contundite
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;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- M
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..." - L
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..." - P
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..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...vallari castra placuit. is labor urbano militi insolitus contundit animos. tum vetustissimus quisque castigare credulitatem suam, metum..." - G
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..."