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deruo

deruo · v. a

cast down

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What it meant

dē-rŭo — Lewis & Short

dē-rŭo, rŭi, 3, v. a. and n. (a very rare word).

I Act., to throw or cast down.
A Lit.: hiems immensam vim aquarum ruptis nubibus deruat, Sen. Q. N. 3, 27.—
B Trop., to take away, detract: cumulum de laudibus alicujus, * Cic. Att. 16, 11, 2.—
II Neutr., to fall down: Ap. M. 2, p. 128; 7, p. 196.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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