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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 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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  • 3 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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  • 4 exanimō

        exanimō āvī, ātus, āre    [exanimus], to put out of breath, tire fatigue, weaken, exhaust. — Only pass: ut cursu milites exanimarentur, Cs.— To breathe forth: exiliter verba.— To deprive of life, kill, wear out: taxo se, Cs.: volnere exanimari nimio gaudio, L.: circumventi flammā exanimantur, Cs.—Fig., to deprive of self-possession, terrify, agitate, stun, wear out, dishearten: me metu, T.: te metūs exanimant iudiciorum: me querelis tuis, H.: avidos funus Exanimat, H.: exanimatus Pamphilus amorem indicat, out of his wits, T.: cum exanimatus ipse adcurrit: Troia agmina, V.
    * * *
    exanimare, exanimavi, exanimatus V
    kill, deprive of life; scare, alarm greatly; tire, exhaust; be out of breath

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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.

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  • 6 ēnicō

        ēnicō    see eneco.
    * * *
    I
    enicare, enicui, enectus V
    kill, deprive of life; kill off; exhaust, wear out, destroy, burnout, plague
    II
    enicare, enicui, enictus V
    kill, deprive of life; kill off; exhaust, wear out, destroy, burnout, plague

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  • 7 obsolesco

    obsŏlesco, lēvi, lētum, 3, v. inch. n. [obs-olesco], to wear out, to grow old, decay, fall into disuse, lose value, become obsolete [p. 1244] (class.;

    syn. exolesco): his (verbis) oportet, si possis, non uti: sic enim obsolescent,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 16 Müll.:

    haec ne obsolescerent, renovabam, cum licebat, legendo,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11:

    obsolevit jam oratio,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52:

    vectigal, quod in bello non obsolescat,

    id. Agr. 1, 7, 21:

    laus,

    Tac. A. 4, 26:

    enituit aliquis in bello, sed obsolevit in pace,

    Plin. Pan. 4, 5.—Hence, obsŏlētus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., old, worn out, thrown off:

    erat veste obsoletā,

    Liv. 27, 34:

    vestitus,

    Nep. Ages. 8, 2:

    amiculum,

    Curt. 6, 9, 25:

    vestitu obsoletiore, Cig. Agr. 2, 5, 13: homo obsoletus,

    in a worn-out dress, id. Pis. 36, 89:

    tectum,

    old, ruinous, Hor. C. 2, 10, 6:

    verba,

    obsolete, Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

    obsoleta et vulgaria,

    id. Quint. 18, 56.—
    B.
    Transf., common, ordinary, poor, mean, low:

    crimina,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 177:

    gaudia,

    Liv. 30, 42.— Comp.:

    obsoletior oratio,

    a too ordinary, too negligent style, Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 33:

    honores,

    of little worth, Nep. Milt. 6, 2:

    color,

    Col. 4, 30:

    o nec paternis obsoleta sordibus,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 46:

    dextra obsoleta sanguine,

    defiled, Sen. Agam. 977.—Hence, adv.: obsŏlētē, in an old or worn-out style, poorly, meanly:

    paulo tamen obsoletius vestitus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152.

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  • 8 obsolete

    obsŏlesco, lēvi, lētum, 3, v. inch. n. [obs-olesco], to wear out, to grow old, decay, fall into disuse, lose value, become obsolete [p. 1244] (class.;

    syn. exolesco): his (verbis) oportet, si possis, non uti: sic enim obsolescent,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 16 Müll.:

    haec ne obsolescerent, renovabam, cum licebat, legendo,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11:

    obsolevit jam oratio,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52:

    vectigal, quod in bello non obsolescat,

    id. Agr. 1, 7, 21:

    laus,

    Tac. A. 4, 26:

    enituit aliquis in bello, sed obsolevit in pace,

    Plin. Pan. 4, 5.—Hence, obsŏlētus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Lit., old, worn out, thrown off:

    erat veste obsoletā,

    Liv. 27, 34:

    vestitus,

    Nep. Ages. 8, 2:

    amiculum,

    Curt. 6, 9, 25:

    vestitu obsoletiore, Cig. Agr. 2, 5, 13: homo obsoletus,

    in a worn-out dress, id. Pis. 36, 89:

    tectum,

    old, ruinous, Hor. C. 2, 10, 6:

    verba,

    obsolete, Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 150:

    obsoleta et vulgaria,

    id. Quint. 18, 56.—
    B.
    Transf., common, ordinary, poor, mean, low:

    crimina,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 177:

    gaudia,

    Liv. 30, 42.— Comp.:

    obsoletior oratio,

    a too ordinary, too negligent style, Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 33:

    honores,

    of little worth, Nep. Milt. 6, 2:

    color,

    Col. 4, 30:

    o nec paternis obsoleta sordibus,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 46:

    dextra obsoleta sanguine,

    defiled, Sen. Agam. 977.—Hence, adv.: obsŏlētē, in an old or worn-out style, poorly, meanly:

    paulo tamen obsoletius vestitus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152.

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  • 9 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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  • 10 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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  • 11 eradico

    ē-rādīco ( exr-), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. eradicarier, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 21), v. a., to pluck up by the roots, to root out, eradicate (an ante-class. word).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ex terra enata,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 27, 2:

    plantationem,

    Vulg. Matt. 15, 13; 13, 29 al.—
    B.
    Transf.:

    aliquem,

    to root out, utterly destroy, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38; id. Truc. 3, 1, 15; id. Merc. 4, 4, 35; id. Bacch. 5, 1, 6; Ter. And. 4, 4, 22; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 28; Vulg. Jer. 18, 7.—
    * II.
    Trop.: pugnis memorandis suis hominum aures, i. e. to wear out, pester with talking, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 53.

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  • 12 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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  • 13 cōnficiō

        cōnficiō fēcī, fectus, ere    [com- + facio], to make ready, make, prepare, bring about, complete, accomplish, execute, consummate, fulfil: soccos suā manu: vestem: tabulae litteris Graecis confectae, written, Cs.: libri Graeco sermone confecti, composed, N.: librum Graece, N.: tabulas, to keep accounts: nuptias, T.: bello confecto, ended, S.: duella, H.: facinus: caedem, N.: mandata brevi, S.: spes conficiendi negotii, Cs.: quibus rebus confectis, S.—To settle, close, finish: cum Apellā de columnis: de negotio.—To pass over, accomplish, traverse, go over, make: magno itinere confecto, Cs.: iter anno, N.: ubi confecti cursūs, V.: inmensum spatiis aequor, V.: tecta facturi, ut mille passuum conficiatur, covered.—To diminish, lessen, weaken, sweep away, destroy, kill, subdue, wear out, consume: Atheniensīs, N.: provincias: exercitūs, L.: me (sica) paene confecit, killed: dentes escas conficiunt, grind: cibum, L.: cibos, to digest: fame confici: patrimonium: suam rem. —P. perf., impaired, weakened, overcome, reduced, exhausted: equus senio, Enn. ap. C.: aetate, S.: aevo, V.: malis res p.: volneribus, Cs.: curā, T.: confectus et saucius: (captivos) ignominiis, worn out, L.—To prepare, provide, procure, bring together: tribum necessariis suis, the votes of: armata milia centum, Cs.: pauxillulum nummorum, T.: pecuniam ex illā re: conficiendae pecuniae rationes.—Fig., to produce, cause, make, bring about, effect: aliquid gnato mali, T.: motūs animorum: animum mitem, render: causae conficiunt, are efficient.—Of time, to complete, finish, end, spend, pass: sexaginta annos: noctis partem ibi: hieme confectā, Cs.: vitae cursum.—To show, deduce: ex alquā re alqd: ex quo conficitur, ut, etc.: id quod conficiatur ex ratiocinatione; see also confio.
    * * *
    conficere, confeci, confectus V TRANS
    make, construct; prepare, complete, accomplish; cause; perform; do thoroughly; compose; amass, collect; raise (troops); traverse; eat up, consume; expend; finish off; kill, dispatch; defeat finally, subdue/reduce/pacify; chop/cut up

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  • 14 obsolefiō

        obsolefiō —, fierī    [1 OL-], to wear out, be spoiled: obsolefiebant dignitatis insignia, became worthless.
    * * *
    obsolefieri, obsolefactus sum V SEMIDEP
    become worn out; be degraded

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  • 15 contero

    conterere, contrivi, contritus V TRANS
    grind, crush, pound to pieces; bruise, crumble; rub/wipe away/out/off, expunge; spend, exhaust, waste (time), use up; wear out/down; make weary

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  • 16 con-terō

        con-terō trīvī, trītus, ere,    to grind, bruise, pound, wear out: infamia pabula sucis, O.: manūs paludibus emuniendis, Ta.: silicem pedibus, Iu.: viam, Pr.—Fig., of time, to consume, spend. waste, use, pass, employ: vitem in quaerendo, T.: frustra tempus: ambulando diem, T.: diei brevitatem conviviis: otium socordiā, S.—To exhaust, engross, expend: se in musicis: conteri in causis: operam frustra, T.—To destroy, abolish, annihilate: iniurias quasi oblivione, obliterate: dignitatem virtutis, make insignificant.

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  • 17 dē-lassō

        dē-lassō —, —, āre,    to wear out, tire: Fabium, H.

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  • 18 ē-necō or ēnicō

        ē-necō or ēnicō —, ctus, āre,    to kill off, exhaust, wear out, destroy, torment, plague: enectus siti: squalore enecti, half dead, L.: bos est enectus arando, H.: me rogitando, T.: enicas, you are a plague, T. — Fig.: pars animi inopiā enecta, overcome.

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  • 19 fatīgō

        fatīgō āvī, ātus, āre    [* fatis (2 FA-)+ago], to weary, tire, fatigue, vex, harass, fret: dentem in dente, O.: (armenta) sole, V.: pugnā atroci semet, L.: sonitu vicina, O.: lolium tribulique fatigant messīs, mar, O.: (sicarii) sunt vinclis et carcere fatigandi: (milites) aestu fatigati, Cs.: Daedalus, O.—Fig., to weary, fatigue, importune, harass, plague, torment, vex, lay siege to: prece Vestam, H.: singulos precibus, L.: sapientium animos, S.: Consiliis animum, H.: remigio noctemque diem<*> que, wear out, V.: neque aliud se fatigando nisi odium quaerere, S.: dolis fatigari, S.: denique saepius fatigatus lenitur, S.: Hersilia precibus raptarum fatigata orat, etc., L.— To vex with raillery, jeer, banter, Iu.
    * * *
    fatigare, fatigavi, fatigatus V
    weary, tire, fatigue; harass; importune; overcome

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  • 20 imminuō (in-m-)

        imminuō (in-m-) uī, ūtus, ere,    to lessen, diminish: copias.—To weaken, impair, enfeeble: mente inminutā, S.—Fig., to lessen, diminish, abate: tempus mora inminuerat, S.: imminuitur aliquid de voluptate: se dolor imminuit, O.: verbum imminutum, contracted.—To encroach upon, violate, injure, subvert, ruin, wear out, destroy: auctoritatem: ius legationis: libertatem: Bocchi pacem, S.: Damnosa quid non imminuit dies? H.: se imminui querebatur, was slighted, Ta.

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