deteruntur
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;
pl. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...divino divinius, caelesti caelestius. Mortalia minuuntur cadunt, deteruntur crescunt, exhauriuntur implentur; itaque illis in tam incerta sorte inaequalitas..."de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...gratior pessimis quibusque ingeniis, quae occupationibus libenter deteruntur: ut ulcera quaedam nocituras manus appetunt et tactu gaudent..."