conterret
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. ind. 3rd
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quibus usque ad mortem timeri parum est. 'Non conterret' inquit 'me nec uncus nec proiecti ad contumeliam cadaveris..."
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...aeger pudor et mora dictis redditur ac rursus conterret Iasona virgo: 'accipe perdomitis quae deinde pericula tauris..."