -orum (broken pieces, fragments): reliquiae (remnants; e.g., of a wreck): naufragia, -orum (PROP., the remnants of a wreck; but figuratively, of persons or things, as we say, ruins): ruinae (of a building, city, etc.; Liv.; ☞ not in Cic.): rudera, -um (walls, etc., broken into small fragments post-Augustan): vestigia, -orum (the site of a ruined town, etc.): parietinae (dilapidated walls; e.g., Corinthi, Cic., Tusc., 3, 22, 53, Orelli). The smoking ruins of Thebes, fumantes Thebarum ruinae. A town deserted and nearly in ruins, urbs deserta et strata prope ruinis: to fall to ruins, frangi; ruinis collabi: to be buried under the ruins of a house, ruina aedium opprimi; or, if followed by death, oppressum interire. Here on one spot the ruins of so many cities lie before us, uno loco tot oppidorum cadavera projecta jacent (Serv. Sulpic., Cic., Fam., 4, 5, 4; perhaps too far-fetched for prose). 2. v. To demolish, to destroy, Vid: To injure greatly, perdere: pessumdare: ad interitum vocare: praecipitare (stronger term): conficere (entirely, altogether; e.g., a part of the citizens by imposts, partem plebis tributo): trucidare (litterally, to kill; e.g., by high interest, fenore): profligare (to subvert; also of health, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) affligere et perdere: affligere et prosternere: prosternere affligereque: affligere et profligare (all = funditus perdere or evertere; i. e., to ruin completely): To try to ruin anybody, alicujus interitum quaerere. To impoverish, aliquem ad paupertatem protrahere: ad inopiam redigere: ad famam rejicere (stronger term). To ruin one’s self entirely, se detrudere in mendicitatem.