attriti
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;
gen. 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;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →attritus, attritus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
action/process of rubbing/grinding; friction; chafing, abrasion, bruising;
gen. sg.
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...esse potest. LXXII Frustra, Blanditiae, venitis ad me Attritis miserabiles labellis: Dicturus dominum deumque..."FRAGMENTA
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...ratione, mentiuntur. Nam turris, prope quae quadrata surgit. Attritis procul angulis rotatur. Hyblaeum refugit satur liquorem, Et naris..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...amatores obligati noctibus totis, et forsitan mutuis libidinibus attriti derident solitudinem meam. Sed non impune..."Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...liberos Gaium et Servium procreavit, quorum maior Gaius attritis facultatibus urbe cessit, prohibitusque a Tiberio sortiri anno..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tenet ille tamen, quas non uidet, arces, fulguraque attritis quotiens micuere procellis, 'his' ait 'in Thebas..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...latera circumluit. nec opibus (rarum in societate validiorum) attritis viros tantum armaque imperio ministrant, diu Germanicis bellis exerciti..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...infamis eoque alienae etiam culpae dissimulator. iam pridem attritis Italiae rebus tantum peditum equitumque, vis damnaque et iniuriae..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...iuxta famosus. insignis amicitias iuvenis ambitiose coluerat; mox attritis opibus, lubrico statu, suspecta etiam Claudii iracundia, in secretum..."