irruo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

in-ruō (irr-) ruī, —, ere,

to rush in, invade, press into, make an attack: quam mox inruimus?T.: ferro, V.: in aedīs, T.: vi in tectum: ne ille huc prorsus se inruat, T.—Fig., to force a way in, rush into, enter eagerly upon, seize: in alienas possessiones: in odium populiR., incur.—Of a speaker: ne quo inruas, i. e. trip through haste.

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