conteras
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. pres. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...domi quod edimus, ne nos tam contemptim conteras. quidquid est pauxillulum illuc, nostrum id omne, non tuomst, neque..."Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...lacerentur probe 779-780 ferratusque in pistrino aetatem conteras. omnia rescivi scelera ex Mnesilocho tua. CHRYS. Men criminatust..."
