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attritus

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Etymology

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Latin

Noun

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attritus (uncountable)

  1. material pulverized by attrition

Latin

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Etymology

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Perfect passive participle of atterō.

Participle

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attrītus (feminine attrīta, neuter attrītum, comparative attrītior); first/second-declension participle

  1. rubbed (against)
  2. ground
  3. chafed
  4. worn (away)

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative attrītus attrīta attrītum attrītī attrītae attrīta
genitive attrītī attrītae attrītī attrītōrum attrītārum attrītōrum
dative attrītō attrītae attrītō attrītīs
accusative attrītum attrītam attrītum attrītōs attrītās attrīta
ablative attrītō attrītā attrītō attrītīs
vocative attrīte attrīta attrītum attrītī attrītae attrīta

References

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  • attritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • attritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • attritus 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)
  • attritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.