deterrebatur
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. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...Corcyra Dyrrachioque aquam suis supportabat, neque a proposito deterrebatur neque ante proelium in Thessalia factum cognitum aut ignominia..."de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...elephanti CXX classesque esse complures. Tamen non deterrebatur animoque et spe confidebat. Interim in dies et naves longae..."