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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 carpo

    carpo, psi, ptum, 3 [cf.: rapio, harpazô, karpos; Engl. grab, grip, grasp].
    I.
    Lit., of plants, flowers, fruits, etc., to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather (class.; in prose and poetry, esp. in the latter very freq.; syn. decerpere).
    A.
    In gen.:

    (flos) tenui carptus ungui,

    Cat. 62, 43; Hor. C. 3, 27, 44; Ov. M. 9, 342:

    ab arbore flores,

    id. ib. 9, 380; cf.

    infra, II.: rosam, poma,

    Verg. G. 4, 134:

    violas et papavera,

    id. E. 2, 47:

    violas, lilia,

    Ov. M. 5, 392:

    frondes uncis manibus,

    id. G. 2, 366:

    plenis pomaria ramis,

    Ov. H. 4, 29:

    vindemiam de palmite,

    Verg. G. 2, 90:

    fructus,

    id. ib. 2, 501:

    frumenta manu,

    id. ib. 3, 176.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Of animals, to take something as nourishment (cf. Burm. ad Phaedr. 1, 28, 4); first, of nourishment from plants, to crop, pluck off, browse, graze on, etc. (syn. depascere); also of flesh, to eat, devour (rare):

    alia (animalia) sugunt, alia carpunt, alia vorant, alia mandunt,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:

    carpunt gramen equi,

    Verg. A. 9, 353; id. G. 2, 201; Ov. M. 1, 299:

    herbam,

    Verg. G. 3, 296; 3, 465; Ov. M. 13, 927:

    pabula,

    id. ib. 4, 217; id. F. 4, 750:

    alimenta,

    id. M. 15, 478:

    apes carpunt ex oleā arbore ceram, e fico mel, etc.,

    gather, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 24 sq.; cf.:

    apis carpens thyma,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 29.— Poet.:

    Invidia (personif. envy) summa cacumina carpit,

    Ov. M. 2, 792:

    nec carpsere jecur volucres,

    id. ib. 10, 43; cf. Phaedr. 1, 28, 4.—Sometimes transf., of men:

    prandium,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 52:

    carpe cibos digitis,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 755: pisces, pulles, Mart. 3, 13, 1.—Also, to carve; hence the pun in Petr. 36 fin. —
    2.
    Poet., of other things, to tear off, tear away:

    summas carpens media inter cornua saetas,

    Verg. A. 6, 245.—Of wool, to pluck; hence, poet., to spin:

    vellera,

    Verg. G. 4, 335:

    pensa,

    id. ib. 1, 390; Prop. 3 (4), 6, 16; Hor. C. 3, 27, 64:

    lana carpta,

    carded, Cels. 6, 6, 1 (hence, facete: stolidum pecus, to pluck, i. e. to fleece rich lovers, Prop. 2 (3), 16, 8; Ov. A. A. 1, 420):

    ex collo furtim coronas,

    to pull off, Hor. S. 2, 3, 256:

    crinem genasque,

    to tear, rend, lacerate, Val. Fl. 8, 7;

    so acc. to Servius's inaccurate account, in a fragment of the Twelve Tables: mulier faciem ne carpito,

    Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 606 (instead of the real words: MVLIERES. GENAS. NE. RADVNTO.; cf.

    Dirks. Fragm. XII. Tab. p. 668): artus in parva frusta,

    Sen. Thyest. 1061.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. A.) To pluck, snatch, etc.:

    ut omni ex genere orationem aucuper, et omnes undique flosculos carpam atque delibem,

    Cic. Sest. 56, 119; id. de Or. 1, 42, 191:

    atque in legendo carpsi exinde quaedam,

    Gell. 9, 4, 5: oscula, to pluck, as it were, from the lips, to snatch, Prop. 1, 20, 27; Ov. H. 11, 117 Loers. N. cr.; id. M. 4, 358; Phaedr. 3, 8, 12 al.:

    basia,

    Mart. 5, 46, 1:

    gaudia,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 661:

    dulcia,

    Pers. 5, 151:

    regni commoda carpe mei,

    Ov. F. 3, 622:

    fugitivaque gaudia carpe,

    and snatch pleasures as they fly, Mart. 7, 47, 11:

    delicias,

    Prop. 2 (3), 34, 74.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1.) In a good sense, to enjoy, use, make use of (mostly poet.;

    syn.: fruor, capio): breve ver et primos carpere flores,

    Ov. M. 10, 85 (cf.:

    flore aetatis frui,

    Liv. 21, 3, 4):

    illa mihi sedes, illic mea carpitur aetas,

    spent, lived, passed, Cat. 68, 35:

    diem,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 8:

    honores virtutis,

    Val. Fl. 1, 177:

    auras vitales,

    Verg. A. 1, 388; cf. Sil. 3, 712:

    sub dio somnos,

    Verg. G. 3, 435:

    quietem,

    id. A. 7, 414:

    soporem,

    id. ib. 4, 522:

    noctes securas,

    Val. Fl. 5, 48; a poet. circumlocution for vivere, degere, etc.—
    b.
    In a bad sense.
    (α).
    To gnaw at or tear character or reputation, to carp at, slander, calumniate, revile:

    more hominum invident, in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant: non illo inimico, sed hoc maledico dente carpunt,

    Cic. Balb. 26, 57:

    nam is carpebatur a Bibulo, Curione, Favonio,

    id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

    Paulum obtrectatio carpsit,

    Liv. 45, 35, 5:

    imperatorem,

    id. 44, 38, 2:

    quae non desierunt carpere maligni,

    Quint. 11, 1, 24:

    maligno sermone,

    Suet. Aug. 27:

    obliquis orationibus,

    id. Dom. 2:

    nonnihil vocibus,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17:

    aliquem sermonibus,

    Liv. 7, 12, 12:

    sinistris sermonibus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 5:

    Ciceronem in his,

    Quint. 9, 4, 64:

    te ficto quaestu,

    Cat. 62, 36 and 37:

    et detorquere recte facta,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 6:

    famam vitamque,

    id. Pan. 53, 4; Suet. Calig. 34.—
    (β).
    To rob of strength, to weaken, enfeeble, wear away, consume; or poet., with the idea extended (cf. absumo), to consume completely, to destroy:

    vires,

    Verg. G. 3, 215; Liv. 9, 27, 6:

    quid si carpere singula (jura) et extorquere... patiemini,

    id. 34, 3, 2;

    esp. of in ward care, anxiety, longing, etc.: at regina, gravi jamdudum saucia curā, Volnus alit venis et caeco carpitur igni,

    Verg. A. 4, 2; Ov. M. 3, 490; 10, 370:

    solane perpetua maerens carpere juventā?

    Verg. A. 4, 32:

    curā carpitur ista mei,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 680:

    aegra assiduo mens carpitur aestu,

    Val. Fl. 3, 305; Lucr. 9, 744; Sil. 15, 1:

    invidia carpit et carpitur unā,

    Ov. M. 2, 781; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 5, 3:

    non ego Tot tuos patiar labores carpere lividas Obliviones,

    to wear away, Hor. C. 4, 9, 33; cf.: otia corpus alunt, animus quoque pascitur illis;

    Inmodicus contra carpit utrumque labor,

    Ov. P. 1, 4, 21 sq.:

    aras etiam templaque demolitur et obscurat oblivio, neglegit carpitque posteritas,

    Plin. Pan. 55, 9:

    totum potest excedere quod potest carpi,

    Sen. N. Q. 2, 13, 2.—So,
    (γ).
    In milit. lang., to inflict injury upon an enemy (esp. by single, repeated attacks), to weaken, harass:

    agmen adversariorum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

    hostes carpere multifariam vires Romanas,

    Liv. 3, 5, 1; 22, 32, 2; 27, 46, 6; cf. id. 3, 61, 13 infra; Weissenb. ad Liv. 22, 16, 2; Tac. A. 12, 32; Luc. 4, 156:

    novissimum agmen,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 78 fin.:

    novissimos,

    Liv. 8, 38, 6:

    extrema agminis,

    id. 6, 32, 11. —
    2.
    To separate a whole into single parts, to cut to pieces, divide (syn.: dividere, distribuere): neque semper utendum est perpetuitate, sed saepe carpenda membris minutioribus [p. 295] oratio est, Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

    in multas parvasque partes carpere exercitum,

    Liv. 26, 38, 2:

    summam unius belli in multa proelia parvaque,

    id. 3, 61, 13:

    Erymanthus... ab accolis rigantibus carpitur,

    is drawn off into canals, Curt. 8, 9, 410. —With a reference to the meaning
    (α).
    supra:

    si erunt plures qui ob innocentem condemnandum pecuniam acceperint, tu non animadvertes in omnis, sed carpes ut velis, et paucos ex multis ad ignominiam sortiere?

    distinguish, single out, Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf.:

    in multorum peccato carpi paucos ad ignominiam,

    id. ib. —
    3.
    Viam, iter, etc., or with definite local substantives, terram, mare, litora, etc., to go, tread upon, pass over, navigate, sail along or through, to take or pursue one ' s way (syn. ire):

    viam,

    Verg. A. 6, 629; Hor. S. 2, 6, 93; Ov. M. 8, 208; 11, 139:

    iter,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 95; Ov. H. 18, 34; id. M. 2, 549; 10, 709:

    supremum iter = mori,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 12:

    gyrum,

    to go in a circle, Verg. G. 3, 191:

    fugam,

    to fly, Sil. 10, 62; cf.:

    prata fugā,

    Verg. G. 3, 142:

    pede viam,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 230:

    pede iter,

    id. F. 3, 604:

    pedibus terras, pontum remis,

    Prop. 1, 6, 33:

    pede campos,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 23:

    mare,

    id. M. 11, 752:

    litora,

    id. ib. 12, 196;

    15, 507: aëra alis,

    id. ib. 4, 616; cf. Verg. G. 4, 311:

    aethera,

    Ov. M. 8, 219:

    carpitur acclivis per muta silentia trames,

    id. ib. 10, 53.

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  • 6 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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  • 7 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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  • 8 tenuō

        tenuō āvī, ātus, āre    [tenuis], to make thin, make slender, wear away, dilute, rarefy, attenuate: adsiduo vomer tenuatur ab usu, O.: Ipsā autem macie tenuant armenta volentes, make lean, V.: tenuatum corpus, H.: se in undas, dissolve, O.: vocis via est tenuata, contracted, O.: Luna tenuata, i. e. waning, O.—Fig., to make small, lessen, diminish, reduce, weaken, enfeeble: Utque meae famam tenuent oblivia culpae, O.: virīs amoris, O.: Magna modis tenuare parvis, to degrade, H.
    * * *
    tenuare, tenuavi, tenuatus V
    make thin; reduce, lessen; wear down

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  • 9 carpō

        carpō psī, ptus, ere    [CARP-], to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather: flores, H.: rosam, V.: manibus frondes, V.: frumenta manu, V. — To take ( as nourishment), crop, pluck off, browse, graze on: gramen, V.: pabula, O.: (apis) thyma, H.: Invidia summa cacumina carpit, O.: (prandium) quod erit bellissumum, pick dainties, T.—To tear off, tear away, pluck off, pull out (poet.): inter cornua saetas, V.: vellera, to spin, V.: pensum, H.: ex collo coronas, to pull off, H. — Fig., to pluck, snatch: flosculos (orationis): luctantia oscula, to snatch, O.—To enjoy, seize, use, make use of: breve ver, O.: diem, redeem, H.: auras vitalīs, V.: quietem, V.—To gnaw at, tear, blame, censure, carp at, slander, calumniate, revile: maledico dente: militum vocibus nonnihil carpi, Cs.: alquem sermonibus, L.: opus, O.—To weaken, enfeeble, wear away, consume, destroy: regina caeco carpitur igni, V.: invidia carpit et carpitur unā, O.: Tot tuos labores, i. e. to obscure the fame of, H.—In war, to inflict injury upon, weaken, harass: agmen adversariorum, Cs.: vires Romanas, L.: extrema agminis, L. — To cut to pieces, divide: carpenda membris minutioribus oratio: in multas partīs exercitum, L.—To take apart, single out: tu non animadvertes in omnes, sed carpes ut velis: carpi paucos ad ignominiam. — To go, tread upon, pass over, navigate, sail through, take one's way. viam, V.: supremum iter (i. e. mori), H.: gyrum, to go in a circle, V.: mare, O.: Carpitur acclivis trames, O.
    * * *
    carpere, carpsi, carptus V TRANS
    seize/pick/pluck/gather/browse/tear off; graze/crop; tease/pull out/card (wool); separate/divide, tear down; carve; despoil/fleece; pursue/harry; consume/erode

    Latin-English dictionary > carpō

  • 10 sub-edō

        sub-edō ēdī, —, ere,    to eat away below, wear away: scopulus, quā subederat unda, O.

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  • 11 contabefacio

    contabefacere, contabefeci, contabefactus V TRANS
    make to waste away; wear away; consume

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  • 12 delibo

    delibare, delibavi, delibatus V
    skim/flake/scrape off; channel off (water); pick out a choice specimen; perform; diminish/detract (from); take away a little as to render imperfect; infringe; take a little, wear away, nibble at; taste (of), touch on (subject) lightly

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  • 13 protero

    prō-tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3, v. a.
    * I.
    To drive forth, drive away:

    ver proterit aestas Interitura,

    i. e. supplants, Hor. C. 4, 7, 9.—
    II.
    To tread under foot, trample down, wear away, crush, bruise (class.; syn. proculco).
    A.
    Lit.:

    aliquem pedibus,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 13:

    homines elephantis proterendos substravit,

    Val. Max. 2, 7, 14:

    januam limā,

    i. e. to destroy, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 9:

    equitatus aversos proterere incipit,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 41:

    agmina curru,

    Verg. A. 12, 330:

    florentia arva,

    Ov. M. 2, 791:

    adversum rota proterit agmen,

    Sil. 2, 175:

    ulmus labens proterit uvas,

    Stat. Th. 8, 747:

    seges torrefacta proteritur,

    Col. 2, 21, 3.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., to overthrow, beat, crush, defeat, destroy:

    Marte Poenos,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 34:

    protrita hostium acies,

    Tac. H. 2, 26:

    aliquem proterere et conculcare,

    to maltreat, abuse, trample upon, Cic. Fl. 2, 22, 53; cf.:

    pati urbem proteri atque conculcari,

    Auct. Her. 4, 53, 66:

    ruinā suā proteri,

    Vell. 2, 91, 4:

    umbram,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 25:

    omnia ferro,

    Just. 24, 4, 6:

    barbaram plebem,

    Amm. 15, 4, 12. —Hence, prōtrītus, a, um, P.a., worn out (by rubbing); hence, of words, of frequent use, common, trite, vulgar (post-class.):

    verba,

    Gell. 5, 21, 4; 12, 2, 1; 18, 4, 6.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > protero

  • 14 corrōdō (conr-)

        corrōdō (conr-) sī, sus, ere    [com- + rodo], to gnaw, gnaw to pieces: scuta: ossa, Iu.— To wear away (of a file): ferrum, Ph.

    Latin-English dictionary > corrōdō (conr-)

  • 15 prō-terō

        prō-terō —, trītus, ere,    to tread under foot, trample down, wear away, crush, bruise: equitatus aversos (milites) proterere incipit, Cs.: agmina curru, V.: viride protritum et corruptum, L.—To trample, overthrow, maltreat, crush, destroy: Marte Poenos, H.: iste semper illi ipsi domi proterendus: quid inanem proteris umbram? (i. e. me), O.: ver proterit aestas, i. e. supplants, H.

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  • 16 consumo

    consumere, consumpsi, consumptus V TRANS
    burn up, destroy/kill; put end to; reduce/wear away; annul; extinguish (right); devour/swallow up/consume/eat/use up/exhaust/expend; spend; squander/waste

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  • 17 granum

    grānum, i, n. [root gar-; Sanscr. ǵaramí, wear away; whence Gr. gerôn, graus; cf. guris, fine flour], a grain, seed, small kernel:

    tritici,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 52; Cic. Div. 1, 36, 78; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 2; Col. 2, 9, 13:

    uvae,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 10; Val. Max. 9, 12, 8 ext.:

    turis,

    Plaut. Poen. 2, 3; cf.

    turea,

    Ov. F. 4, 410:

    fici,

    Cic. de Sen. 15, 52; Plin. 24, 5, 10, § 16:

    piperis,

    a pepper-corn, id. 12, 7, 15, § 30; 23, 8, 78, § 150:

    papaveris,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 24 et saep.:

    salis,

    Plin. 23, 8, 77, § 149:

    cerae mili magnitudine,

    id. 22, 24, 55, § 116: marmoreum, marble granules, pounded marble, Pall. 1, 15; Vitr. 7, 3 med.

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  • 18 subedo

    sŭb-ĕdo, ēdi, 3, v. a., to eat, waste, or wear away below:

    e scopulo, quem rauca subederat unda,

    Ov. M. 11, 783; Hier. in Jer. 1, 2, 37.

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  • 19 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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  • 20 adedo

    I
    adedere, adedi, adesus V TRANS
    eat up, eat into/away at, nibble, squander; wear down, exhaust; erode
    II
    adesse, -, - V TRANS
    eat up, eat into/away at, nibble, squander; wear down, exhaust; erode

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