attero

atterō (adt-) trīvī (atterui, Tb.), trītus, ere

ad + tero, to rub against, rub away, wear : attritas harenas, O.: herbas, to trample , V.: Cerberus atterens Caudam, i. e. fawning , H.— Fig., to destroy, waste, impair, injure : alteros, S.: (Germanos), i. e. exhaust by exactions , Ta.: magna pars (exercitūs) temeritate ducum attrita est, S.: opes, S.