ruinosus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rŭīnōsus, a, um, adj. [ruina], of buildings.

I Tumbling down , going to ruin , ruinous (rare but class.): aedes, * Cic. Off. 3, 13, 54: parietes, Sen. Ira, 3, 35 fin. (better rimosos).—*

II Poet., transf., that has already fallen , ruined , in ruins : ruinosas occulit herba domos, Ov. H. 1, 56.— Plur. subst. : rŭīnōsa , ōrum, ruins : instaurare, Vulg. Ezech. 36, 33; 33, 27.

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