attero

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄπτερος (ápteros), derived from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈat.te.ro/
• Rhymes: -attero
• Hyphenation: àt‧te‧ro

Adjective

1. apterous, wingless
2. (architecture) apteral (without lateral columns)

Anagrams

• attore, ettaro, oretta, rotate, teatro

Further reading

• attero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Alternative forms

• adterō

Etymology

From ad- +‎ terō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈat.te.roː/, [ˈät̪ːɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈat.te.ro/, [ˈät̪ːero]

Verb

atterō (present infinitive atterere, perfect active attrīvī, supine attrītum); third conjugation

1. I rub (against)
2. I grind
3. I chafe
4. I wear (away), weaken or impair; I attrit

Conjugation

Conjugation of atterō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	atterō	atteris	atterit	atterimus	atteritis	atterunt
	imperfect	atterēbam	atterēbās	atterēbat	atterēbāmus	atterēbātis	atterēbant
	future	atteram	atterēs	atteret	atterēmus	atterētis	atterent
	perfect	attrīvī	attrīvistī	attrīvit	attrīvimus	attrīvistis	attrīvērunt, attrīvēre
	pluperfect	attrīveram	attrīverās	attrīverat	attrīverāmus	attrīverātis	attrīverant
	future perfect	attrīverō	attrīveris	attrīverit	attrīverimus	attrīveritis	attrīverint
passive	present	atteror	attereris, atterere	atteritur	atterimur	atteriminī	atteruntur
	imperfect	atterēbar	atterēbāris, atterēbāre	atterēbātur	atterēbāmur	atterēbāminī	atterēbantur
	future	atterar	atterēris, atterēre	atterētur	atterēmur	atterēminī	atterentur
	perfect	attrītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	attrītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	attrītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	atteram	atterās	atterat	atterāmus	atterātis	atterant
	imperfect	attererem	attererēs	attereret	attererēmus	attererētis	attererent
	perfect	attrīverim	attrīverīs	attrīverit	attrīverīmus	attrīverītis	attrīverint
	pluperfect	attrīvissem	attrīvissēs	attrīvisset	attrīvissēmus	attrīvissētis	attrīvissent
passive	present	atterar	atterāris, atterāre	atterātur	atterāmur	atterāminī	atterantur
	imperfect	attererer	attererēris, attererēre	attererētur	attererēmur	attererēminī	attererentur
	perfect	attrītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	attrītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	attere	—	—	atterite	—
	future	—	atteritō	atteritō	—	atteritōte	atteruntō
passive	present	—	atterere	—	—	atteriminī	—
	future	—	atteritor	atteritor	—	—	atteruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		atterere	attrīvisse	attrītūrum esse	atterī	attrītum esse	attrītum īrī
participles		atterēns	—	attrītūrus	—	attrītus	atterendus, atterundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		atterendī	atterendō	atterendum	atterendō	attrītum	attrītū

Derived terms

• attrītiō

References

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