absterres
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. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
- P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...fallacia: hanc simulant parere, quo Chremetem absterreant. GL. (intus) Iuno Lucina, fer opem, serva me, obsecro..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...muliebris origo. Nec divina satum genitalem numina cuiquam absterrent, pater a gnatis ne dulcibus umquam appelletur..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...parcere cogit, sic teneros animos aliena opprobria saepe absterrent vitiis. ex hoc ego sanus ab illis perniciem quaecumque..." - T
Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...alii e turribus portae murisque saxis sudibus pilis absterrent hostem. ita inde Hannibal suamet ipse fraude captus abiit..." - T
Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...referta praeda, petunt; inde rursus ipsa solitudine absterriti, ne qua fraus hostilis vagos exciperet, in forum ac propinqua..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fugam undique capessentes plerosque a castris avertunt praeterequitantesque absterrent. Peditum acies et consul ipse visque omnis belli fertur..."