attriveritis
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;
pl. futperf. act. ind. 2ndpl. perf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...refigunt. Saepe etiam duris errando in cotibus alas attrivere ultroque animam sub fasce dedere: tantus amor florum..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...alimentorum pretiis, quae motu Vindicis haud perinde plebem attriverant, secura tum urbe et provinciali bello, quod inter legiones..."
