tritus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of terō.
Participle
trītus (feminine trīta, neuter trītum); first/second-declension participle
- rubbed, triturated
- worn out or away, well-worn
Declension
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
- triticum
Descendants
- → English: trite
References
- “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, 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
- a well-trodden, much-frequented way: via trita
- tritus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016