demolior
Latin
Etymology
From dē- + mōlior (“exert, undertake”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈmoː.li.or/, [d̪eːˈmoːlʲiɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈmo.li.or/, [d̪eˈmɔːlior]
Verb
dēmōlior (present infinitive dēmōlīrī, perfect active dēmōlītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent
Conjugation
Related terms
Descendants
- English: demolish
- French: démolir
- German: demolieren
References
- “demolior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “demolior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- demolior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to demolish, raze a house: domum demoliri (Top. 4. 22)
- to demolish, raze a house: domum demoliri (Top. 4. 22)