protritas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →protritus, protrita, protritum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
common, trite, commonplace;
acc. pl. (f.) - Entry →protero, proterere, protrivi, protritus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
crush, tread under foot; oppress;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Praefatio
Aulus Gellius
"...haec neque in scholis decantata neque in commentariis protrita. XVI. Quae porro nova sibi ignotaque offenderint, aequum esse..."Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...operae sit, quod oratio eius uulgaria uideatur et protrita, res atque sententiae aut inepto inanique impetu sint..."Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...reprehensor audaculus verborum, qui perpauca eademque a volgo protrita legerat habebatque nonnullas disciplinae grammaticae inauditiunculas partim rudes inchoatasque..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Othone pugnam ciens. Tum Othonianus pedes erupit; protrita hostium acie versi in fugam etiam qui subveniebant; nam Caecina..."