comminuier
Dictionary entries
- Entry →comminuo, comminuere, comminui, comminutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
break/crumble into pieces, shatter; break up; crush, smash, pulverize; lessen;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...actutum aperiri fores, nisi mavoltis fores et postes comminui securibus. V.ii BACCHIS Quis sonitu ac tumultu tanto nominat..."Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...prodessent! nocent. Hoc tibi cum voles manifestissimum faciam, comminui et debilitari generosam indolem in istas argutias coniectam. Pudet..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ineptas cavillationes descendendum atque his ingenia concidi et comminui credo. XXXIV. Sed nihil ex grammatice nocuerit nisi quod..."