Latin

Verb

dēstruō ‎(present infinitive dēstruere, perfect active dēstruxī, supine dēstructum); third conjugation

1. I destroy, demolish, ruin.

Usage notes

In Classical texts, the only passive forms for this verb are the third-person singular and plural. Please note that there is a disagreement over whether or not there is a macron on the third and fourth principal parts and the subsequent verb forms from these (dēstrūxī for dēstruxī and dēstrūctum for dēstructum).

Inflection

Antonyms

• cōnstruō

Related terms

• cōnstruō
• struō

Descendants

References

• destruo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• destruo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “destruo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

destruo

1. first-person singular present indicative of destruir