contero

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Latin

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Etymology

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From con- +‎ terō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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conterō (present infinitive conterere, perfect active contrīvī or contriī, supine contrītum); third conjugation

  1. to grind or crush to pieces
  2. to bruise or crumble
  3. to wear down or away, consume
    Synonyms: hauriō, exhauriō, cōnsūmō, absūmō, terō, atterō, dēterō, tenuō, abūtor, ēnecō, adedō, peragō, accīdō, effundō
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, De brevitate vitae 15:
      Horum te mori nemo coget, omnes docebunt; horum nemo annos tuos conteret, suos tibi contribuet; nullius ex his sermo periculosus erit, nullius amicitia capitalis, nullius sumptuosa obseruatio.
      No one of these will force you to die, but all will teach you how to die; no one of these will wear out your years, but each will add his own years to yours; conversations with no one of these will bring you peril, the friendship of none will endanger your life, the courting of none will tax your purse.
  4. to waste, squander
    Synonyms: abūtor, perdō, cōnsūmō, dissipō, effundō

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of conterō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present conterō conteris conterit conterimus conteritis conterunt
imperfect conterēbam conterēbās conterēbat conterēbāmus conterēbātis conterēbant
future conteram conterēs conteret conterēmus conterētis conterent
perfect contrīvī,
contriī
contrīvistī,
contriistī
contrīvit,
contriit
contrīvimus,
contriimus
contrīvistis,
contriistis
contrīvērunt,
contrīvēre,
contriērunt,
contriēre
pluperfect contrīveram,
contrieram
contrīverās,
contrierās
contrīverat,
contrierat
contrīverāmus,
contrierāmus
contrīverātis,
contrierātis
contrīverant,
contrierant
future perfect contrīverō,
contrierō
contrīveris,
contrieris
contrīverit,
contrierit
contrīverimus,
contrierimus
contrīveritis,
contrieritis
contrīverint,
contrierint
passive present conteror contereris,
conterere
conteritur conterimur conteriminī conteruntur
imperfect conterēbar conterēbāris,
conterēbāre
conterēbātur conterēbāmur conterēbāminī conterēbantur
future conterar conterēris,
conterēre
conterētur conterēmur conterēminī conterentur
perfect contrītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect contrītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect contrītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present conteram conterās conterat conterāmus conterātis conterant
imperfect contererem contererēs contereret contererēmus contererētis contererent
perfect contrīverim,
contrierim
contrīverīs,
contrierīs
contrīverit,
contrierit
contrīverīmus,
contrierīmus
contrīverītis,
contrierītis
contrīverint,
contrierint
pluperfect contrīvissem,
contriissem
contrīvissēs,
contriissēs
contrīvisset,
contriisset
contrīvissēmus,
contriissēmus
contrīvissētis,
contriissētis
contrīvissent,
contriissent
passive present conterar conterāris,
conterāre
conterātur conterāmur conterāminī conterantur
imperfect contererer contererēris,
contererēre
contererētur contererēmur contererēminī contererentur
perfect contrītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect contrītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present contere conterite
future conteritō conteritō conteritōte conteruntō
passive present conterere conteriminī
future conteritor conteritor conteruntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives conterere contrīvisse,
contriisse
contrītūrum esse conterī contrītum esse contrītum īrī
participles conterēns contrītūrus contrītus conterendus,
conterundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
conterendī conterendō conterendum conterendō contrītum contrītū

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: contrite
  • French: contrire
  • Spanish: curtir
  • Portuguese: curtir

References

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  • contero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • contero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • contero
  • contero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to waste time on something: tempus terere, conterere (in) aliqua re