tritis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →trite, trites:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Arts
3rd string; 3rd tone-in-scale; third string of tetrachord from the nete/highest;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →tritus, trita, tritum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
well-trodden, well-worn, worn; common; familiar;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - Entry →tero, terere, trivi, tritus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
rub, wear away, wear out; tread;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...natalicias habes Kalendas. Sit uultus tibi leuior licebit tritis litoris aridi lapillis, sit moro coma nigrior caduco, uineas..."- L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...praestringunt aciem et relinquunt, ignes sunt aeris triti et impetu inter se maiore collisi: ideo ne resistunt quidem..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...repulsa, protinus horrendis infamia pabula sucis conterit et tritis Hecateia carmina miscet caerulaque induitur velamina perque ferarum agmen..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fugerat, hostem. dentibus ille ferox in querno stipite tritis inminet exitio fidensque recentibus armis Eurytidae magni rostro femur..." - P
Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...templis, Inachi, sacra tuis, Et dare mixta viro tritis aconita cicutis, Accepto venerem munere siqua negat. Fert animus..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...seque]batur. Iamque diebus al[iquot] per dubitationem [tritis], cum Ligurum praesidia [cessissent] in Alpis, Terentunorum accitu quaestio..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...eoque simul egressus victusque; dein victoriae parum confisus, tritis frustra diebus castra in hostem movit, quem si statim..."
