surruo
surruo, to tear away below, undermine, dig under, dig out, break down, overthrow, demolish
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subruta perfect passive participle neuter accusative plural, perfect passive participle feminine ablative singular, perfect passive participle feminine nominative singular, perfect passive participle feminine vocative singular, perfect passive participle neuter vocative plural, perfect passive participle neuter nominative plural of surruo
sur-rŭo (subr-), ŭi, ŭtum, 3, v. a., to tear down below, to undermine, to dig under, dig out; to break down, overthrow, demolish, etc. (class.; perh. not in Cic.).
- I Lit.: arbores a radicibus, Caes. B. G. 6, 27: robora, Ov. M. 15, 228: ubi ingentes speluncas surruit aetas, Lucr. 6, 545: murum surruunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 6: multis simul locis aut surruti aut ariete decussi ruebant muri, Liv. 33, 17, 9: moenia cuniculo, id. 5, 21, 6: muri partem ariete incusso, id. 31, 46, 15; 21, 11, 8; 34, 29, 6: muros (with perfringere), Tac. H. 3, 28: turrim, Caes. B. C. 2, 12: vallum, Tac. H. 3, 28: arces et stantia moenia, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 23: arces mundi, Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 31: claustra Pelusi Romano ferro, id. 3, 9, 55: montes, Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 3: harena fluctibus subruta, Vitr. 5, 12.—Poet.: haerens Subruta fallaci servat vestigia limo, Stat. Th. 9, 475.—
- II Trop., to undermine, subvert, corrupt: omnis surruitur natura, Lucr. 4, 866: nostram libertatem, Liv. 41, 23, 8: animum laudis avarum, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 180: animos militum variis artibus, Tac. H. 2, 101: aemulos Reges muneribus, Hor. C. 3, 16, 14: ne multorum securitas subruatur, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 111 (112).
sub-ruō (surr-) uī, utus, ere,
- to tear away below, undermine, dig under, dig out, break down, overthrow, demolish: ab radicibus arbores, Cs.: subruti ruebant muri, L.: turrim, Cs.: arces et stantia moenia, O.—Fig., to undermine, subvert, corrupt: nostram libertatem, L.: Reges muneribus, H.