comminuunt
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. ind. 3rd
Examples
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Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...acutis rupibus fixae rates; has inopis undae breuia comminuunt uada, pars uehitur huius prima, pars scopulo sedet; hanc..." - G
Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...frigidis negotiis quae simul et avocant animum et comminuunt. Praeterea nec materia plura scribendi dabatur. Neque enim eadem..."