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
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...PVER. Iussit maximo opere orare, ut patrem aliquo absterreres modo, ne intro iret ad se. TR. Quin etiam..."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..."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..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Cales, Narnia, Interamna. noua re consules icti cum absterrere eos a tam detestabili consilio uellent, castigando increpandoque plus..."