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perterere [CL] 1 to grind thoroughly or finely. ostrea quem metuit duris perterrita saxis Aldh. Aen. 37(Cancer) 6; dum ‥ pertritas [v. l. percritas] et in olla subjecta decoctas saporis fastidiret panis oleati que preplacuere tortulas E. Thrip. SS II 11. 2 (fig.) to wear down, wear out, tire (person). 10‥ pertritus, getyrge WW; pertritys, getyrged WW; c1400 per mare, per terras tociens pertriverat hostes, / quod nec adhuc audent jure refferre minas (Epitaph. Ed. III) Pol. Poems I 219. 3 (p ppl. as adj.) trite, very common. res est enim non pertrita sed ‘corvo rarior albo’ [cf. Juv. Sat. VII 202] W. Malm. GR I 49.

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