contero, conteris, conterere C, contrivi, contritum Verb

Translations

  1. to grind
  2. to crush
  3. to pound to pieces
  4. to bruise
  5. to crumble

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Consonant Conjugation (3)

Tenses

Person Singular Plural
1.
2.
3.
Future subjunctive forms do not exist. The subjunctive only exists in the four other tenses.

Infinitives

Active Passive
Simult. (Present) conterereconteri
Anter. (Perfect) contrivissecontritum esse
Post. (Future) contriturum essecontritum iri

Participles

Sg. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.
Pl. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Gerund

Gerund forms only exist in singular.

Sg. Gerund
Nom. conterere
Gen. conterendi
Dat. conterendo
Acc. conterendum
Voc. conterere
Abl. conterendo

Gerundive

Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Imperatives & Supina

Singular Plural
Imperative contere!conterite!
Supinum
Type I contritum
Type II contritū

Example Sentences

Publius Ovidius Naso

Conteritur ferrum, silices tenuantur ab usu: Sufficit et damni pars caret illa metu.

~ Ovid, Ars Amatoria III

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