contererent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contereo, conterere, conterui, conteritus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Whitaker
- Age:
- Later
frighten thoroughly; fill with terror; suppress/intimidate by terrorizing;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd - 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. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...istic servos est sacerrimus, Tranio: is vel Herculi conterere quaestum possiet. edepol ne me eius patris misere miseret..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...iube. 'Quid te' inquis 'delectat tempus inter ista conterere, quae tibi nullum affectum eripiunt, nullam cupiditatem abigunt..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...fuit consilium socordia atque desidia bonum otium conterere neque vero agrum colundo aut venando servilibus officiis, intentum aetatem..."
