conterant
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;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...virginalis, liberos parentibus sublectos habebis atque indigno quaestu conteres? nam huic alterae quae patria sit profecto nescio, nisi..." - L
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...unus ab illis numeretur annus, omnis annos suos conterent. Quosdam antequam in summum ambitionis eniterentur, inter prima luctantis..."