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
- P
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...itast homo: quom placo, aduorsor sedulo et deterreo, tamen uix humane patitur; uerum si augeam aut etiam adiutor..." - L
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..." - L
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..."