destruo, destruis, destruere C, destruxi, destructum Verb

Translations

  1. to demolish
  2. to pull/tear down
  3. to destroy
  4. to ruin
  5. to demolish/refute (arguments/evidence)

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Consonant Conjugation (3)

Tenses

Person Singular Plural
1.
2.
3.
Future subjunctive forms do not exist. The subjunctive only exists in the four other tenses.

Infinitives

Active Passive
Simult. (Present) destrueredestrui
Anter. (Perfect) destruxissedestructum esse
Post. (Future) destructurum essedestructum iri

Participles

Sg. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.
Pl. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Gerund

Gerund forms only exist in singular.

Sg. Gerund
Nom. destruere
Gen. destruendi
Dat. destruendo
Acc. destruendum
Voc. destruere
Abl. destruendo

Gerundive

Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Imperatives & Supina

Singular Plural
Imperative destrue!destruite!
Supinum
Type I destructum
Type II destructū

Example Sentences

L. Annaeus Seneca

*** nostrae compares, firma sunt; si redigas ad condicionem naturae omnia destruentis et unde edidit eodem revocantis, caduca sunt.

~ Seneca, On Consolation (ad Polybium)

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