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
- G
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..." - G
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..."