contundit
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. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...planctu liuentis atra lacertos, 'nunc', ait 'o miserae, contundite pectora, matres, nunc laniate comas neue hunc differte dolorem..."de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...autem magnus esse idem ac maestus. 5. Maeror contundit mentes, abicit, contrahit; hoc sapienti ne in suis quidem..."Ecloga II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...rapido fessis messoribus aestu alia serpyllumque herbas contundit olentis. at mecum raucis, tua dum vestigia lustro, sole..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...vallari castra placuit. is labor urbano militi insolitus contundit animos. tum vetustissimus quisque castigare credulitatem suam, metum..."Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...pectus et ventrem, atque etiam - foedum dictu - verenda contundit; et cum exanimem putarent, abiciunt in fervens pavimentum..."