tritus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Perfect passive participle of terō.

Pronunciation

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Participle

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trītus (feminine trīta, neuter trītum); first/second-declension participle

  1. rubbed, triturated
  2. worn out or away, well-worn

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative trītus trīta trītum trītī trītae trīta
Genitive trītī trītae trītī trītōrum trītārum trītōrum
Dative trītō trītō trītīs
Accusative trītum trītam trītum trītōs trītās trīta
Ablative trītō trītā trītō trītīs
Vocative trīte trīta trītum trītī trītae trīta

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: trite

References

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  • tritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tritus 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)
  • tritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a well-trodden, much-frequented way: via trita
    • a fine, practised ear: aures elegantes, teretes, tritae (De Or. 9. 27)
    • an old proverb which every one knows: proverbium vetustate or sermone tritum (vid. sect. II. 3, note tritus...)
    • cast-off clothing: vestitus obsoletus, tritus
  • tritus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016