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