(v. a.P. a.) : tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3 (
* Perf. terii, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; perf. sync. tristi, Cat. 66, 30), v. a. root ter; Gr. τείρω, τρύω, τρίβω, to rub; cf. Lat. tribulare, triticum; akin to τέρην, tender, Lat. teres, to rub, rub to pieces; to bruise, grind, bray, triturate (syn.: frico, tundo, pinso).
* Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* In gen.: num me illuc ducis, ubi lapis lapidem terit? (i. e. into a mill), Plaut. As. 1, 1, 16: lacrimulam oculos terendo vix vi exprimere,Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 23: teritur lignum ligno ignemque concipit attritu,Plin. 16, 40, 77. § 208: sed nihil hederā praestantius quae teritur, lauro quae terat, id. ib.: aliquid in mortario,id. 34, 10, 22, § 104: aliquid in farinam,id. 34, 18, 50, § 170: bacam trapetis,Verg. G. 2, 519: unguibus herbas,Ov. M. 9, 655: dentes in stipite,id. ib. 8, 369: lumina manu,Cat. 66, 30: sucina trita redolent,Mart. 3, 64, 5: piper,Petr. 74: Appia trita rotis,Ov. P. 2, 7, 44: cibum in ventre,i. e. to digest,Cels. 1 praef. med. — Poet.: labellum calamo, i. e. to rub one's lip (in playing), Verg. E. 2, 34: calcemque terit jam calce Diores,treads upon,id. A. 5, 324: crystalla labris,Mart. 9, 23, 7.
* Trop. (freq. in good prose).
* To rub grain from the ears by treading, to tread out, thresh: frumentum,Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 5: milia frumenti tua triverit area centum,Hor. S. 1, 1, 45: area dum messes teret,Tib. 1, 5, 22: teret area culmos,Verg. G. 1, 192; cf.: ut patria careo, bis frugibus area trita est,i. e. it has twice been harvest-time,Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 19.
* To cleanse or beautify by rubbing, to smooth, furbish, burnish, polish, sharpen (syn.: polio, acuo): oculos,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 103: crura mordaci pumice,Ov. A. A. 1, 506: hinc radios trivere rotis,smoothed, turned,Verg. G. 2, 444: vitrum torno,Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 193: catillum manibus,Hor. S. 1, 3, 90: tritus cimice lectus,Mart. 11, 33, 1.
* To lessen by rubbing, to rub away; to wear away by use, wear out: (navem) ligneam, saepe tritam,Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 52: hoc (tempus) rigidas silices, hoc adamanta terit,Ov. Tr. 4, 6. 14: ferrum,to dull,id. M. 12, 167: mucronem rubigine silicem liquore,Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 15: trita labore colla,Ov. M. 15, 124: trita subucula,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96: trita vestis,id. ib. 1, 19, 38: librum,i. e. to read often,Mart. 8, 3, 4; 11, 3, 4; cf.: quid haberet, Quod legeret tereretque viritim publicus usus?Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 92: pocula labris patrum trita,Mart. 11, 12, 3: ut illum di terant, qui primum olitor caepam protulit, crush, annihilate, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 681 P.
* Of persons, pass., to be employed in. occupied with: nos qui in foro verisque litibus terimur,Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 5: litibus,id. ib. 10, 12, 3.
* To tread often, to visit, frequent a way or place (cf.: calco, calcito): angustum formica terens iter,Verg. G. 1, 380: iter propositum,Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 14: Appiam mannis,Hor. Epod. 4, 14: viam,Ov. A. A. 1, 52; Lucr. 1, 927: via trita pede,Tib. 4, 13, 10: ambulator porticum terit,Mart. 2, 11, 2: limina,id. 10, 10, 2: mea nocturnis trita fenestra dolis,Prop. 4 (5), 7, 16. nec jam clarissimorum virorum receptacula habitatore servo teruntur,Plin. Pan. 50, 3: flavaeque terens querceta Maricae Liris, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr 259.
* In mal. part.: Bojus est, Bojam terit,Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 108; so Prop. 3, 11 (4. 10), 30; Petr. 87.
* To wear away, use up, i. e. to pass, spend time; usu. to waste, spend in dissipation, etc. (syn.: absumo, consumo): teritur dies,Plaut. Truc. 5, 20: diem sermone terere segnities merast,id. Trin. 3, 3, 67: naves diem trivere,Liv. 37, 27, 8: tempus in convivio luxuque,id. 1, 57, 9: tempus ibi in secreto,id. 26, 19, 5: omnem aetatem in his discendis rebus,Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123: teretur interea tempus,id. Phil. 5, 11, 30: jam alteram aetatem bellis civilibus,Hor. Epod. 16, 1: omne aevum ferro,Verg. A. 9, 609: spe otia,id. ib. 4, 271: otium conviviis comissationibusque inter se,Liv. 1, 57, 5.
* To expend, employ (late Lat.): qui operam teri frustra,Amm. 27, 12, 12.
* To exert greatly, exhaust: ne in opere longinquo sese tererent, Liv 6, 8, 10: ut in armis terant plebem,id. 6, 27, 7.
* Of language, to wear out by use, i. e. to render common, commonplace, or trite (in verb finit. very rare, but freq. as a P. a.): jam hoc verbum satis hesterno sermone trivimus,Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18: quae (nomina) nunc consuetudo diurna trivit,id. Fin. 3, 4, 15.—*
* To tread under foot, i. e. to injure, violate a thing: jurata deorum majestas teritur,Claud. in Rufin. 1, 228. — Hence, P. a.: trītus, a, um.
* Prop. of a road or way, oft-trodden, beaten, frequented, common: iter,Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7: via,id. Brut. 81, 281: quadrijugi spatium,Ov. M. 2, 167. — Sup.: tritissima quaeque via,Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 2.
* Fig.
* Practised, expert: tritas aures habere,Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4; so id. Brut. 32, 124.—Comp.: tritiores manūs ad aedificandum perficere,Vitr. 2, 1, 6.
* Of language, used often or much, familiar, common, commonplace, trite: quid in Graeco sermone tam tritum atque celebratum est, quam, etc.,Cic. Fl. 27, 65: nomen minus tritum sermone nostro,id. Rep. 2, 29, 52: ex quo illud: summum jus summā injuriā factum est jam tritum sermone proverbium,id. Off. 1, 10, 33.—Comp.: faciamus tractando usitatius hoc verbum ac tritius,Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 27: compedes, quas induere aureas mos tritior vetat,Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152.