deterreret
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. subj. 3rd
Examples
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...perdere quis velit.' a turpi meretricis amore cum deterreret: 'Scetani dissimilis sis.' ne sequerer moechas, concessa cum venere..."Liber V
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...dicerentur quaeque eum res ab instituto consilio deterreret, tamen, ne aestatem in Treveris consumere cogeretur omnibus ad Britannicum..."Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...maxime accidebant, casura praemonens a furioso incepto eos deterreret, tamen sui maxime operis esse credens nullam gentem liberatae..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...deinde indignatio, si cum his gerendus esset honos, deterreret. Postremo coacti tamen a primoribus petiere, ne cessisse possessione..."