consternere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →consterno, consternare, consternavi, consternatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
confound/shock/confuse/perplex/dismay; terrify/alarm/frighten, drive frantic;; overcome; stretch/lay out upon the ground; excite to sedition/revolt/mutiny;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 2nd - Entry →consterno, consternere, constravi, constratus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
strew/cover/spread (rugs); cover/lay/pave/line; bring down, lay low; calm (sea);
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...nervis succisa videres concidere atque gravi terram consternere casu. si quos ante domi domitos satis esse putabant, effervescere..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Laurentes viderunt, Aeole, campi oppetere et late terram consternere tergo. occidis, Argivae quem non potuere phalanges sternere..."
