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deleo
dēlĕo, lēvi, lētum, 2 (perf. sync. delerunt, Cic. Red. in Sen. 2, 4: delerit, Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 19; id...
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dēleō ēvī (dēlērat, C.; dēlēsset, L.), ētus, ēre
de + LI-, to erase, efface, obliterate, blot out : epistulas: cum tabulas prehendisset, digito legata delevit: Non delenda carmina, H.: tabellas, O.: tabulas, Iu.—In gen., to abolish, destroy, annihilate, overthrow, raze, extinguish : urbīs: ante Carthaginem deletam, S.: Volscum nomen, L.: sepulcrum: dispersis ac pene deletis hostibus, Cs.: copias multis proeliis: homines morte deletos: Curionem: toto animante deleto.—Fig., to finish, put an end to, extinguish, abolish, annul : bella: decreta: ad delendam priorem ignominiam, L.: morte omnia deleri: omnis improbitas delenda: operis famam, O.: leges una rogatione.— To blot put, obliterate, efface : memoriam discordiarum oblivione: suspicionem ex animo: turpitudinem fugae virtute, Cs.
dēlĕo, lēvi, lētum, 2 (perf. sync. delerunt, Cic. Red. in Sen. 2, 4: delerit, Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 19; id...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.