contero

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See also: conterò

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ terō.

Pronunciation

Verb

conterō (present infinitive conterere, perfect active contrīvī or contriī, supine contrītum); third conjugation

  1. to grind or crush to pieces
  2. to bruise or crumble
  3. to wear down or away, consume
    Synonyms: hauriō, exhauriō, cōnsūmō, absūmō, terō, atterō, dēterō, tenuō, abūtor, ēnecō, adedō, peragō, accīdō, effundō
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, De brevitate vitae 15:
      Horum te mori nemo coget, omnes docebunt; horum nemo annos tuos conteret, suos tibi contribuet; nullius ex his sermo periculosus erit, nullius amicitia capitalis, nullius sumptuosa obseruatio.
      No one of these will force you to die, but all will teach you how to die; no one of these will wear out your years, but each will add his own years to yours; conversations with no one of these will bring you peril, the friendship of none will endanger your life, the courting of none will tax your purse.
  4. to waste, squander
    Synonyms: abūtor, perdō, cōnsūmō, dissipō, effundō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of conterō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present conterō conteris conterit conterimus conteritis conterunt
imperfect conterēbam conterēbās conterēbat conterēbāmus conterēbātis conterēbant
future conteram conterēs conteret conterēmus conterētis conterent
perfect contrīvī,
contriī 		contrīvistī,
contriistī 		contrīvit,
contriit 		contrīvimus,
contriimus 		contrīvistis,
contriistis 		contrīvērunt,
contrīvēre,
contriērunt,
contriēre
pluperfect contrīveram,
contrieram 		contrīverās,
contrierās 		contrīverat,
contrierat 		contrīverāmus,
contrierāmus 		contrīverātis,
contrierātis 		contrīverant,
contrierant
future perfect contrīverō,
contrierō 		contrīveris,
contrieris 		contrīverit,
contrierit 		contrīverimus,
contrierimus 		contrīveritis,
contrieritis 		contrīverint,
contrierint
passive present conteror contereris,
conterere 		conteritur conterimur conteriminī conteruntur
imperfect conterēbar conterēbāris,
conterēbāre 		conterēbātur conterēbāmur conterēbāminī conterēbantur
future conterar conterēris,
conterēre 		conterētur conterēmur conterēminī conterentur
perfect contrītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect contrītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect contrītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present conteram conterās conterat conterāmus conterātis conterant
imperfect contererem contererēs contereret contererēmus contererētis contererent
perfect contrīverim,
contrierim 		contrīverīs,
contrierīs 		contrīverit,
contrierit 		contrīverīmus,
contrierīmus 		contrīverītis,
contrierītis 		contrīverint,
contrierint
pluperfect contrīvissem,
contriissem 		contrīvissēs,
contriissēs 		contrīvisset,
contriisset 		contrīvissēmus,
contriissēmus 		contrīvissētis,
contriissētis 		contrīvissent,
contriissent
passive present conterar conterāris,
conterāre 		conterātur conterāmur conterāminī conterantur
imperfect contererer contererēris,
contererēre 		contererētur contererēmur contererēminī contererentur
perfect contrītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect contrītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — contere — — conterite —
future — conteritō conteritō — conteritōte conteruntō
passive present — conterere — — conteriminī —
future — conteritor conteritor — — conteruntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present conterere conterī conterēns —
future contrītūrum esse contrītum īrī contrītūrus conterendus,
conterundus
perfect contrīvisse,
contriisse 		contrītum esse — contrītus
future perfect — contrītum fore — —
perfect potential contrītūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
conterendī conterendō conterendum conterendō contrītum contrītū

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “contero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “contero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • contero
  • contero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to waste time on something: tempus terere, conterere (in) aliqua re
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