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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of terreō (“frighten”).
Participle
territus (feminine territa, neuter territum); first/second-declension participle
- frightened, scared, terrified, having been frightened
- deterred by terror, having been deterred by terror
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “territus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “territus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- territus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.