tritura

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

trītūra, ae, f. [tero], a rubbing, wearing off, chafing. *

I In gen.: muli pectora copulae sparteae triturā continuā exulcerati, Ap. Met. 9, 13, 7.—

II In partic., a threshing , of grain, Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.; Verg. G. 1, 190; Col. 2, 19, 1; 1, 6, 23.

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