pulverize
PULVERIZE
in pulverem aliquid redigere (Celsus) or conterere (Plin.).
in pulverem aliquid redigere (Celsus) or conterere (Plin.).
pulverise: to crush or grind to powder:
1. (full expression) in pulverem contĕro, 3: the dry root of baccar p.d, baccaris radix arida in pulverem contrita, Plin. 26, 11, 70. Also tĕro, contĕro, obtĕro, commĭnuo (absol.): v.TO POUND , GRIND .
2. in late Lat. only, pulvĕro, 1 (prop. to scatter dust, to dust over): Calp. Ecl. 5, 88: and pulvĕrīzo, 1: a drachm of p.d frankincense, turis pulverizati drachma, Veg. Vet. 1, 54. The act of p.ingor pulverisation (e. g. by digging up the soil round vines), pulveratio: it (the vine) is made more fruitful by p.ing the soil, tum et crebris fossionibus implere [convenit]: nam fit uberior pulverationibus, Col. 4, 28.
1. (full expression) in pulverem contĕro, 3: the dry root of baccar p.d, baccaris radix arida in pulverem contrita, Plin. 26, 11, 70. Also tĕro, contĕro, obtĕro, commĭnuo (absol.): v.
2. in late Lat. only, pulvĕro, 1 (prop. to scatter dust, to dust over): Calp. Ecl. 5, 88: and pulvĕrīzo, 1: a drachm of p.d frankincense, turis pulverizati drachma, Veg. Vet. 1, 54. The act of p.ing