contererer
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;
sg. imperf. pass. subj. 1st - 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. imperf. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
- T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...istic servos est sacerrimus, Tranio: is vel Herculi conterere quaestum possiet. edepol ne me eius patris misere miseret..." - L
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..." - G
BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...fuit consilium socordia atque desidia bonum otium conterere neque vero agrum colundo aut venando servilibus officiis, intentum aetatem..."
