protero
protero, to tread under foot, trample down, wear away, crush, bruise
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
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protrita Verb: perfect passive participle feminine ablative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle feminine vocative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter vocative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter accusative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle feminine nominative singular, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter nominative plural of protero
protrita Adjective: feminine ablative singular, Adjective: feminine nominative singular, Adjective: neuter nominative plural, Adjective: feminine vocative singular, Adjective: neuter accusative plural, Adjective: neuter vocative plural of protritus
- To drive forth, drive away: ver proterit aestas Interitura, i.e. supplants, Hor. C. 4, 7, 9.—
- II To tread under foot, trample down, wear away, crush, bruise (class.; syn. proculco).
- A Lit.: aliquem pedibus, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 13 (268): homines elephantis proterendos substravit, Val. Max. 2, 7, 14: januam limā, i.e. to destroy, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 9 (85): equitatus aversos proterere incipit, Caes. B. C. 2, 41: agmina curru, Verg. A. 12, 330: florentia arva, Ov. M. 2, 791: adversum rota proterit agmen, Sil. 2, 175: ulmus labens proterit uvas, Stat. Th. 8, 747: seges torrefacta proteritur, Col. 2, 21, 3.—
- B Transf., in gen., to overthrow, beat, crush, defeat, destroy: Marte Poenos, Hor. C. 3, 5, 34: protrita hostium acies, Tac. H. 2, 26: aliquem proterere et conculcare, to maltreat, abuse, trample upon, Cic. Fl. 22, 53; cf.: pati urbem proteri atque conculcari, Auct. Her. 4, 53, 66: ruinā suā proteri, Vell. 2, 91, 4: umbram, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 25: omnia ferro, Just. 24, 4, 6: barbaram plebem, Amm.15, 4, 12.
- —Hence, prōtrītus, a, um, P.a., worn out (by rubbing); hence, of words, of frequent use, common, trite, vulgar (post-class.): verba, Gell. 5, 21, 4; 12, 2, 1; 18, 4, 6.
- 1. plattrappen, vertrappen [arva florentia; agmina curru];
- 2. vernietigen, in de pan hakken [aciem hostium; omnia ferro]; ➤ (metaf.) ver proterit aestas (Hor.) verdringt;
- 3. (metaf.) met voeten treden, verachten, mishandelen;
- 4. (Gell.) (retor.) plattreden, vaak gebruiken; ➤ verba a vulgo protrita.
- to tread under foot, trample down, wear away, crush, bruise: equitatus aversos (milites) proterere incipit, Cs.: agmina curru, V.: viride protritum et corruptum, L.—To trample, overthrow, maltreat, crush, destroy: Marte Poenos, H.: iste semper illi ipsi domi proterendus: quid inanem proteris umbram? (i. e. me), O.: ver proterit aestas, i. e. supplants, H.