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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ ruō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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inruō (present infinitive inruere, perfect active inruī, supine inrutum); third conjugation

  1. to hurry or rush into
  2. to attack, charge or invade
    Synonyms: invādō, incurrō, impetō, aggredior, oppugnō, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, petō, accēdō, intrō, incēdō, irrumpō, invehō, adorior, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, appetō, incidō, arripiō, assiliō, incessō, lacessō
    Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō
    • 1959, Sacra Scriptura[1], Secundum Lucam:
      et Zacharias turbatus est videns, et timor irruit super eum.
      When Zacharias saw the angel, he was troubled and overcome with fear.

Conjugation

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References

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  • inruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers