conterreo
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Latin > English
conterreo conterrere, conterrui, conterritus V TRANS :: frighten thoroughly; fill with terror; suppress/intimidate by terrorizing
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
con-terrĕo: ŭi, ĭtum, 2,
I v. a., to terrify greatly, to frighten (not freq. before the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Livy); constr. with abl. or absol.
(a) With abl.: pectora vulgi metu, * Lucr. 2, 623: loquacitatem nostram vultu ipso aspectuque, * Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214; cf. Verg. A. 3, 597: cervum subito vocibus venantum, Phaedr. 1, 12, 7: atrox ingenium eo facto (opp. accendere), Liv. 3, 11, 9; cf.: animos eā re (opp. irritare), id. 40, 39, 2: eos seditioso clamore, id. 2, 39, 9: periculo, id. 2, 12, 12: atrocitate poenae, Suet. Dom. 11.—
(b) Without abl.: qui praeter Nioben unam conterruit omnes, Ov. M. 6, 287: insolitos ejus tumultus equos, Liv. 10, 28, 9: major solito apparatus praecipue conterruit Campanos, ne ab obsidione Capuae bellum ejus anni Romani inciperent, id. 24, 12, 1; Suet. Ner. 6; 49 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
conterrĕō,¹¹ ŭī, ĭtum, ēre, tr., frapper de terreur, épouvanter : Cic. de Or. 1, 214 ; Liv. 3, 11, 9.
Latin > German (Georges)
con-terreo, terruī, territum, ēre, in Schrecken jagen, einschüchtern, jmdm. angst und bange machen (zuw. Ggstz. accendere, irritare), a) v. leb. Wesen: praeter Nioben unam omnes, Ov.: insolitos eius tumultus Romanorum equos, Liv.: atrox ingenium accendere eo facto magis quam c., Liv.: hāc re irritare magis quam c. animos barbarorum, Liv.: c. latratu advenientem (v. Hunde), Col.: alqm seditioso clamore, Liv.: c. loquacitatem alcis vultu ipso aspectuque, Cic. – im Partiz., conterrita surgo, Ov.: conterritos refugisse, Suet. – conterritus atrocitate poenae, Suet.: aspectu conterritus, Verg.: his nuntiis senatus conterritus, Liv. – b) von lebl. Subjj.: proelium cientes novum pugnae conterruit genus, Liv.: quos aliqua fabula sine auctore sparsa conterruit, Sen. – m. folg. ne u. Konj. hic maior solito apparatus praecipue conterruit Campanos, ne ab obsidione Capuae bellum eius anni Romani inciperent, Liv. 24, 12, 1.
