ruinous
ruinous
adj.
In ruins: P. καταπεπτωκώς, V. ἐρείψῐμος.
Causing ruin: P. and V. ὀλέθριος (Plat. but rare P.), Ar. and V. ἀ̄τηρός, V. πολυφθόρος, πᾰνώλης, πᾰνώλεθρος, λῡμαντήριος ; see destructive, harmful.
Met., P. and V. δεινός.
adj.
In ruins: P. καταπεπτωκώς, V. ἐρείψῐμος.
Causing ruin: P. and V. ὀλέθριος (Plat. but rare P.), Ar. and V. ἀ̄τηρός, V. πολυφθόρος, πᾰνώλης, πᾰνώλεθρος, λῡμαντήριος ; see destructive, harmful.
Met., P. and V. δεινός.
RUINOUS
Dilapidated ruinosus; pronus in ruinam (ready to fall): vitiosus (injured damaged): dilabens (falling to pieces). To be in a ruinous condition ruinosum esse ruinam minari (to be on the point of falling): labare (to totter). The house is in a ruinous condition aedes vitium fecerunt.
Destructive pernicious perniciosus: exitiosus: exitialis: exitiabilis: damnosus: funestus: pestilens: pestifer. SYN. in HURTFUL.
Dilapidated ruinosus; pronus in ruinam (ready to fall): vitiosus (injured damaged): dilabens (falling to pieces). To be in a ruinous condition ruinosum esse ruinam minari (to be on the point of falling): labare (to totter). The house is in a ruinous condition aedes vitium fecerunt.
Destructive pernicious perniciosus: exitiosus: exitialis: exitiabilis: damnosus: funestus: pestilens: pestifer. SYN. in HURTFUL.
ruinous:
A. Injurious:
1. damnōsus: r. to the flock, d. pecori, Virg. G. 1, 37.
2. exĭtiōsus: Cic. Planc. 36, 87.
3. fūnestus: v.FATAL . Phr.: a r. expense, effusi sumtus, Cic. R. Am. 24, 68: to live at a r. expense, profusis sumtibus vivere, id. Quint. 30, 93: he made a harbour at a r. expense, portum operis sumtuosissimi fecit, Suet. Ner. 9: v. COSTLY .
B. Ready to fall: Phr.: the r. temples of the gods, aedes labentes deorum, Hor. Od. 3, 6, 3: the r. house, lapsura domus, Ov. Ib. 511: so, cāsurus, id. Pont. 2, 3, 59.
A. Injurious:
1. damnōsus: r. to the flock, d. pecori, Virg. G. 1, 37.
2. exĭtiōsus: Cic. Planc. 36, 87.
3. fūnestus: v.
B. Ready to fall: Phr.: the r. temples of the gods, aedes labentes deorum, Hor. Od. 3, 6, 3: the r. house, lapsura domus, Ov. Ib. 511: so, cāsurus, id. Pont. 2, 3, 59.