contundi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contundo, contundere, contudi, contusus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
quell/crush/outdo/subdue utterly; bruise/beat; pound to pieces/powder/pulp;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...incursu auertendam aciem". Non probabat cauillationes: "enim contundi debere, non uellicari." Tamen, ut illis error exprobretur suus, docendi..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...civium, rectosque ac vividos animos non, ut alii, contundis ac deprimis, sed foves et attollis. Prodest bonos esse..."