cor-rŭo (conr-), ŭi, 3, v. n. and a.
I Neutr.
A To fall together, fall or tumble down, fall, sink to the ground , etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
1 Lit.: tabernae mihi duae corruerunt, Cic. Att. 14, 9, 1; cf.: aedes corruerunt, id. Top. 3, 15: triclinium supra convivas, Quint. 11, 2, 13: quicquid superstruxeris corruet, id. 1, 4, 5: quid labefactum viribus ignis, Ov. M. 2, 403; cf.: arbor labefacta Ictibus innumeris, id. ib. 8, 777; so, arbor, Suet. Dom. 15: statuae equestres, id. Vit. 9 et saep.: paene ille timore, ego risu conrui, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 2: nec corruit ille, Sed retinente manum moriens e poste pependit, Ov. M. 5, 126; so, exspirantes corruerunt, Liv. 1, 25, 5; cf. id. 1, 26, 14: morbo comitiali, Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 63: in vulnus, Verg. A. 10, 488: haedus ante focos, Prop. 2 (3), 19, 14; cf. id. 4 (5), 10, 15 sq.—
2 Trop.: si uno meo fato et tu et omnes mei conruistis, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 1: quanto altius elatus erat, eo foedius corruit, Liv. 30, 30, 23: Lacedaemoniorum opes, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84: Antiochea ista universa, id. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 31, 98.—Of actors: ii mihi videntur fabulam aetatis peregisse, nec tamquam inexercitati histriones corruisse, Cic. Sen. 18, 64.—In a cause in court, to fail , Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 34.—
B To fall, to rush headlong (very rare): quo cum corruit haec vis, Lucr. 6, 825: accipitres velut rostris inter se corruerent, were falling upon each other (al. leg. concurrerent), Curt. 3, 3, 18.— Impers. : longe violentius semper ex necessitate quam ex virtute corruitur, the onset is made , Sen. Q. N. 2, 59, 5.—
II Act., to bring to the ground, to heap together, overthrow, ruin (very rare).
1 Lit.: hanc rerum summam, Lucr. 5, 369: corpus, Ap. Met. 8, 8, 11; divitias, to heap up , Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 58: corbes ab eo quod eo spicas aliudve quid corruebant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.—*
2 Trop.: in quo me corruerit genere, Cat. 68, 52.