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
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..."Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pudore maritimae ignominiae restituti animi et hostium conterriti essent, ad Lacedaemonem ducere, eo modo uno ratus ab obsidione..."Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inter mortales est, agri, pecuniae, honorum discrimine proposito conterriti patres, cum trepidassent publicis privatisque consiliis, nullo remedio alio..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...moventes arma pestilentia ingens invasisset. Ea clade conterritis hostium animis, ut etiam ubi ea remisisset terrore aliquo tenerentur..."