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
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quid ego huc recursem aut operam sumam aut conteram? quid si hic manebo potius ad meridie? TR. Immo..."Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...mihi sit. MERC. Quiesce quaeso. LEON. Qui latera conteram tua, quae occalluere plagis. abscede ac sine me hunc..."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..."