deterrebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deterreo, deterrere, deterrui, deterritus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
deter; frighten away; discourage (from), put/keep off, avert; frighten/terrify;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...exercitum nostrum atque sollicitum habebat, quia et equites deterrebat proelium inire propter equorum interitum, quod eos iaculis interficiebat..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...praemium polliceretur, nec illos a crimine, et hos deterrebat a laude. At nunc, si bene aliquis provinciam rexerit..."