deteri
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;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
- T
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Sequere sis. CHAR. Sequor. EVT. Clementer quaeso, calces deteris. audin tu? CHAR. Iam dudum audivi. EVT. Pacem componi..." - L
de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...duritia est nec secari adamas aut caedi uel deteri potest sed incurrentia ultro retundit, quemadmodum quaedam non possunt..."