Etymology
edit
From con- + terō.
Pronunciation
edit
conterō (present infinitive conterere, perfect active contrīvī or contriī, supine contrītum); third conjugation
- to grind or crush to pieces
- to bruise or crumble
- to wear down or away, consume
- Synonyms: hauriō, exhauriō, cōnsūmō, absūmō, terō, atterō, dēterō, tenuō, abūtor, ēnecō, adedō, peragō, accīdō, effundō
c. 4 BCE – 65 CE,
Seneca the Younger,
De brevitate vitae 15:
- Horum te mori nemo coget, omnes docebunt; horum nemo annos tuos conteret, suos tibi contribuet; nullius ex his sermo periculosus erit, nullius amicitia capitalis, nullius sumptuosa obseruatio.
- No one of these will force you to die, but all will teach you how to die; no one of these will wear out your years, but each will add his own years to yours; conversations with no one of these will bring you peril, the friendship of none will endanger your life, the courting of none will tax your purse.
- to waste, squander
- Synonyms: abūtor, perdō, cōnsūmō, dissipō, effundō
Conjugation
edit
Conjugation of conterō (third conjugation)
|
indicative
|
singular
|
plural
|
first
|
second
|
third
|
first
|
second
|
third
|
active
|
present
|
conterō
|
conteris
|
conterit
|
conterimus
|
conteritis
|
conterunt
|
imperfect
|
conterēbam
|
conterēbās
|
conterēbat
|
conterēbāmus
|
conterēbātis
|
conterēbant
|
future
|
conteram
|
conterēs
|
conteret
|
conterēmus
|
conterētis
|
conterent
|
perfect
|
contrīvī, contriī
|
contrīvistī, contriistī
|
contrīvit, contriit
|
contrīvimus, contriimus
|
contrīvistis, contriistis
|
contrīvērunt, contrīvēre, contriērunt, contriēre
|
pluperfect
|
contrīveram, contrieram
|
contrīverās, contrierās
|
contrīverat, contrierat
|
contrīverāmus, contrierāmus
|
contrīverātis, contrierātis
|
contrīverant, contrierant
|
future perfect
|
contrīverō, contrierō
|
contrīveris, contrieris
|
contrīverit, contrierit
|
contrīverimus, contrierimus
|
contrīveritis, contrieritis
|
contrīverint, contrierint
|
passive
|
present
|
conteror
|
contereris, conterere
|
conteritur
|
conterimur
|
conteriminī
|
conteruntur
|
imperfect
|
conterēbar
|
conterēbāris, conterēbāre
|
conterēbātur
|
conterēbāmur
|
conterēbāminī
|
conterēbantur
|
future
|
conterar
|
conterēris, conterēre
|
conterētur
|
conterēmur
|
conterēminī
|
conterentur
|
perfect
|
contrītus + present active indicative of sum
|
pluperfect
|
contrītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
|
future perfect
|
contrītus + future active indicative of sum
|
subjunctive
|
singular
|
plural
|
first
|
second
|
third
|
first
|
second
|
third
|
active
|
present
|
conteram
|
conterās
|
conterat
|
conterāmus
|
conterātis
|
conterant
|
imperfect
|
contererem
|
contererēs
|
contereret
|
contererēmus
|
contererētis
|
contererent
|
perfect
|
contrīverim, contrierim
|
contrīverīs, contrierīs
|
contrīverit, contrierit
|
contrīverīmus, contrierīmus
|
contrīverītis, contrierītis
|
contrīverint, contrierint
|
pluperfect
|
contrīvissem, contriissem
|
contrīvissēs, contriissēs
|
contrīvisset, contriisset
|
contrīvissēmus, contriissēmus
|
contrīvissētis, contriissētis
|
contrīvissent, contriissent
|
passive
|
present
|
conterar
|
conterāris, conterāre
|
conterātur
|
conterāmur
|
conterāminī
|
conterantur
|
imperfect
|
contererer
|
contererēris, contererēre
|
contererētur
|
contererēmur
|
contererēminī
|
contererentur
|
perfect
|
contrītus + present active subjunctive of sum
|
pluperfect
|
contrītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
|
imperative
|
singular
|
plural
|
first
|
second
|
third
|
first
|
second
|
third
|
active
|
present
|
—
|
contere
|
—
|
—
|
conterite
|
—
|
future
|
—
|
conteritō
|
conteritō
|
—
|
conteritōte
|
conteruntō
|
passive
|
present
|
—
|
conterere
|
—
|
—
|
conteriminī
|
—
|
future
|
—
|
conteritor
|
conteritor
|
—
|
—
|
conteruntor
|
non-finite forms
|
active
|
passive
|
present
|
perfect
|
future
|
present
|
perfect
|
future
|
infinitives
|
conterere
|
contrīvisse, contriisse
|
contrītūrum esse
|
conterī
|
contrītum esse
|
contrītum īrī
|
participles
|
conterēns
|
—
|
contrītūrus
|
—
|
contrītus
|
conterendus, conterundus
|
verbal nouns
|
gerund
|
supine
|
genitive
|
dative
|
accusative
|
ablative
|
accusative
|
ablative
|
conterendī
|
conterendō
|
conterendum
|
conterendō
|
contrītum
|
contrītū
|
Derived terms
edit
Descendants
edit
References
edit
- “contero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “contero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contero
- contero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to waste time on something: tempus terere, conterere (in) aliqua re