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  • 1 calcātus

        calcātus    P. of calco.
    * * *
    I
    calcata, calcatum ADJ
    trite, hackneyed
    II

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  • 2 cantilēna

        cantilēna ae, f    [cantilo, to trill], a hackneyed song, old song: cantilenam eandem canis, ever the old song, T.—Silly talk, trite prattle, gossip (colloq.). sua: ex scholis, a trite formula.
    * * *
    oft repeated saying; refrain; ditty/little song; silly prattle (L+S); lampoon

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  • 3 contrītus

        contrītus adj.    [P. of contero], worn out, trite, common: praecepta: proverbium vetustate. — Worthless: praemium.
    * * *
    I
    contrita, contritum ADJ
    contrite; penitent
    II
    contrita, contritum ADJ
    trite, hackneyed, worn out; common (L+S)

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  • 4 obsolētus

        obsolētus adj. with comp.    [P. of obsolesco], old, worn out, thrown off: erat veste obsoletā, L.: esse vestitu obsoletiore: homo, shabby: tectum, ruinous, H.: verba, obsolete.—Common, ordinary, poor, mean, low: crimina: ex victoriā gaudia, L.: O nec paternis obsoleta sordibus, H.: obsoletior oratio, a too negligent style.
    * * *
    obsoleta, obsoletum ADJ
    worn-out, dilapidated; hackneyed

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  • 5 detero

    dē-tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3, v. a., to rub away, to wear away, to wear out (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Caes.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    strataque jam volgi pedibus detrita viarum saxea,

    Lucr. 1, 315:

    a catena collum detritum cani,

    Phaedr. 3, 7, 16; so,

    vestem usu,

    Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 191; cf.:

    detrita tegmina,

    Tac. A. 1, 18:

    aurum usu,

    Plin. 33, 3, 19:

    pedes (viă longă),

    Tib. 1, 9, 16:

    frumenta,

    to thresh out, Col. 1, 6, 23; cf.

    milium,

    id. 6, 12, 4:

    scillam,

    id. 6, 27, 10:

    telephion,

    Plin. 27, 13, 110, § 137:

    calces deteris,

    you tread on my heels, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111.—
    II.
    Trop., to diminish in force, to lessen, weaken, impair:

    laudes Caesaris culpă ingeni,

    Hor. Od. 1, 6, 12:

    aliquid velut usu ipso,

    Quint. 2, 4, 7:

    fulgorem,

    id. 10, 5, 16:

    si quid ardoris ac ferociae miles habuit, deteritur, etc.,

    Tac. H. 2, 76 fin.:

    ab alio genere vitae detriti jam,

    Gell. 15, 30, 1:

    quantum detritum est famae,

    Sil. 7, 247:

    detrita bellis Suessa,

    id. 8, 399:

    detereret sibi multa Lucilius,

    would polish his verses, Hor. S. 1, 10, 69 (cf. just before, v. 65, limatior).— Absol.:

    nimia cura deterit magis quam emendat,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 35 fin. — Hence, * dētrītus, a, um, P. a., worn out, trite, hackneyed (for which in Cic. contritus):

    illa in agendis causis jam detrita,

    Quint. 8, 6, 51.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > detero

  • 6 pertritus

    1.
    pertrītus, a, um, Part., rubbed to pieces; from pertero.
    2.
    per-trītus, a, um, adj., quite worn out, very hackneyed or common, very trite (post-Aug.):

    quaestio,

    Sen. Contr. 7, 18, 7:

    scio pertritum jam hoc esse,

    Sen. Ep. 63, 10.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > pertritus

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  • hackneyed — hackneyed; un·hackneyed; …   English syllables

  • hackneyed — meaning ‘made commonplace or trite by overuse’, is spelt eyed. For hackneyed phrases, see clichés …   Modern English usage

  • hackneyed — index familiar (customary), mundane, nondescript, ordinary, pedestrian, prosaic, stale, trite …   Law dictionary

  • hackneyed — (adj.) 1769, kept for hire, pp. adjective from HACKNEY (Cf. hackney). The figurative sense of trite, so overused as to have become uninteresting is older, 1749, from HACK (Cf. hack) (n.2) in special sense of one who writes anything for hire …   Etymology dictionary

  • hackneyed — *trite, stereotyped, threadbare, shopworn Analogous words: antiquated, archaic, obsolete, antediluvian, *old: worn, wasted (see HAGGARD): attenuated, diluted (see THIN vb) Contrasted words: fresh, novel, original, *new …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • hackneyed — [adj] clichéd, tired antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, conventional, corny*, everyday, familiar tune*, hokey*, moth eaten*, obsolete, old, old chestnut*, old hat*, old saw*, outdated, outmoded, outof date, overworked, pedestrian*, played… …   New thesaurus

  • hackneyed — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a phrase or idea) unoriginal and trite. ORIGIN from the obsolete verb hackney «use a horse for general purposes», later «make commonplace by overuse» …   English terms dictionary

  • hackneyed — [hak′nēd΄] adj. made trite by overuse SYN. TRITE …   English World dictionary

  • Hackneyed — Hackney Hack ney, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hackneyed} ( n[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hackneying}.] 1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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