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D / dĕ-artŭo
verb transitive

dĕ-artŭo

3rd PP dĕ-artuāvi · 4th PP dĕātum
artus; cf. artuatus and artuatim. Lit.
to dismember, to rend limb by limb;; to ruin •
to dismember, to rend limb by limb; hence, trop., to ruin: "quasi per artus concidere," Non. 95, 17 (only in the foll. passages): fallaciis opes, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 14: deartuatus sum hujus technis, id. ib. 3, 4, 108; cf. Non. l. l.
Perseus ID: n12377 Key: deartuo