verbthird conjugation
conterō
conterō (present infinitive conterere, perfect active contrīvī or contriī, supine contrītum)
Classical[ˈkɔn.tɛ.roː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔn.te.ro]
Meaning
- to grind or crush to pieces
- to bruise or crumble
- to wear down or away, consume
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.c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, De brevitate vitae 15 - to waste, squander
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | conterō | conterēbam | conteram | contrīvī contriī | contrīveram contrieram | contrīverō contrierō |
| 2nd sg. | conteris | conterēbās | conterēs | contrīvistī contriistī | contrīverās contrierās | contrīveris contrieris |
| 3rd sg. | conterit | conterēbat | conteret | contrīvit contriit | contrīverat contrierat | contrīverit contrierit |
| 1st pl. | conterimus | conterēbāmus | conterēmus | contrīvimus contriimus | contrīverāmus contrierāmus | contrīverimus contrierimus |
| 2nd pl. | conteritis | conterēbātis | conterētis | contrīvistis contriistis | contrīverātis contrierātis | contrīveritis contrieritis |
| 3rd pl. | conterunt | conterēbant | conterent | contrīvērunt contrīvēre, contriērunt, contriēre | contrīverant contrierant | contrīverint contrierint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | conteram | contererem | contrīverim contrierim | contrīvissem contriissem |
| 2nd sg. | conterās | contererēs | contrīverīs contrierīs | contrīvissēs contriissēs |
| 3rd sg. | conterat | contereret | contrīverit contrierit | contrīvisset contriisset |
| 1st pl. | conterāmus | contererēmus | contrīverīmus contrierīmus | contrīvissēmus contriissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | conterātis | contererētis | contrīverītis contrierītis | contrīvissētis contriissētis |
| 3rd pl. | conterant | contererent | contrīverint contrierint | contrīvissent contriissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | conteror | conterēbar | conterar |
| 2nd sg. | contereris conterere | conterēbāris conterēbāre | conterēris conterēre |
| 3rd sg. | conteritur | conterēbātur | conterētur |
| 1st pl. | conterimur | conterēbāmur | conterēmur |
| 2nd pl. | conteriminī | conterēbāminī | conterēminī |
| 3rd pl. | conteruntur | conterēbantur | conterentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | conterar | contererer |
| 2nd sg. | conterāris conterāre | contererēris contererēre |
| 3rd sg. | conterātur | contererētur |
| 1st pl. | conterāmur | contererēmur |
| 2nd pl. | conterāminī | contererēminī |
| 3rd pl. | conterantur | contererentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | contere | conterere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | conterite | conteriminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | conteritō | conteritor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | conteritō | conteritor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | conteritōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | conteruntō | conteruntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | conterere | conterī |
| perfect infinitive | contrīvisse contriisse | contrītum esse |
| future infinitive | contrītūrum esse | contrītum īrī |
| present participle | conterēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | contrītus contrīta, contrītā, contrītae, contrītam, contrītārum, contrītās, contrīte, contrītī, contrītīs, contrītō, contrītōrum, contrītōs |
| future participle | contrītūrus contrītūra, contrītūrā, contrītūrae, contrītūram, contrītūrārum, contrītūrās, contrītūre, contrītūrī, contrītūrīs, contrītūrō, contrītūrōrum, contrītūrōs, contrītūrum | conterendus conterundus, conterenda, conterendā, conterendae, conterendam, conterendārum, conterendās, conterende, conterendīs, conterendōrum, conterendōs |
gerundconterendī, conterendō, conterendumsupinecontrītum, contrītū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- tempus terere, conterere (in) aliqua re
- to waste time on something.
con-tĕro, trīvi (rarely conterui, App. M. 8, p. 212, 12; Ven. Fort. C. 6, 4, 33), trītum, 3,
I. v. a., to grind, bruise, pound, to crumble, separate into small pieces.
I. Prop. (so freq. in medic. lang.):
medium scillae cum aquā ad mellis crassitudinem, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 8: cornua cervi, Ov. Med. Fac. 60: horrendis infamia pabula sucis, id. M. 14, 44: radicem aridam in pulverem, Plin. 26, 11, 70, § 113: fracta, contrita, Lucr. 4, 697.—Far more freq. and class. in prose and poetry, II. Transf., to diminish by rubbing, to waste, destroy (cf.: conficio, consumo, etc.), to rub off, wear out.
A. Of material objects:
latera tua, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 13: boves et vires agricolarum (followed by conficere), Lucr. 2, 1161; cf.: conteritur ferrum, silices tenuantur ab usu, Ov. A. A. 3, 91: superbiter contemptim conterit legiones, Naev. ap. Non. p. 516, 1; humorously imitated: ne nos tam contemptim conteras, treat contemptuously, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 34; and: conteris Tu tuā me oratione, mulier, you wear me out, id. Cist. 2, 3, 65 (cf. B. 1. b. infra): corpora ipsa ac manus silvis ac paludibus emuniendis inter verbera ac contumelias conterunt, Tac. Agr. 31: heri in tergo meo Tris facile corios contrivisti bubulos, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 11: Viam Sacram, to tread upon frequently, Prop. 2 (3), 23, 15. Παιδείαν Κύρου legendo, i. e. to wear out with reading, Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 1: supellectilem pluribus et diversis officiis, to wear out by use, Quint. 2, 4, 29.—In mal. part.: aliquas indigno quaestu, i. e. prostituere, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 44; cf. tero.—Prov.: is vel Herculi conterere quaestum possiet, squander the greatest possible fortune, Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 68 Lorenz ad loc.—B. Of immaterial objects.
1. Most freq. (like the simple verb) of time, to waste, consume, spend, pass, employ, in a good and bad sense (cf. Sall. C. 4, 1 Kritz); constr. with in and abl. or the abl. only, with dum, or absol.
(a). With in:
aetatem in pistrino, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 11: vitam atque aetatem meam in quaerendo, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15: aetatem in litibus, Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53: omne otiosum tempus in studiis, id. Lael. 27, 104: diem in eā arte, Prop. 2, 1, 46.—(b). With abl.:
totum hunc diem cursando atque ambulando, Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 17: majorem aevi partem somno, Lucr. 3, 1047: tempora spectaculis, etc., Quint. 1, 12, 18: diei brevitatem conviviis, longitudinem noctis stupris et flagitiis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26: bonum otium socordiā atque desidiā, Sall. C. 4, 1.—* (g). With dum:
contrivi diem, Dum asto, etc., Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 4.—b. Transf. to the person:
se, ut Plato, in musicis, geometriā, etc., Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72; cf. in medial form: cum in causis et in negotiis et in foro conteramur, id. de Or. 1, 58, 249; id. Caecin. 5, 14.—2. In gen.:
operam, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 54; cf.: operam frustra, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 31: quae sunt horum temporum, to exhaust, Cic. Att. 9, 4, 1.—b. Trop.:
ejus omnis gravissimas injurias quasi voluntariā oblivione, to obliterate from the memory, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 20: quam (dignitatem virtutis) reliquā ex collatione, facile est conterere atque contemnere, to tread under foot by comparison (opp. in caelum efferre), id. Tusc. 5, 30, 85.—Hence, contrītus, a, um, P. a., worn out, trite, common (mostly in Cic.): proverbium vetustate, Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 52: praecepta (connected with communia), id. de Or. 1, 31, 138: contritum et contemptum praemium, id. Sest. 40, 86.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
con-terō trīvī, trītus, ere,
to grind, bruise, pound, wear out: infamia pabula sucis, O.: manūs paludibus emuniendis, Ta.: silicem pedibus, Iu.: viam, Pr.—Fig., of time, to consume, spend. waste, use, pass, employ: vitem in quaerendo, T.: frustra tempus: ambulando diem, T.: diei brevitatem conviviis: otium socordiā, S.—To exhaust, engross, expend: se in musicis: conteri in causis: operam frustra, T.—To destroy, abolish, annihilate: iniurias quasi oblivione, obliterate: dignitatem virtutis, make insignificant.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latinconterō
Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- Latin terō Latin conterō From con- + terō.
Descendants
- Frenchcontrire
- Italiancontrire
- Italiancontritare
- Portuguesecurtir
- Spanishcurtir
- Englishcontrite
In English words that came into English from conterō
- contritecontrītus
- contritioncontrītiō