deterier
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
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Sequere sis. CHAR. Sequor. EVT. Clementer quaeso, calces deteris. audin tu? CHAR. Iam dudum audivi. EVT. Pacem componi..."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..."
