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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + terreō (“frighten”).
Pronunciation
Verb
exterreō (present infinitive exterrēre, perfect active exterruī, supine exterritum); second conjugation
- to strike with terror, frighten, affright, scare, terrify
- Synonyms: conterreō, dēterreō, perterreō, absterreō, terreō, cōnsternō, exciō
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “exterreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exterreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exterreo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.