demolior

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

Related terms

• dēmōlītiō
• dēmōlītor
• mōlior

Descendants

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

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)