adjective

rŭīnōsus

fem. rŭīnōsa · neut. rŭīnōsum

ruina, of buildings.

Tumbling down; going to ruin •

Tumbling down, going to ruin, ruinous (rare but class.): aedes, * Cic. Off. 3, 13, 54: parietes, Sen. Ira, 3, 35 fin. (better rimosos).—*

that has already fallen; ruined; in ruins poetic •

Poet., transf., that has already fallen, ruined, in ruins: ruinosas occulit herba domos, Ov. H. 1, 56.—Plur. subst.: rŭīnōsa, ōrum, ruins: instaurare, Vulg. Ezech. 36, 33; 33, 27.

Perseus ID: n41986 Key: ruinosus