destruo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- (“de-”) +‎ struō (“put together”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeːs.tru.oː/, [ˈd̪eːs̠t̪ruoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdes.tru.o/, [ˈd̪ɛst̪ruo]

Verb

dēstruō (present infinitive dēstruere, perfect active dēstrūxī, supine dēstrūctum); third conjugation

to destroy, demolish, ruin
Synonyms: ruīnō, occīdō, dēvāstō, ēvāstō, vāstō, perdō, tollō, dīruō, aboleō, exscindō, accīdō, populor, interimō, impellō, sepeliō, absūmō, perimō, trucīdō

Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor

Usage notes

In Classical texts, the only passive forms for this verb are the third-person singular and plural.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēstruō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēstruō	dēstruis	dēstruit	dēstruimus	dēstruitis	dēstruunt
	imperfect	dēstruēbam	dēstruēbās	dēstruēbat	dēstruēbāmus	dēstruēbātis	dēstruēbant
	future	dēstruam	dēstruēs	dēstruet	dēstruēmus	dēstruētis	dēstruent
	perfect	dēstrūxī	dēstrūxistī	dēstrūxit	dēstrūximus	dēstrūxistis	dēstrūxērunt, dēstrūxēre
	pluperfect	dēstrūxeram	dēstrūxerās	dēstrūxerat	dēstrūxerāmus	dēstrūxerātis	dēstrūxerant
	future perfect	dēstrūxerō	dēstrūxeris	dēstrūxerit	dēstrūxerimus	dēstrūxeritis	dēstrūxerint
passive	present	dēstruor	dēstrueris, dēstruere	dēstruitur	dēstruimur	dēstruiminī	dēstruuntur
	imperfect	dēstruēbar	dēstruēbāris, dēstruēbāre	dēstruēbātur	dēstruēbāmur	dēstruēbāminī	dēstruēbantur
	future	dēstruar	dēstruēris, dēstruēre	dēstruētur	dēstruēmur	dēstruēminī	dēstruentur
	perfect	dēstrūctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēstrūctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēstrūctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēstruam	dēstruās	dēstruat	dēstruāmus	dēstruātis	dēstruant
	imperfect	dēstruerem	dēstruerēs	dēstrueret	dēstruerēmus	dēstruerētis	dēstruerent
	perfect	dēstrūxerim	dēstrūxerīs	dēstrūxerit	dēstrūxerīmus	dēstrūxerītis	dēstrūxerint
	pluperfect	dēstrūxissem	dēstrūxissēs	dēstrūxisset	dēstrūxissēmus	dēstrūxissētis	dēstrūxissent
passive	present	dēstruar	dēstruāris, dēstruāre	dēstruātur	dēstruāmur	dēstruāminī	dēstruantur
	imperfect	dēstruerer	dēstruerēris, dēstruerēre	dēstruerētur	dēstruerēmur	dēstruerēminī	dēstruerentur
	perfect	dēstrūctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēstrūctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēstrue	—	—	dēstruite	—
active	future	—	dēstruitō	dēstruitō	—	dēstruitōte	dēstruuntō
passive	present	—	dēstruere	—	—	dēstruiminī	—
passive	future	—	dēstruitor	dēstruitor	—	—	dēstruuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēstruere	dēstrūxisse	dēstrūctūrum esse	dēstruī	dēstrūctum esse	dēstrūctum īrī
participles		dēstruēns	—	dēstrūctūrus	—	dēstrūctus	dēstruendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēstruendī	dēstruendō	dēstruendum	dēstruendō	dēstrūctum	dēstrūctū

Derived terms

dēstrūctio

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: destruir
Dalmatian: distruzar
English: destroy, destruct
French: détruire
Friulian: distruzi
Italian: distruggere
Old Galician-Portuguese: destruir
- Galician: destruír
- Portuguese: destruir
German: destruieren
Romanian: distruge
Romansch: destruir, destrueir, desdrür
Sardinian: destrúi, destrúere
Sicilian: distrùjiri, distrùdiri
Spanish: destruir

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
destruo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

destruo

first-person singular present indicative of destruir; "I destroy"