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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of terō.
Pronunciation
Participle
trītus (feminine trīta, neuter trītum); first/second-declension participle
- rubbed, triturated
- worn out or away, well-worn
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
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