deterat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →detero, deterere, detrivi, detritus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rub/wear/file away/down; remove, rub off/out; wear down to smooth surface;; thresh (grain); pound; grind; chafe; impair/lessen/weaken; detract from; prune;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...multa itinera diuisus circumeat nec unam deterat semitam, ceteris partibus torpeat. [24,3] Credis autem in hoc maximo..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...libentius statuas quam uestem et quod usus breuis deterat. Apud paucos post rem manet gratia; plures sunt, apud..."