absterreo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ab- (“away from”) + terreō (“frighten, terrify, alarm”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /abˈster.re.oː/, [äpˈs̠t̪ɛrːeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /abˈster.re.o/, [äbˈst̪ɛrːeo]
Verb
absterreō (present infinitive absterrēre, perfect active absterruī, supine absterritum); second conjugation
- I drive away, frighten away, deter, discourage.
- (figuratively) I remove, take away, withdraw, withhold.
Conjugation
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References
- “absterreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “absterreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- absterreo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.