destruo
Latin
Etymology
dē- + struō (“put together”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeːs.tru.oː/, [ˈdeːs.trʊ.oː]
Verb
dēstruō (present infinitive dēstruere, perfect active dēstrūxī, supine dēstrūctum); third conjugation
- I destroy, demolish, ruin.
Usage notes
In Classical texts, the only passive forms for this verb are the third-person singular and plural.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of dēstruō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | dēstruō | dēstruis | dēstruit | dēstruimus | dēstruitis | dēstruunt |
| imperfect | dēstruēbam | dēstruēbās | dēstruēbat | dēstruēbāmus | dēstruēbātis | dēstruēbant | |
| future | dēstruam | dēstruēs | dēstruet | dēstruēmus | dēstruētis | dēstruent | |
| perfect | dēstrūxī | dēstrūxistī | dēstrūxit | dēstrūximus | dēstrūxistis | dēstrūxērunt, dēstrūxēre | |
| pluperfect | dēstrūxeram | dēstrūxerās | dēstrūxerat | dēstrūxerāmus | dēstrūxerātis | dēstrūxerant | |
| future perfect | dēstrūxerō | dēstrūxeris | dēstrūxerit | dēstrūxerimus | dēstrūxeritis | dēstrūxerint | |
| passive | present | dēstruor | dēstrueris, dēstruere | dēstruitur | dēstruimur | dēstruiminī | dēstruuntur |
| imperfect | dēstruēbar | dēstruēbāris, dēstruēbāre | dēstruēbātur | dēstruēbāmur | dēstruēbāminī | dēstruēbantur | |
| future | dēstruar | dēstruēris, dēstruēre | dēstruētur | dēstruēmur | dēstruēminī | dēstruentur | |
| perfect | dēstrūctus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | dēstrūctus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | dēstrūctus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | dēstruam | dēstruās | dēstruat | dēstruāmus | dēstruātis | dēstruant |
| imperfect | dēstruerem | dēstruerēs | dēstrueret | dēstruerēmus | dēstruerētis | dēstruerent | |
| perfect | dēstrūxerim | dēstrūxerīs | dēstrūxerit | dēstrūxerīmus | dēstrūxerītis | dēstrūxerint | |
| pluperfect | dēstrūxissem | dēstrūxissēs | dēstrūxisset | dēstrūxissēmus | dēstrūxissētis | dēstrūxissent | |
| passive | present | dēstruar | dēstruāris, dēstruāre | dēstruātur | dēstruāmur | dēstruāminī | dēstruantur |
| imperfect | dēstruerer | dēstruerēris, dēstruerēre | dēstruerētur | dēstruerēmur | dēstruerēminī | dēstruerentur | |
| perfect | dēstrūctus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | dēstrūctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | dēstrue | — | — | dēstruite | — |
| future | — | dēstruitō | dēstruitō | — | dēstruitōte | dēstruuntō | |
| passive | present | — | dēstruere | — | — | dēstruiminī | — |
| future | — | dēstruitor | dēstruitor | — | — | dēstruuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | dēstruere | dēstrūxisse | dēstrūctūrum esse | dēstruī | dēstrūctum esse | dēstrūctum īrī | |
| participles | dēstruēns | — | dēstrūctūrus | — | dēstrūctus | dēstruendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| dēstruendī | dēstruendō | dēstruendum | dēstruendō | dēstrūctum | dēstrūctū | ||
Antonyms
- cōnstruō
Derived terms
- dēstrūctio
Related terms
- cōnstruō
- struō
Descendants
- Catalan: destruir
- Dalmatian: distruzar
- English: destroy
- French: détruire
- Friulian: distruzi
- Italian: distruggere
- Old Portuguese: destruir
- Portuguese: destruir
- German: destruieren
- Romanian: distruge
- Romansh: destruir, destrueir, desdrür
- Sardinian: destrúi, destrúere
- Sicilian: distrùggiri, distrùdiri
- Spanish: destruir
References
- destruo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- destruo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- destruo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Verb
destruo
- first-person singular (eu) present indicative of destruir