trivit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tero, terere, trivi, tritus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
rub, wear away, wear out; tread;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Daedalus potionem ferventissimam haurit, Fortunata mola buxea piper trivit. Sumptis igitur matteis, respiciens ad familiam Trimalchio: "Quid..."Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...nomina novarum * * non videbantur, quae nunc consuetudo diuturna trivit; quid censes in Latino fore? Facillimum id quidem..."