conterre
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conterreo, conterrere, conterrui, conterritus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
frighten thoroughly; fill with terror; suppress/intimidate by terrorizing;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...noctis infernae locus nec maesta nigri regna conterrent Iouis, sed ire ad illos umbra, quos uici, deos, pater..." - T
Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pudore maritimae ignominiae restituti animi et hostium conterriti essent, ad Lacedaemonem ducere, eo modo uno ratus ab obsidione..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inter mortales est, agri, pecuniae, honorum discrimine proposito conterriti patres, cum trepidassent publicis privatisque consiliis, nullo remedio alio..." - T
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...moventes arma pestilentia ingens invasisset. Ea clade conterritis hostium animis, ut etiam ubi ea remisisset terrore aliquo tenerentur..."