attero

From Ancient Greek ἄπτερος (ápteros), derived from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈat.te.ro/
• Rhymes: -attero
• Hyphenation: àt‧te‧ro

attero (feminine attera, masculine plural atteri, feminine plural attere)

1. apterous, wingless
2. (architecture) apteral (without lateral columns)

• attero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• attore, ettaro, oretta, ottare, rotate, teatro, terato-

• adterō

From ad- + terō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈat.tɛ.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈat.te.ro]

atterō (present infinitive atterere, perfect active attrīvī, supine attrītum); third conjugation

1. to wear away, rub away

   Synonyms: conterō, terō, dēterō, tenuō, abūtor, exhauriō, ēnecō, adedō, peragō, accīdō, ūtor, frangō, minuō

2. to grind
3. to chafe
4. to weaken or impair; to attrit

   Synonyms: dēterō, minuō, frangō, tenuō, effēminō, cōnsūmō, afficiō

   Antonyms: firmō, cōnfirmō, mūniō, fortificō, cōnsolidō, sistō

• attrītiō

• “attero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “attero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “attero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.