The corpus record — Latin

demolitio

demolitio · f

a tearing down, demolishing

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Where it lives

Cum Senatui Gratias Egit 1 · 2.31/10k
In C. Verrem 2 · 0.2/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
Adversus Marcionem 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

dēmōlītĭo — Lewis & Short

dēmōlītĭo, ōnis, f.demolior, no. II.,

I a tearing down, demolishing (very rare).

I Lit.: dum ea demolitio (statuarum) fieret, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 67; Vitr. 10, 19.— *

B Trop.: veritatis, an undermining, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 1.

In the wild

demolitio Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.2.161
demolitionem Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.13.1
demolitione Cicero, Cum Senatui Gratias Egit 32
demolitio Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.110
demolitione Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 2.1

Where it came from

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