demolior

Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈmoː.li.or/, [d̪eːˈmoːlʲiɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈmo.li.or/, [d̪eˈmɔːlior]

Verb edit

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

to demolish, tear down

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of dēmōlior (fourth conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēmōlīre	—	—	dēmōlīminī	—
active	future	—	dēmōlītor	dēmōlītor	—	—	dēmōliuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		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

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Catalan: demolir
Old French: demolir
- → English: demolish
- French: démolir
→ German: demolieren
Italian: demolire
Norman: dêmoli (Jersey)
Romanian: demola
Portuguese: demolir
Spanish: demoler

References edit

“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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to demolish, raze a house: domum demoliri (Top. 4. 22)