dē-rŭo
rŭi, 3, v. a. and n.
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.