deterreo
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. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...itast homo: quom placo, aduorsor sedulo et deterreo, tamen uix humane patitur; uerum si augeam aut etiam adiutor..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...fiet. Haec, Lucili virorum optime, quominus legas non deterreo, dummodo quidquid legeris ad mores statim referas. Illos conpesce..."Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...tamen malo quam profluat. Eo autem magis te deterreo ab isto morbo quod non potest tibi ista..."