English edit

Etymology edit

Latin

Noun edit

attritus (uncountable)

  1. material pulverized by attrition

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Perfect passive participle of atterō.

Participle edit

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

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

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative attrītus attrīta attrītum attrītī attrītae attrīta
Genitive attrītī attrītae attrītī attrītōrum attrītārum attrītōrum
Dative attrītō attrītō attrītīs
Accusative attrītum attrītam attrītum attrītōs attrītās attrīta
Ablative attrītō attrītā attrītō attrītīs
Vocative attrīte attrīta attrītum attrītī attrītae attrīta

References edit

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