conteri
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;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...haec est prior, quae nupta nunc est? LAMP. Conteris tu tua me oratione, mulier, quisquis es. medioxumam quam..."Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...exerceas, tamen robigo interficit. Item homines exercendo videmus conteri; si nihil exerceas, inertia atque torpedo plus detrimenti facit..."Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...vivo atque videnti, qui somno partem maiorem conteris aevi, et viligans stertis nec somnia cernere cessas sollicitamque geris..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...miser Titulle, nec senex uiuis, sed omne limen conteris salutator et mane sudas urbis osculis udus, foroque triplici..."Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...omnium maximum et dignissimum, quod consecrari mallet quam conteri: pedes abstulit; frugalitatem laudare coepisti, quae sic a nostris..."