conteram
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contero, conterere, contrivi, contritus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
grind, crush, pound to pieces; bruise, crumble; rub/wipe away/out/off, expunge;; spend, exhaust, waste (time), use up; wear out/down; make weary;
sg. fut. act. ind. 1stsg. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
- T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quid ego huc recursem aut operam sumam aut conteram? quid si hic manebo potius ad meridie? TR. Immo..." - T
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...mihi sit. MERC. Quiesce quaeso. LEON. Qui latera conteram tua, quae occalluere plagis. abscede ac sine me hunc..." - L
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...aliena carmina conpunxit recognoscam, et aetatem in syllabis conteram? Itane in geometriae pulvere haerebo? adeo mihi praeceptum illud..."