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Ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία → Root of all the evils is the love of money (Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
in-tĕro: trīvi, trītum (
I second pers. perf. intrīsti; see below), 3, v. a., to rub into, to rub, bruise, or crumble in (poet. and postAug.).
I Lit.: infundito in catinum: eo interito, Cato, R. R. 156, 6: aliquid potioni, Plin. 28, 19, 80, § 261.—
II Trop. Prov.: tute hoc intrīsti: tibi omne est exedendum, you have made this dish, and must eat it up, i. e. you have begun the affair, and must carry it through, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 4: tibi quod intrīsti exedendum est, sic vetus verbum jubet, Aus. Edyll. 6, p. 167.—Hence, intrītus, a, um, P. a.
A Adj.
1 Bruised to pieces, pounded up: glans intrita, Plin. 24, 3, 3, § 7. —
2 Crumbled into, broken into: panis triticeus intritus in aquam, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 21: panis in lacte, id. ib. 2, 9, 10. —
B Subst.
1 intrīta, ae, f., paste, mash of lime, clay, etc., Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 176; Col. 12, 55. —
2 intrītum, i, n., paste (post-class.), App. M. 11, p. 265.
