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ruinae

ruinae is a Latin form of ruina, meaning “fall, collapse; ruin, destruction; (pl.) ruins”. It is the genitive singular feminine noun.

Found 87 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio 88: … me ad omnia confirmavi et sic paravi ut docerem quae facta postea iudicia de illo iudicio dicerentur, partim ruinae similiora aut tempestati quam iudicio et disceptationi fuisse, partim nihil contra habitum valere, partim eti …

All forms of ruina (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.