terentem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tero, terere, trivi, tritus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
rub, wear away, wear out; tread;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...superesse duas. Rufe, uides illum subsellia prima terentem, cuius et hinc lucet sardonychata manus quaeque Tyron totiens epotauere..."XVII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...invenit quodam tempore in secreta domus parte medicamentum terentem. interrogavit, quid esset, cui parasset. ille dixit venenum..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...deus, septem orbibus atris amplexum Delphos squamisque annosa terentem robora, Castaliis dum fontibus ore trisulco fusus hiat nigro..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Silvanum socordem bello et dies rerum verbis terentem specie obsequii regebat ad omniaque quae agenda forent quieta..."