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Latin
Etymology
Frequentative of terreō (“frighten, alarm”)
Pronunciation
Verb
territō (present infinitive territāre, perfect active territāvī, supine territātum); first conjugation
- to frighten, terrify, alarm
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.186–187:
- Lūce sedet cūstōs aut summī culmine tēctī,
turribus aut altīs, et magnās territat urbēs.- In daylight sits as guard, either on the tallest roof-tops or the highest towers, and terrifies great cities.
(Fama or Rumor personified as a monster which observes homes and palaces, private and public spaces.)
- to intimidate
Conjugation
Participle
territō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of territus
References
- “territo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “territo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- territo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.