demolior

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ mōlior (“exert, undertake”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dēmōlior (present infinitive dēmōlīrī, perfect active dēmōlītus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent

  1. to demolish, tear down

Conjugation
   Conjugation of dēmōlior (fourth conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēmōlior dēmōlīris,
dēmōlīre		 dēmōlītur dēmōlīmur dēmōlīminī dēmōliuntur
imperfect dēmōliēbar dēmōliēbāris,
dēmōliēbāre		 dēmōliēbātur dēmōliēbāmur dēmōliēbāminī dēmōliēbantur
future dēmōliar dēmōliēris,
dēmōliēre		 dēmōliētur dēmōliēmur dēmōliēminī dēmōlientur
perfect dēmōlītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dēmōlītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dēmōlītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēmōliar dēmōliāris,
dēmōliāre		 dēmōliātur dēmōliāmur dēmōliāminī dēmōliantur
imperfect dēmōlīrer dēmōlīrēris,
dēmōlīrēre		 dēmōlīrētur dēmōlīrēmur dēmōlīrēminī dēmōlīrentur
perfect dēmōlītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dēmōlītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dēmōlīre — — dēmōlīminī —
future — dēmōlītor dēmōlītor — — dēmōliuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dēmōlīrī dēmōlītum esse dēmōlītūrum esse — — —
participles dēmōliēns dēmōlītus dēmōlītūrus — — dēmōliendus,
dēmōliundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēmōliendī dēmōliendō dēmōliendum dēmōliendō dēmōlītum dēmōlītū

Descendants

References
  • “demolior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “demolior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • demolior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to demolish, raze a house: domum demoliri (Top. 4. 22)
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