conteruntur
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;
pl. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...denique sermonibus, ne dicam somno et conviviorum mora conteruntur, geometrae potius ac musico inpendat, quanto plus delectationis habiturus..."Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...silvis ac paludibus emuniendis inter verbera et contumelias conteruntur. Nata servituti mancipia semel veneunt, atque ultro a dominis..."