conterat
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. 3rd
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...fruaris undis, Nec te barbara contumeliosi Calcatum rota conterat bubulci; Sic et cornibus aureis receptis Et Romanus..."- L
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...pronuntiet, alius per sequestrem agat, alius eorummanus osculis conterat quibus designatus contingendam manum negaturus est,omnes attoniti uocem..."