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  • 1 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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  • 2 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.

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  • 3 adtero

    at-tĕro ( adt-, Dietsch), trīvi, trītum, 3, v. a. ( perf. inf. atteruisse, Tib. 1, 4, 48; cf. Vell. Long. p. 2234 P.), to rub one thing against another; hence, in gen., to rub away, wear out or diminish by rubbing, to waste, wear away, weaken, impair, exhaust.
    I.
    Lit. (most freq. after the Aug. per.; in Cic. only once as P. a.; v. infra): insons Cerberus leniter atterens caudam, rubbing against or upon (sc. Herculi), * Hor. C. 2, 19, 30:

    asinus spinetis se scabendi causā atterens,

    Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 204: aures, * Plaut. Pers. 4, 9, 11 (cf. antestor):

    bucula surgentes atterat herbas,

    tramples upon, Verg. G. 4, 12:

    opere insuetas atteruisse manus,

    Tib. 1, 4, 48; so Prop. 5, 3, 24, and Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 158; so,

    dentes usu atteruntur,

    id. 7, 16, 15, § 70:

    attrivit sedentis pedem,

    Vulg. Num. 22, 25:

    vestem,

    Dig. 23, 3, 10; Col. 11, 2, 16;

    Cels. praef.: vestimenta,

    Vulg. Deut. 29, 5; ib. Isa. 51, 6.— Poet., of sand worn by the water flowing over it:

    attritas versabat rivus harenas,

    Ov. M. 2, 456.—
    II.
    Trop., to destroy, waste, weaken, impair:

    postquam utrimque legiones item classes saepe fusae fugataeque et alteri alteros aliquantum adtriverant,

    Sall. J. 79, 4:

    magna pars (exercitūs) temeritate ducum adtrita est,

    id. ib. 85, 46:

    Italiae opes bello,

    id. ib. 5, 4; so Tac. H. 1, 10; 1, 89; 2, 56; Curt. 4, 6 fin.; cf. Sil. 2, 392 Drak.:

    nec publicanus atterit (Germanos),

    exhausts, drains, Tac. G. 29:

    famam atque pudorem,

    Sall. C. 16, 2:

    et vincere inglorium et atteri sordidum arbitrabatur,

    and to suffer injury in his dignity, Tac. Agr. 9 Rupert.:

    eo tempore, quo praecipue alenda ingenia atque indulgentiā quādam enutrienda sunt, asperiorum tractatu rerum atteruntur,

    are enfeebled, Quint. 8, prooem. 4:

    filii ejus atterentur egestate,

    Vulg. Job, 20, 10:

    Nec res atteritur longo sufflamine litis,

    Juv. 16, 50.— Hence, attrītus, a, um, P. a., rubbed off, worn off or away, wasted.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: ut rictum ejus (simulacri) ac mentum paulo sit attritius, * Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43:

    ansa,

    Verg. E. 6, 17:

    vomer,

    worn bright, id. G. 1, 46; cf. Juv. 8, 16 Rupert.:

    caelaturae,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 157; Petr. 109, 9.—
    2.
    In medicine, attritae partes or subst. attrita, ōrum, n. (sc. membra), bruised, excoriated parts of the body:

    medetur et attritis partibus sive oleo etc.,

    Plin. 24, 7, 28, § 43:

    attritis medetur cinis muris silvatici etc.,

    id. 30, 8, 22, § 70.—
    B.
    Trop.: attrita frons, a shameless, impudent face (lit. a smooth face, to which shame no longer clings; cf. perfrico), Juv. 13, 242 Rupert.; so,

    domus Israël attritā fronte,

    Vulg. Ezech. 3, 7.— Sup. and adv. not used.

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  • 4 attero

    at-tĕro ( adt-, Dietsch), trīvi, trītum, 3, v. a. ( perf. inf. atteruisse, Tib. 1, 4, 48; cf. Vell. Long. p. 2234 P.), to rub one thing against another; hence, in gen., to rub away, wear out or diminish by rubbing, to waste, wear away, weaken, impair, exhaust.
    I.
    Lit. (most freq. after the Aug. per.; in Cic. only once as P. a.; v. infra): insons Cerberus leniter atterens caudam, rubbing against or upon (sc. Herculi), * Hor. C. 2, 19, 30:

    asinus spinetis se scabendi causā atterens,

    Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 204: aures, * Plaut. Pers. 4, 9, 11 (cf. antestor):

    bucula surgentes atterat herbas,

    tramples upon, Verg. G. 4, 12:

    opere insuetas atteruisse manus,

    Tib. 1, 4, 48; so Prop. 5, 3, 24, and Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 158; so,

    dentes usu atteruntur,

    id. 7, 16, 15, § 70:

    attrivit sedentis pedem,

    Vulg. Num. 22, 25:

    vestem,

    Dig. 23, 3, 10; Col. 11, 2, 16;

    Cels. praef.: vestimenta,

    Vulg. Deut. 29, 5; ib. Isa. 51, 6.— Poet., of sand worn by the water flowing over it:

    attritas versabat rivus harenas,

    Ov. M. 2, 456.—
    II.
    Trop., to destroy, waste, weaken, impair:

    postquam utrimque legiones item classes saepe fusae fugataeque et alteri alteros aliquantum adtriverant,

    Sall. J. 79, 4:

    magna pars (exercitūs) temeritate ducum adtrita est,

    id. ib. 85, 46:

    Italiae opes bello,

    id. ib. 5, 4; so Tac. H. 1, 10; 1, 89; 2, 56; Curt. 4, 6 fin.; cf. Sil. 2, 392 Drak.:

    nec publicanus atterit (Germanos),

    exhausts, drains, Tac. G. 29:

    famam atque pudorem,

    Sall. C. 16, 2:

    et vincere inglorium et atteri sordidum arbitrabatur,

    and to suffer injury in his dignity, Tac. Agr. 9 Rupert.:

    eo tempore, quo praecipue alenda ingenia atque indulgentiā quādam enutrienda sunt, asperiorum tractatu rerum atteruntur,

    are enfeebled, Quint. 8, prooem. 4:

    filii ejus atterentur egestate,

    Vulg. Job, 20, 10:

    Nec res atteritur longo sufflamine litis,

    Juv. 16, 50.— Hence, attrītus, a, um, P. a., rubbed off, worn off or away, wasted.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: ut rictum ejus (simulacri) ac mentum paulo sit attritius, * Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43:

    ansa,

    Verg. E. 6, 17:

    vomer,

    worn bright, id. G. 1, 46; cf. Juv. 8, 16 Rupert.:

    caelaturae,

    Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 157; Petr. 109, 9.—
    2.
    In medicine, attritae partes or subst. attrita, ōrum, n. (sc. membra), bruised, excoriated parts of the body:

    medetur et attritis partibus sive oleo etc.,

    Plin. 24, 7, 28, § 43:

    attritis medetur cinis muris silvatici etc.,

    id. 30, 8, 22, § 70.—
    B.
    Trop.: attrita frons, a shameless, impudent face (lit. a smooth face, to which shame no longer clings; cf. perfrico), Juv. 13, 242 Rupert.; so,

    domus Israël attritā fronte,

    Vulg. Ezech. 3, 7.— Sup. and adv. not used.

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  • 5 atterō (adt-)

        atterō (adt-) trīvī (atterui, Tb.), trītus, ere    [ad + tero], to rub against, rub away, wear: attritas harenas, O.: herbas, to trample, V.: Cerberus atterens Caudam, i. e. fawning, H. — Fig., to destroy, waste, impair, injure: alteros, S.: (Germanos), i. e. exhaust by exactions, Ta.: magna pars (exercitūs) temeritate ducum attrita est, S.: opes, S.

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  • 6 dē-terō

        dē-terō trīvī, trītus, ere,    to rub away, wear away: detritae aequore conchae, O.: pedes (via), Tb.: a catenā collum detritum, Ph.—Fig., to lessen, weaken, impair: laudes Caesaris culpā ingeni, H.: Exiguis (rebus) aliquid, Iu.—To file away, prune: sibi multa, H.

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  • 7 per-fricō

        per-fricō cuī, —, āre,    to rub all over, scratch: caput manu.—With os, to rub away blushes, cast off shame: cum os perfricuisti.

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  • 8 circumtero

    circumterere, circumtrivi, circumtritus V TRANS
    rub/press/stand close/crowd on all sides; wear/rub away all around

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  • 9 attero

    I.
    to weaken, ruin, rub against, rub away, erode.
    II.
    destroy, waste, weaken, impair.

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  • 10 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.

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  • 11 mulgeo

    mulgĕo, si, sum or ctum, 2, v. a. [Sanscr marǵ, wipe or rub away; Gr. a-melgô; Germ. melken; Engl. milk], to milk:

    oves,

    Verg. E. 3, 5:

    capras,

    Plin. 10, 39, 56, § 115.— Absol.:

    mulgent ad caseum faciendum,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 4.—Prov.:

    mulgere hircos, of something impossible,

    Verg. E. 3, 91.

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  • 12 adtero

    adterere, adtrivi, adtritus V TRANS
    rub, rub against; grind; chafe; wear out/down/away; diminish, impair; waste

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  • 13 attero

    atterere, attrivi, attritus V TRANS
    rub, rub against; grind; chafe; wear out/down/away; diminish, impair; waste

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  • 14 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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  • 15 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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  • 16 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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  • 17 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > subtero

  • 18 detergeo

    detergere, detersi, detersus V TRANS
    wipe/clean off/away; strip/trim/sheer/break/sweep off, rub/wipe clean; cancel; remove, take away; break to pieces; have swept off

    Latin-English dictionary > detergeo

  • 19 per-mulceō

        per-mulceō mulsī, mulsus, ēre,    to rub gently, stroke: manu eum, O.: barbam, L.—To touch gently: aram flatu permulcet spiritus austri, blows softly upon, C. poët.: medicata lumina virgā, O.— Fig., to soothe, charm, please, delight, flatter, fondle: sensum voluptate: his verbis aurīs, H.—To soothe, appease, allay, tame: eorum animis permulsis, Cs.: pectora dictis, V.: iram eius, L.: senectutem, mitigate: vestigia lymphis, to wash away, Ct.

    Latin-English dictionary > per-mulceō

  • 20 abrado

    abradere, abrasi, abrasus V TRANS
    scratch/scrape/rub/wipe (off), shave; erase; wash/erode away; "knock off", rob

    Latin-English dictionary > abrado

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  • rub — rub1 [ rʌb ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to press and move your hands or an object over a surface: rubbing the magic lamp rub something off something: Rub off the skins of the peppers when they have softened. a ) to move something… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • rub — I UK [rʌb] / US verb Word forms rub : present tense I/you/we/they rub he/she/it rubs present participle rubbing past tense rubbed past participle rubbed ** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to press and move your hands or an object over a surface The… …   English dictionary

  • rub*/ — [rʌb] verb I 1) [I/T] to move your hands or an object over a surface firmly Scott gently rubbed her back until the pain went away.[/ex] Rub your hands together – it will help you to stay warm.[/ex] 2) [T] to spread a liquid or substance onto the… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • rub off — verb wear away • Syn: ↑abrade, ↑corrade, ↑abrase, ↑rub down • Derivationally related forms: ↑corrasion (for: ↑corrade), ↑abrasive …   Useful english dictionary

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