comminuit
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;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rdsg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...itaque abstulit illa, non auulsit. Neminem aduersa fortuna comminuit nisi quem secunda decepit. 5. Illi qui munera eius..."de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...praeclusit, siue in caput lapsos subiacentis soli duritia comminuit, siue haustus ignis cursum animae remeantis interscidit, quidquid..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...etiam supra mensam eversum et vasa omnia crystallina comminuit, et oleo ferventi aliquot convivas respersit. Trimalchio, ne videretur..."