attritae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →attero, atterere, attrivi, attritus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rub, rub against; grind; chafe; wear out/down/away; diminish, impair; waste;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →attritus, attrita -um, attritior -or -us, attritissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
worn, worn down by use; smoothed; hardened, brazen; thin (style), attenuated;; rubbed (off/away), wasted; bruised; shameless, impudent, brazen;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Satura XIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...peccandi finem posuit sibi? quando recepit eiectum semel attrita de fronte ruborem? quisnam hominum est quem tu contentum..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...CXXV Idem. Si matutinos facilest tibi perdere somnos, Attrita veniet sportula saepe toga. CXXVI Endromis. Pauperis est munus..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...quoque ignem eodem modo uel percussae reddant uel attritae. Videamus quantis procellae uiribus ruant, quanto uertantur impetu turbines..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...nobile solum, quodve genus negotiationis praecipue probarent post attritas bellis frequentibus opes: "O mi, inquit, hospites, si negotiatores..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...omnis et in personis decor petitur, praecipueque velut attrita cotidiano actu forensi ingenia optime rerum talium +libertate+ reparantur..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...canunt ab origine Thebas: hi mare Sidonium manibusque attrita Tonantis cornua et ingenti sulcatum Nerea tauro, hi Cadmum..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...aeterna crepido, quae superingesti portaret culmina montis caeliferique attrita genu durasset Atlantis. Nec longae traxere morae. iuvat ipsa..."Ecloga VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...serta procul tantum capiti delapsa iacebant, et grauis attrita pendebat cantharus ansa. Adgressi (nam saepe senex spe carminis..."
