attritus

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

attritus (uncountable)

1. material pulverized by attrition

Latin

Alternative forms

• adtrītus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [atˈtriː.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [atˈtriː.tus]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of atterō.

Participle

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

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

Declension

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

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-

Latin terō

Latin atterō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin attrītus

From atterō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Noun

attrītus m (genitive attrītūs); fourth declension

1. a rubbing on or against something
2. the erosion due to rubbing

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	attrītus	attrītūs
genitive	attrītūs	attrītuum
dative	attrītuī	attrītibus
accusative	attrītum	attrītūs
ablative	attrītū	attrītibus
vocative	attrītus	attrītūs

References

• “attrītus, -a, -um”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “attrītus, -a, -um”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “attrītus, -ūs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “adtrītus / adtrītŭs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• "attritus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Forcellini, Egidio; Furlanetto, Giuseppe (ed.); Corradini, Francesco (ed.); and Perin, Giuseppe (ed.) (1733-1965). Lexicon Totius Latinitatis. Bologna: Arnaldo Forni. Vol. I. p. 383.