I.perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to crush, bruise (eccl. Lat.): “capita draconum,” Vulg. Psa. 73, 13: “dorsum ipsorum,” id. Ecclus. 35, 22 sq.—
II. Trop., to afflict much, to crush: “sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus,” Vulg. Psa. 50, 18: “rogationem contribulati abicere,” id. Ecclus. 4, 4.