verbsecond conjugation
dēleō
dēleō (present infinitive dēlēre, perfect active dēlēvī, supine dēlētum)
Classical[ˈdeː.ɫe.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈdɛː.le.o]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to destroy, raze, annihilate
234 - 149 B.C.E. — Cato the Elder Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam
Furthermore I think Carthage must be destroyed - to finish, terminate, put an end to
- to delete (e.g. Ecclesiastical: from the book of life)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
tōtum perdō; urbs dēlēta iam nōn est.dēleō -ēre — in Mille Verba, Bellum et Arma
funditus perdōdēleō -ēre — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 2
tollō, dēstruōdēleō -ēre — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 3
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Abolere
Abolere (ἀπολέσαι) means ‘to annul,’ to ‘annihilate,’ and, as far as possible, to remove from the universe and cast into oblivion; but delere (διολέσαι, or δηλεῖν) ‘to destroy,’ to bring a thing to nought, and make it useless.
Conjugation conjugation 2
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēleō | dēlēbam | dēlēbō | dēlēvī | dēlēveram | dēlēverō |
| 2nd sg. | dēlēs | dēlēbās | dēlēbis | dēlēvistī | dēlēverās | dēlēveris |
| 3rd sg. | dēlet | dēlēbat | dēlēbit | dēlēvit | dēlēverat | dēlēverit dēlērit |
| 1st pl. | dēlēmus | dēlēbāmus | dēlēbimus | dēlēvimus | dēlēverāmus | dēlēverimus |
| 2nd pl. | dēlētis | dēlēbātis | dēlēbitis | dēlēvistis | dēlēverātis | dēlēveritis |
| 3rd pl. | dēlent | dēlēbant | dēlēbunt | dēlēvērunt dēlēvēre, dēlērunt | dēlēverant dēlērant | dēlēverint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēleam | dēlērem | dēlēverim | dēlēvissem |
| 2nd sg. | dēleās | dēlērēs | dēlēverīs | dēlēvissēs |
| 3rd sg. | dēleat | dēlēret | dēlēverit dēlērit | dēlēvisset |
| 1st pl. | dēleāmus | dēlērēmus | dēlēverīmus | dēlēvissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | dēleātis | dēlērētis | dēlēverītis | dēlēvissētis |
| 3rd pl. | dēleant | dēlērent | dēlēverint | dēlēvissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēleor | dēlēbar | dēlēbor |
| 2nd sg. | dēlēris dēlēre | dēlēbāris dēlēbāre | dēlēberis dēlēbere |
| 3rd sg. | dēlētur | dēlēbātur | dēlēbitur |
| 1st pl. | dēlēmur | dēlēbāmur | dēlēbimur |
| 2nd pl. | dēlēminī | dēlēbāminī | dēlēbiminī |
| 3rd pl. | dēlentur | dēlēbantur | dēlēbuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēlear | dēlērer |
| 2nd sg. | dēleāris dēleāre | dēlērēris dēlērēre |
| 3rd sg. | dēleātur | dēlērētur |
| 1st pl. | dēleāmur | dēlērēmur |
| 2nd pl. | dēleāminī | dēlērēminī |
| 3rd pl. | dēleantur | dēlērentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | dēlē | dēlēre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | dēlēte | dēlēminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | dēlētō | dēlētor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | dēlētō | dēlētor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | dēlētōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | dēlentō | dēlentor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | dēlēre | dēlērī |
| perfect infinitive | dēlēvisse | dēlētum esse |
| future infinitive | dēlētūrum esse | dēlētum īrī |
| present participle | dēlēns dēlente, dēlentem, dēlentēs, dēlentī, dēlentia, dēlentibus, dēlentis, dēlentīs, dēlentium | — |
| perfect participle | — | dēlētus dēlēta, dēlētā, dēlētae, dēlētam, dēlētārum, dēlētās, dēlētī, dēlētōrum, dēlētōs |
| future participle | dēlētūrus dēlētūra, dēlētūrā, dēlētūrae, dēlētūram, dēlētūrārum, dēlētūrās, dēlētūre, dēlētūrī, dēlētūrīs, dēlētūrō, dēlētūrōrum, dēlētūrōs, dēlētūrum | dēlendus |
gerunddēlendī, dēlendō, dēlendumsupinedēlētum, dēlētū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- ius ac fas omne delere
- to trample all law under foot.
- incendio deleri, absūmi
- to be burned to ashes.
- suspicionem ex animo delere
- to banish all feeling of prejudice from the mind.
- omnem religionem tollere, delere
- to annihilate all religious feeling.
- oblivione obrui, deleri, exstingui
- to be forgotten, pass into oblivion.
- maculam (conceptam) delere, eluere
- to blot out a reproach.
- hostes, exercitum delere, concīdere
- to annihilate, cut up the enemy, an army.
- hostes ad internecionem caedere, delere (Liv. 9. 26)
- to absolutely annihilate the enemy.
2 more phrases
- memoriam eius nulla umquam delebit (obscurabit) oblivio (Fam. 2. 1)
- nothing will ever make me forgetful of him.
- omnem memoriam discordiarum oblivione sempiterna delere (Phil. 1. 1. 1)
- to proclaim a general amnesty.
dēlĕo, lēvi, lētum, 2 (
I. perf. sync. delerunt, Cic. Red. in Sen. 2, 4:
delerit, Cic. Cat. 4, 9, 19; id. Balb. 19, 43: delerat, id. Fam. 15, 5, 3: delerant, id. Sest. 19, 44; plqpf. subj. sync. delesset, Val. Max. 3, 7; Liv. 27, 40, 4; part. perf. dēlĭtus: litterae delitae, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372: epistola delita, Calvus ib.; Cic. Ep. ap. Prisc. p. 873; cf. 1. aboleo), v. a. Sanscr. R. lī, adhere; cf.: vi-lī, dissolve; Gr. λίμνη, λιμήν, λειμών, etc.; Lat. lino, perf. levi; polio, etc.; cf. also Gr. λιμός, Lat. lētum, to abolish, destroy, annihilate (freq. and class.; cf.: eluo, diluo, diruo, exstinguo, everto, demolior, destruo). I. Of objects not personal:
si certo tempore luna Gignitur et certo deletur tempore rursus, Lucr. 5, 748 (for which, shortly before, nova luna creari ... aborisci): si Juppiter saepe urbes delevit, fruges perdidit, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; so, urbem Numantiam, Carthaginem, etc., Caes. B. C. 2, 12 fin.; Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 21; Sall. J. 8, 2; Hor. Od. 3, 6, 14; Ov. M. 13, 219 al.; cf.: magnam Graeciam, Cic. Lael. 4, 13: nomen Aequorum prope ad internecionem, Liv. 9, 45; and, Volscum nomen, id. 3, 8: sepulcrum, Cic. Leg. 2, 26: aedificia, id. Agr. 2, 32 fin. al.: epistulas, id. Fam. 7, 18, 2; so of the blotting out, effacing, obliterating, of writing, id. ib. 14, 3; id. Clu. 14, 41; id. Rosc. Com. 2 fin.; Quint. 10, 3, 31; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 69; id. A. P. 389; Ov. M. 9, 524; Vulg. Apoc. 3, 5: stigmata in facie, Plin. 25, 13, 110, § 175: radices, Col. 11, 3, 56 al. —B. Trop., to finish, stop, terminate, end:
praesentia, futura bella, Cic. Lael. 3, 11: omnes leges una rogatione, id. Sest. 26: omnia morte, id. Lael, 4, 13: omnem memoriam discordiarum oblivione sempiterna, id. Phil. 1, 1; cf. id. Deiot. 13, 37: nec si quid olim lusit Anacreon, Delevit aetas, Hor. Od. 4, 9, 10; trop.: deleo omnes dehinc ex animo mulieres (i. e. memoriam mulierum), Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 5: veritatem (simulatio), Cic. Lael. 25, 92: omnem molestiam, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8: improbitatem (with exstinguere), id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26; cf.: turpitudinem fugae virtute, Caes. B. G. 2, 27: priorem ignominiam, Liv. 39, 30.—II. Of personal objects:
dispersis ac paene deletis hostibus, destroyed, annihilated, Caes. B. G. 6, 36, 2; so milit., id. ib. 6, 37, 7; id. B. C. 3, 70; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 8, 21; id. Mur. 35 fin.; id. Vat. 10, 24 init.; Tac. A. 4, 51; Verg. A. 11, 898 al.: homines morte deletos, Cic. N. D. 1, 15: toto animante deleto, id. Tusc. 1, 37, 90; rarely of a single person: C. Curionem, id. Vat. 10, 24 fin.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dēleō ēvī (dēlērat, C.; dēlēsset, L.), ētus, ēre
de + LI-, to erase, efface, obliterate, blot out : epistulas: cum tabulas prehendisset, digito legata delevit: Non delenda carmina, H.: tabellas, O.: tabulas, Iu.—In gen., to abolish, destroy, annihilate, overthrow, raze, extinguish : urbīs: ante Carthaginem deletam, S.: Volscum nomen, L.: sepulcrum: dispersis ac pene deletis hostibus, Cs.: copias multis proeliis: homines morte deletos: Curionem: toto animante deleto.—Fig., to finish, put an end to, extinguish, abolish, annul : bella: decreta: ad delendam priorem ignominiam, L.: morte omnia deleri: omnis improbitas delenda: operis famam, O.: leges una rogatione.— To blot put, obliterate, efface : memoriam discordiarum oblivione: suspicionem ex animo: turpitudinem fugae virtute, Cs.
Origins
Traditionally taken as a back-formation from dēlēvī, originally the perfect tense of dēlinō (“to wipe off”), from dē- + linō (“to daub, smear”). However, De Vaan is skeptical of the derivation due to the lack of concurrent attestation of dēlinō with linō and lēvī (all attestations of dēlinō come later), and prefers Meiser's derivation from a causative dē- + *oleō, the root being Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- (“to destroy”), comparing Hittite [script needed] (hallanna/i-ᶦ, “to trample down”), Ancient Greek ὄλλῡμι (óllūmi, “to wreck, destroy”). False cognate of Ancient Greek δηλέομαι (dēléomai, “to destroy, annihilate, spoil”).
Descendants
- Catalandelir
- Italiandelere
- Englishdelete
- Portuguesedeletarfrom English delete
- Portuguesedeletefrom English delete
- Englishdele
- Portuguesedelir
- Spanishdesleír
- Frenchdélébile
- Asturiandilir