absterret
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. 3rd
Examples
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...aedis adgrediri, item ut de frumento anseres, clamore absterret abigit; ita est agrestis. sed fores, quidquid est futurum..."Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...nihil metuentem ferro transverberat et adcurrentem ancillam vulnere absterret cubiculoque prorumpit. postera die manifesta caedes, haud ambiguus percussor..."