absterrerer
Dictionary entries
- Entry →absterreo, absterrere, absterrui, absterritus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
frighten off/away; drive away; deter, discourage; keep away/withhold from, den;
sg. imperf. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
- T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...PVER. Iussit maximo opere orare, ut patrem aliquo absterreres modo, ne intro iret ad se. TR. Quin etiam..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...auris. sed fugitare decet simulacra et pabula amoris absterrere sibi atque alio convertere mentem et iacere umorem coniectum..." - L
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...binis coire. Audisti quid te inuitare possit, quid absterrere: proinde aut nauiga aut resiste.' 6. Post hanc denuntiationem..." - T
Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Cales, Narnia, Interamna. noua re consules icti cum absterrere eos a tam detestabili consilio uellent, castigando increpandoque plus..."