comminuite
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;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- L
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..." - L
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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...etiam supra mensam eversum et vasa omnia crystallina comminuit, et oleo ferventi aliquot convivas respersit. Trimalchio, ne videretur..."