abrumpo

Latin

Etymology

From ab- (from, away from) +‎ rumpō (break, burst, tear).

Pronunciation

Verb

abrumpō (present infinitive abrumpere, perfect active abrūpī, supine abruptum); third conjugation

  1. to break off something (violently); rend, tear, sever
  2. (of an event, action or policy) to cut short; break off; terminate; halt, stop, or end suddenly or abruptly; put an end to
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.388–389:
      Hīs medium dictīs sermōnem abrumpit, et aurās / aegra fugit [...].
      [Dido,] having said these things, halts suddenly in the middle of [their] exchange and, deeply troubled, flees the open air.

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: abrompre
  • English: abrupt

References

  • abrumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • abrumpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • abrumpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to break off in the middle of the conversation: medium sermonem abrumpere (Verg. Aen. 4. 388)