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  • 1 defrico

    I
    defricare, defricui, defricatus V TRANS
    rub hard/thoroughly; (ointment); rub down (person/beast); scour/rub off
    II
    defricare, defricui, defrictus V TRANS
    rub hard/thoroughly; (ointment); rub down (person/beast); scour/rub off

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  • 2 terō

        terō trīvī (trīstī for trīvistī, Ct.), trītus, ere    [1 TER-], to rub, rub away, wear away, bruise, grind, bray triturate: lacrimulam oculos terendo exprimere, T.: unguibus herbas, O.: calamo labellum, i. e. to blow upon the flute, V.: calcem calce, tread upon, V.—Of grain, to rub off, tread out, thresh: Milia frumenti tua triverit area centum, H.: teret area culmos, V.: Ut patriā careo, bis frugibus area trita est, i. e. during two harvests, O.— To rub smooth, burnish, polish, sharpen: mordaci pumice crura, O.: radios rotis, smoothed, turned, V.: catillum manibus, H.— To lessen by rubbing, rub away, wear away by use, wear out: silices, O.: ferrum, to dull, O.: trita vestis, H.—Of a place, to wear, tread often, visit, frequent: iter, V.: Appiam mannis, H.: viam, O.—Fig., of time, to wear away, use up, pass, spend, waste, kill: in convivio tempus, L.: teretur interea tempus: teritur bellis civilibus aetas, H.: Omne aevum ferro, V.: otium conviviis comissationibusque inter se, L.— To exert greatly, exhaust, wear out: in opere longinquo sese, L.: in armis plebem, L.—Of words, to wear by use, render common, make trite: verbum sermone: quae (nomina) consuetudo diurna trivit.
    * * *
    terere, trivi, tritus V
    rub, wear away, wear out; tread

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  • 3 tergeo

    tergeo or less freq. tergo, si, sum, 2 or 3 (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 423 sq.; part. perf. tertus, Varr. ap. Non. 179, 7 and 8), v. a. [for stergo; akin to stringo; Gr. strangeuô, to twist], to rub off, wipe off, wipe dry, wipe clean, cleanse.
    I.
    Lit. (class.;

    syn. verro): numquam concessavimus Lavari aut fricari aut tergeri aut ornari,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 10: mantelium, ubi manus terguntur, Varr L. L. 6, § 85 Müll.; so,

    frontem sudario,

    Quint. 6, 3, 60:

    nares in adversum,

    id. 11, 3, 121:

    fossas,

    to dry, Cato, R. R. 2, 4; Col. 2, 21, 3:

    aequatam (mensam) mentae tersere virentes,

    Ov. M. 8, 663:

    pars leves clipeos et spicula lucida tergent,

    rub off, polish, burnish, Verg. A. 7, 626:

    arma,

    Liv. 26, 51, 4:

    leve argentum, vasa aspera,

    Juv. 14, 62:

    manuque simul velut lacrimantia tersit Lumina,

    Ov. M. 13, 132:

    oculos pedibus,

    Plin. 11, 48, 108, § 258. — Poet.:

    aridus unde aures terget sonus ille,

    grates upon, Lucr. 6, 119:

    nubila caeli (Aurora),

    to scatter, Sil. 16, 136:

    tergere palatum,

    to tickle the palate, Hor. S. 2, 2, 24. — Absol.: qui tractant ista, qui tergunt, qui ungunt, qui verrunt, * Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37:

    si QVIS TERGERE ORNARE REFICERR VOLET (sc. aram),

    Inscr. Orell. 2489.—
    II.
    Trop. (very rare):

    librum,

    i. e. to improve, amend, Mart. 6, 1, 3:

    scelus,

    to expiate, Sen. Herc. Oet. 907.—Hence, tersus, a, um, P. a., wiped off, i. e. clean, neat (not in Cic.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    (mulier) lauta, tersa, ornata, etc.,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4; cf id. Pa. 1, 2, 31; cf.: alii sunt circumtonsi et tersi atque unctuli, Varr. ap Non. 179, 8:

    plantae,

    Ov. M. 2, 736:

    tersum diem pro sereno dictum ab antiquis,

    Fest. p. 363 Müll. —
    B.
    Trop., pure, correct, nice, neat, terse: judicium acre tersumque. Quint. 12, 10, 20:

    tersum ac limatum esse oportet quod libris dedicatur,

    id. 12, 10, 50:

    elegiae tersus atque elegans auctor,

    id. 10, 1, 93; of in comp.:

    multo est tersior ac purus magis (Horatius),

    id. 10, 1, 94:

    opus tersum, molle, jucundum,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 22, 2; so,

    praefationes tersae, graciles, dulces,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 1.— Sup.:

    vir in judicio litterarum tersissimus,

    Stat. S. 2 praef. —No adv.

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  • 4 defrico

    dē-frĭco, cui, cātum and ctum (the former Catull. 37, 20; Col. 11, 2, 70; Plin. 28, 12, 50, § 188; the latter in Col. 6, 13, 1; 7, 5, 8; Sen. Ep. 87, 10), 1, v. a., to rub off, rub down; to rub hard, to rub (rare; mostly technical; not in Cic. and Caes.).
    I.
    Prop.: dentem, Catull. 37, 20; Ov. A. A. 3, 216:

    radicem,

    Col. 12, 56, 1:

    dolia,

    id. 11, 2, 70:

    lichenes pumice,

    Plin. 26, 4, 10, § 21:

    papulam saliva,

    Cels. 5, 28, 18; cf.

    vulnera,

    Col. 6, 7, 4:

    corpora pecudum quotidie,

    id. 6, 30, 1:

    fauces ceteraque membra,

    Suet. Dom. 20 et saep.:

    vas aeneum defricabitur,

    shall be scoured, Vulg. Lev. 6, 28: defricari, mid., to rub one's self, as in a bath, Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14.—
    II.
    Trop.: urbem sale multo, to lash well, Hor. S. 1, 10, 4.—Hence, * dēfrĭcātē, adv. (acc. to no. II.), with biting sarcasm: facete et defricate, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 178 P.

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  • 5 tergeō

        tergeō sī, sus, ēre    [STRAG-], to rub off, wipe off, wipe dry, wipe clean, cleanse: qui tractant ista, qui tergent: clipeos et spicula, polish, V.: arma, L.: ut tersis niteant talaria plantis, O.: gallinā palatum, to tickle the palate, H.
    * * *
    tergere, tersi, tersus V
    rub, wipe; wipe off, wipe dry; clean, cleanse

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  • 6 dē-fricō

        dē-fricō cuī, cātus, āre,    to rub off, rub down, rub hard: dentem, O., Ct.—Fig.: sale multo Urbem, i. e. cause to smart, H.

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  • 7 detero

    deterere, detrivi, detritus V TRANS
    rub/wear/file away/down; remove, rub off/out; wear down to smooth surface; thresh (grain); pound; grind; chafe; impair/lessen/weaken; detract from; prune

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  • 8 suffrico

    suffricare, suffricavi, suffricatus V
    rub-down; rub-off

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  • 9 extero

    ex-tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3, to rub out, bring out by rubbing; to remove by rubbing, to rub off or away (rare; not in Cic.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    extritus viribus ignis,

    Lucr. 5, 1098:

    jumentorum ungulis e spica exteruntur grana,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 52, 2:

    messem,

    Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 298; Col. 2, 9, 11:

    littera extrita,

    elided, Varr. L. L. 5, § 96 Müll.; id. R. R. 2, 1, 7:

    gemma politur ex marmore, ut inutilia exterantur,

    Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 172:

    opus poliat lima, non exterat,

    Quint. 10, 4, 4:

    rubiginem ferro,

    Plin. 31, 6, 33, § 66:

    congestas exteret ille nives,

    will tread down, crush, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 12; cf.:

    anima hominis magno pondere extriti,

    crushed, Sen. Ep. 57 med. —
    II.
    Trop., to wear out by use, to use up:

    tabes mercium aut fraus Seplasiae sic exteritur,

    Plin. 34, 11, 25, § 108 Sillig (Jan. taxetur).

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  • 10 praetero

    prae-tĕro, trīvi, 3, v. a., to rub off or wear down in front (ante-class. and in postAug. prose):

    anum lima praeterunt,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 9; Plin. 11, 37, 63.—
    II.
    To rub down beforehand:

    oleum amygdali amari praetritum,

    Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 17, 169.

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  • 11 subtero

    sub-tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3, v. a., to rub off or wear away underneath; to rub, bruise, or grind to pieces (rare;

    not in Cic.): boves ne pedes subterant,

    Cato, R. R. 72; so,

    pedes,

    Col. 6, 15, 2; Plin. 28, 16, 62, § 221:

    ungulas,

    Plaut. As. 2, 2, 73:

    jumenta cito subteruntur,

    Sen. Ep. 51, 9:

    salis sextarium subterito, et subtritum, etc.,

    pound, triturate, Col. 12, 5, 1:

    caepam aridam,

    id. 12, 5, 56; 2, 10, 25; Plin. 20, 20, 82, § 218; 30, 9, 23, § 80.

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  • 12 abrado

    ab-rādo, si, sum, 3, v. a., to scratch off or away, to scrape away, rub off; of the beard, to shave.
    I.
    Lit.:

    manibus quidquam abradere membris,

    Lucr. 4, 1103; so id. 4, 1110:

    supercilia penitus abrasa,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    barbam in superiore labro,

    Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 162.—Of plants:

    partes radicum,

    to grub up, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 82; cf.

    arida,

    Col. 10, 3:

    abrasae fauces,

    made rough, Luc. 6, 115: abrasa corpora, peeled off, aposurmata, Scrib. Comp. 215.—
    II.
    Meton., to take or snatch away, to seize, extort, rob, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 19:

    nihil a Caecinā litium terrore,

    Cic. Caecin. 7, 19:

    aliquid bohis,

    Plin. Pan. 37, 2.

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  • 13 despumo

    dē-spūmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (perh. not ante-Aug.).
    I.
    Act.
    A.
    To skim off, to skim.
    1.
    Prop.:

    undam aeni foliis,

    Verg. G. 1, 296:

    carnem,

    Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:

    mel Atticum,

    Col. 12, 38, 5:

    aquam salsam,

    Pall. Febr. 25, 10.—
    2.
    Transf., to work off, digest wine:

    Falernum,

    Pers. 3, 3; to rub off, polish a pavement:

    pavimenti fastigium cote,

    Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187; cf. Vitr. 7, 4; to let blood, to bleed a horse, Veg. A. V. 3, 34, 2 al.—
    B.
    To deposit a frothy matter, Luc. 6, 506;

    Claud. in Prob. et Olyb. 54: Phoebe suppositas in herbas,

    Luc. 6, 506; cf.:

    despumantes suas confusiones,

    i. e. expressing by foaming, Vulg. Judae, 13.—
    II.
    Neutr., to cease foaming, to slacken, abate:

    ut nimius ille fervor despumet,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 20:

    cum aliquid lacrymarum affectus despumaverit,

    id. Ep. 99, 27:

    aetas,

    id. ib. 68 fin.

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  • 14 (dē-linō）

       (dē-linō） —, litus, ere,    to rub off, remove: ex quā (columnā) tectorium delitum sit.

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  • 15 contero

    con-tĕro, trīvi (rarely conterui, App. M. 8, p. 212, 12; Ven. Fort. C. 6, 4, 33), trītum, 3, v. a., to grind, bruise, pound, to crumble, separate into small pieces.
    I.
    Prop. (so freq. in medic. lang.):

    medium scillae cum aquā ad mellis crassitudinem,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 8:

    cornua cervi,

    Ov. Med. Fac. 60:

    horrendis infamia pabula sucis,

    id. M. 14, 44:

    radicem aridam in pulverem,

    Plin. 26, 11, 70, § 113:

    fracta, contrita,

    Lucr. 4, 697.—Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry,
    II.
    Transf., to diminish by rubbing, to waste, destroy (cf.: conficio, consumo, etc.), to rub off, wear out.
    A.
    Of material objects:

    latera tua,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 13:

    boves et vires agricolarum (followed by conficere),

    Lucr. 2, 1161; cf.:

    conteritur ferrum, silices tenuantur ab usu,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 91: superbiter contemptim conterit legiones, Naev. ap. Non. p. 516, 1;

    humorously imitated: ne nos tam contemptim conteras,

    treat contemptuously, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 34; and:

    conteris Tu tuā me oratione, mulier,

    you wear me out, id. Cist. 2, 3, 65 (cf. B. 1. b. infra):

    corpora ipsa ac manus silvis ac paludibus emuniendis inter verbera ac contumelias conterunt,

    Tac. Agr. 31:

    heri in tergo meo Tris facile corios contrivisti bubulos,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 11:

    Viam Sacram,

    to tread upon frequently, Prop. 2 (3), 23, 15: Paideian Kurou legendo, i. e. to wear out with reading, Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 1:

    supellectilem pluribus et diversis officiis,

    to wear out by use, Quint. 2, 4, 29.—In mal. part.:

    aliquas indigno quaestu, i. e. prostituere,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 44; cf.

    tero.—Prov.: is vel Herculi conterere quaestum possiet,

    squander the greatest possible fortune, Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68 Lorenz ad loc.—
    B.
    Of immaterial objects.
    1.
    Most freq. (like the simple verb) of time, to waste, consume, spend, pass, employ, in a good and bad sense (cf. Sall. C. 4, 1 Kritz); constr. with in and abl. or the abl. only, with dum, or absol.
    (α).
    With in:

    aetatem in pistrino,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 11:

    vitam atque aetatem meam in quaerendo,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15:

    aetatem in litibus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53:

    omne otiosum tempus in studiis,

    id. Lael. 27, 104:

    diem in eā arte,

    Prop. 2, 1, 46.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    totum hunc diem cursando atque ambulando,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 17:

    majorem aevi partem somno,

    Lucr. 3, 1047:

    tempora spectaculis, etc.,

    Quint. 1, 12, 18:

    diei brevitatem conviviis, longitudinem noctis stupris et flagitiis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26:

    bonum otium socordiā atque desidiā,

    Sall. C. 4, 1.—
    * (γ).
    With dum:

    contrivi diem, Dum asto, etc.,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 4.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    vitae modum,

    Prop. 1, 7, 9.—
    b.
    Transf. to the person:

    se, ut Plato, in musicis, geometriā, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72; cf.

    in medial form: cum in causis et in negotiis et in foro conteramur,

    id. de Or. 1, 58, 249; id. Caecin. 5, 14.—
    2.
    In gen.:

    operam,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 54; cf.:

    operam frustra,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 31:

    quae sunt horum temporum,

    to exhaust, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 1.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    ejus omnis gravissimas injurias quasi voluntariā oblivione,

    to obliterate from the memory, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 20: quam (dignitatem virtutis) reliquā ex collatione, facile est conterere atque contemnere, to tread under foot by comparison (opp. in caelum efferre), id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85.—Hence, contrītus, a, um, P. a., worn out, trite, common (mostly in Cic.):

    proverbium vetustate,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 52:

    praecepta (connected with communia),

    id. de Or. 1, 31, 138:

    contritum et contemptum praemium,

    id. Sest. 40, 86.

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  • 16 depilo

    dē-pĭlo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to pull out the hair, pluck out the feathers.
    I.
    Prop. (ante-class. and post-Aug., and rare):

    depilari magis quam amiciri,

    Tert. Pall. 4:

    perdicem,

    Apic. 6, 3; Mart. 9, 28:

    struthiocamelum,

    Sen. Cons. Sap. 17:

    amygdalae,

    Apic. 2, 2.—
    II.
    Transf., dēpĭlātus, plucked, i. e. plundered, cheated, Lucil. ap. Non. 36, 28.—
    B.
    To rub off the skin, peel:

    omnis umerus depilatus est,

    Vulg. Ezech. 29, 18.

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  • 17 effrico

    ef-frĭco, xi (Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 12), ātum, 1, v. a., to rub off or out (post-Aug. and very rare).
    I.
    Lit.:

    sordium enormem illuviem operose,

    App. M. 1, p. 105, 9:

    calices,

    id. ib. 4, p. 145, 31: spicas decerptas, Tert. l. l.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    rubigo animorum effricanda est,

    Sen. Ep. 95, 37.

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  • 18 expumico

    ex-pūmĭco, āre, v. a., to rub off with pumice-stone; trop., to cleanse, Tert. adv. Val. 16.

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  • 19 perfrico

    I
    perfricare, perfricavi, perfricatus V TRANS
    rub all over; rub smooth

    perfrico os/frontem/facium -- wipe off blush/abandon shame

    II
    perfricare, perfricavi, perfrictus V TRANS
    rub all over; rub smooth

    perfrico os/frontem/facium -- wipe off blush/abandon shame

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  • 20 tero

    tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3 ( perf. terii, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; perf. sync. tristi, Cat. 66, 30), v. a. [root ter; Gr. teirô, truô, tribô, to rub; cf. Lat. tribulare, triticum; akin to terên, tender, Lat. teres], to rub, rub to pieces; to bruise, grind, bray, triturate (syn.: frico, tundo, pinso).
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    A.
    In gen.: num me illuc ducis, ubi lapis lapidem terit? (i. e. into a mill), Plaut. As. 1, 1, 16:

    lacrimulam oculos terendo vix vi exprimere,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 23:

    teritur lignum ligno ignemque concipit attritu,

    Plin. 16, 40, 77. § 208: sed nihil hederā praestantius quae [p. 1860] teritur, lauro quae terat, id. ib.:

    aliquid in mortario,

    id. 34, 10, 22, § 104:

    aliquid in farinam,

    id. 34, 18, 50, § 170:

    bacam trapetis,

    Verg. G. 2, 519:

    unguibus herbas,

    Ov. M. 9, 655:

    dentes in stipite,

    id. ib. 8, 369:

    lumina manu,

    Cat. 66, 30:

    sucina trita redolent,

    Mart. 3, 64, 5:

    piper,

    Petr. 74:

    Appia trita rotis,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 44:

    cibum in ventre,

    i. e. to digest, Cels. 1 praef. med. — Poet.: labellum calamo, i. e. to rub one ' s lip (in playing), Verg. E. 2, 34:

    calcemque terit jam calce Diores,

    treads upon, id. A. 5, 324:

    crystalla labris,

    Mart. 9, 23, 7.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To rub grain from the ears by treading, to tread out, thresh:

    frumentum,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 5:

    milia frumenti tua triverit area centum,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 45:

    area dum messes teret,

    Tib. 1, 5, 22:

    teret area culmos,

    Verg. G. 1, 192; cf.:

    ut patria careo, bis frugibus area trita est,

    i. e. it has twice been harvest-time, Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 19.—
    2.
    To cleanse or beautify by rubbing, to smooth, furbish, burnish, polish, sharpen (syn.:

    polio, acuo): oculos,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 103:

    crura mordaci pumice,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 506:

    hinc radios trivere rotis,

    smoothed, turned, Verg. G. 2, 444:

    vitrum torno,

    Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 193:

    catillum manibus,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 90:

    tritus cimice lectus,

    Mart. 11, 33, 1.—
    3.
    To lessen by rubbing, to rub away; to wear away by use, wear out:

    (navem) ligneam, saepe tritam,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 52:

    hoc (tempus) rigidas silices, hoc adamanta terit,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6. 14:

    ferrum,

    to dull, id. M. 12, 167:

    mucronem rubigine silicem liquore,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 15:

    trita labore colla,

    Ov. M. 15, 124:

    trita subucula,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96:

    trita vestis,

    id. ib. 1, 19, 38:

    librum,

    i. e. to read often, Mart. 8, 3, 4; 11, 3, 4; cf.:

    quid haberet, Quod legeret tereretque viritim publicus usus?

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 92:

    pocula labris patrum trita,

    Mart. 11, 12, 3: ut illum di terant, qui primum olitor caepam protulit, crush, annihilate, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 681 P.—
    4.
    Of persons, pass., to be employed in. occupied with:

    nos qui in foro verisque litibus terimur,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 5:

    litibus,

    id. ib. 10, 12, 3.—
    5.
    To tread often, to visit, frequent a way or place (cf.:

    calco, calcito): angustum formica terens iter,

    Verg. G. 1, 380:

    iter propositum,

    Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 14:

    Appiam mannis,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 14:

    viam,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 52; Lucr. 1, 927:

    via trita pede,

    Tib. 4, 13, 10:

    ambulator porticum terit,

    Mart. 2, 11, 2:

    limina,

    id. 10, 10, 2:

    mea nocturnis trita fenestra dolis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 7, 16:

    nec jam clarissimorum virorum receptacula habitatore servo teruntur,

    Plin. Pan. 50, 3: flavaeque terens querceta Maricae Liris, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr 259. —
    6.
    In mal. part.:

    Bojus est, Bojam terit,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 108; so Prop. 3, 11 (4. 10), 30; Petr. 87. —
    II.
    Trop. (freq. in good prose).
    A.
    To wear away, use up, i. e. to pass, spend time; usu. to waste, spend in dissipation, etc. (syn.:

    absumo, consumo): teritur dies,

    Plaut. Truc. 5, 20:

    diem sermone terere segnities merast,

    id. Trin. 3, 3, 67:

    naves diem trivere,

    Liv. 37, 27, 8:

    tempus in convivio luxuque,

    id. 1, 57, 9:

    tempus ibi in secreto,

    id. 26, 19, 5:

    omnem aetatem in his discendis rebus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:

    teretur interea tempus,

    id. Phil. 5, 11, 30:

    jam alteram aetatem bellis civilibus,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 1:

    omne aevum ferro,

    Verg. A. 9, 609:

    spe otia,

    id. ib. 4, 271:

    otium conviviis comissationibusque inter se,

    Liv. 1, 57, 5. —
    B.
    To expend, employ (late Lat.):

    qui operam teri frustra,

    Amm. 27, 12, 12. —
    C.
    To exert greatly, exhaust:

    ne in opere longinquo sese tererent, Liv 6, 8, 10: ut in armis terant plebem,

    id. 6, 27, 7.—
    D.
    Of language, to wear out by use, i. e. to render common, commonplace, or trite (in verb finit. very rare, but freq. as a P. a.):

    jam hoc verbum satis hesterno sermone trivimus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18:

    quae (nomina) nunc consuetudo diurna trivit,

    id. Fin. 3, 4, 15.—
    * E.
    To tread under foot, i. e. to injure, violate a thing:

    jurata deorum majestas teritur,

    Claud. in Rufin. 1, 228. — Hence, P. a.: trītus, a, um.
    A.
    Prop. of a road or way, oft-trodden, beaten, frequented, common:

    iter,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7:

    via,

    id. Brut. 81, 281:

    quadrijugi spatium,

    Ov. M. 2, 167. — Sup.:

    tritissima quaeque via,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 2. —
    B.
    Fig.
    1.
    Practised, expert:

    tritas aures habere,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4; so id. Brut. 32, 124.— Comp.:

    tritiores manūs ad aedificandum perficere,

    Vitr. 2, 1, 6. —
    2.
    Of language, used often or much, familiar, common, commonplace, trite:

    quid in Graeco sermone tam tritum atque celebratum est, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Fl. 27, 65:

    nomen minus tritum sermone nostro,

    id. Rep. 2, 29, 52:

    ex quo illud: summum jus summā injuriā factum est jam tritum sermone proverbium,

    id. Off. 1, 10, 33.— Comp.:

    faciamus tractando usitatius hoc verbum ac tritius,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 27:

    compedes, quas induere aureas mos tritior vetat,

    Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tero

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