detrita
Dictionary entries
- Entry →detritus, detrita, detritum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
worn out; trite, hackneyed;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - 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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...copula "e" littera" inquit "detrita est." Item "locupletem" dictum ait ex conpositis vocibus, qui pleraque loca..."Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...decrescit vomer in arvis, strataque iam volgi pedibus detrita viarum saxea conspicimus; tum portas propter aena signa manus..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...frequentissime servit. Nam illa in agendis causis iam detrita "pedem conferre" et "iugulum petere" et "sanguinem mittere" inde..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...diversis incitamentis, hi verberum notas, illi canitiem, plurimi detrita tegmina et nudum corpus exprobrantes. postremo eo furoris venere..."
