contundis
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;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
- L
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..." - G
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..."