Latin

Verb

rumpō ‎(present infinitive rumpere, perfect active rūpī, supine ruptum); third conjugation

1. I break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open.
2. (of the body) I break, split, rupture, burst.
3. (figuratively) I break, interrupt, annul, destroy.

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References

• rumpo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rumpo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “rumpo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to annul, revoke a will: testamentum irritum facere, rumpere
    
  • to burst one's chains: vincula rumpere
    
  • to violate a treaty, terms of alliance: foedus frangere, rumpere, violare