obtritus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of obterō

Participle

obtrītus (feminine obtrīta, neuter obtrītum); first/second-declension participle

  1. bruised, crushed, broken to pieces
  2. degraded, disgraced, contemned, disparaged, ravaged, destroyed.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • obtritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obtritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers