terō trīvī (trīstī for trīvistī, Ct.), trītus, ere
1 TER-,
to rub, rub away, wear away, bruise, grind, bray triturate
: lacrimulam oculos terendo exprimere,
T.: unguibus herbas, O.: calamo labellum, i. e.
to blow upon the flute
, V.: calcem calce,
tread upon
, V.—Of grain,
to rub off, tread out, thresh
: Milia frumenti tua triverit area centum,
H.: teret area culmos, V.: Ut patriā careo, bis frugibus area trita est, i. e.
during two harvests
, O.—
To rub smooth, burnish, polish, sharpen
: mordaci pumice crura, O.: radios rotis,
smoothed, turned
, V.: catillum manibus, H.—
To lessen by rubbing, rub away, wear away by use, wear out
: silices, O.: ferrum,
to dull
, O.: trita vestis,
H.—Of a place,
to wear, tread often, visit, frequent
: iter, V.: Appiam
mannis, H.: viam,
O.—Fig., of time,
to wear away, use up, pass, spend, waste, kill
: in convivio tempus, L.: teretur interea tempus: teritur bellis civilibus aetas,
H.: Omne aevum ferro, V.: otium conviviis comissationibusque inter se, L.—
To exert greatly, exhaust, wear out
: in opere longinquo sese, L.: in armis plebem, L.—Of words,
to wear by use, render common, make trite
: verbum sermone: quae (nomina) consuetudo diurna
trivit.
