3.3 end

cōnficere, peragere, perficere, absolvere, complete

terminus, goal; termināre, end

dēcrēscere, decrease

pūtēscere, decay, rot; pūtidus, rotten

abolēre, comminuere, cōnfringere, cōnsūmere, dēlēre, dēstruere, dēmōlīrī, dīruere, disperdere, dissolvere, dīvellere,ēvellere, ēvertere, exstinguere, percellere, perdere, destroy

excīdere or exscindere or prōruere (e.g. domōs), destroy

dissolūtiō, ēversiō, exitium, exstīnctiō, interitiō, interitus, lābēs, naufragium, obitus, pernīciēs, pestis, ruīna, destruction, ruin; ad interitum ruere, rush to destruction; adjs. exitiābilis, exitiālis, exitiōsus, pestifer, pestilēns, pernīciōsus

interīre, perīre, disperīre, ēmorī, intermorī, perish, decay

ad nihilum venīre or recidere, come to naught, perish

ruere, go to ruin; ruīnōsus, ruinous, in ruins

collabefierī, be brought to ruin

dēsinere, dēsistere, cease

dēficere, come to an end

effluere, pass away, vanish

fīnis, end; fīnem facere, with Dtg, Gtg or G gerund, bring to an end; fīnem statuere, assign an end to, make an end of; verb fīnīre, end

clausula, end (of letter), last sentence (of period), last verses (of play)

epistulam conclūdere, end a letter

exitus, conclusion

exitiōsus, exitiābilis, disastrous, fatal, deadly

fūnus, destruction, end; e.g. reīpūblicae

occāsus, downfall, ruin

from A Handbook of the Latin Language by Walter Ripman (1930). Transcribed by Carolus Raeticus (2011).

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