tritus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of terō.

Pronunciation

Participle

trītus (feminine trīta, neuter trītum); first/second-declension participle

  1. rubbed, triturated
  2. worn out or away, well-worn

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: trite

References

  • tritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tritus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a well-trodden, much-frequented way: via trita
    • a fine, practised ear: aures elegantes, teretes, tritae (De Or. 9. 27)
    • an old proverb which every one knows: proverbium vetustate or sermone tritum (vid. sect. II. 3, note tritus...)
    • cast-off clothing: vestitus obsoletus, tritus
  • tritus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016