dē-mōlĭor — Lewis & Short
dē-mōlĭor, ītus, 4,
I v. dep. a., to cast off, remove.
I In gen. So only once in a trop. sense:
culpam de me demolibor,Plaut. Bac. 3, 1, 16.—Far more freq.,
II In partic., of buildings, to throw down, pull or tear down, demolish (for syn. cf.: deleo, eluo, diluo, diruo, everto, destruo).
A Lit.:
monimenta virum,Lucr. 6, 242;
(Lachm. lamenta): domum,Cic. Off. 1, 39:
parietem,id. Top. 4, 22:
statuas,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 67:
signum,id. ib. 2, 4, 39:
columnas,id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1 fin.: munitiones, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 95, 22; cf. Nep. Timol. 3, 3:
deum immortalium templa,Liv. 42, 3.—
b Of inanimate subjects:
arcus et statuas, aras etiam templaque demolitur et obscurat oblivio,Plin. Pan. 55, 9.—
B Trop., to demolish, destroy:
aevi prioris Robora,Ov. M. 15, 228:
si quod cuiquam privatim officiet jus, id destruet ac demolietur, quid attinebit? etc.,Liv. 34, 3:
Bacchanalia,id. 39, 16:
faciem,to disfigure, Hier. in Matt. 6, 16 (as a transl. of the Gr. a)fani/zein to\ pro/swpon):
terram,lay waste, Vulg. 4 Reg. 18, 25; id. Jer. 51, 2.—Absol.:
ubi tinea demolitur,id. Matt. 6, 19 sq.!*?
a Act. form dēmōlĭo, īre, Naev. ap. Diom. p. 395 P. (Com. v. 48 Rib.); Varr. ib. Lex ap. Front. Aquaed. 129; Lact. 4, 11, 6.—
b Demolior, īri, in pass. signif., Lex ap. Front. l. l.; Curio ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.; Dig. 7, 4, 10; 41, 3, 23; Inscr. Orell. 3015.