terrĕo Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Transf.A. To drive away by terror, to frighten ...B. To deter by terror, to scare, frighten ... ⓘterrĭta: perf part pass fem nom/voc sg · perf part pass neut nom/voc/acc plterrĭtā: perf part pass fem abl sg • terrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a. [Sanscr. root tras-, trasāmi, tremble; Gr. τρέω], to frighten, affright, put in fear or dread, to alarm, terrify. I. Lit. (class. and very freq.): nec me ista terrent, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 4: adversarios, id. de Or. 1, 20, 90: qui urbem totam . . . caede incendiisque terreret, id. Har. Resp. 4, 6: eum hominem istis mortis aut exsilii minis, id. Par. 2, 17: suae malae cogitationes terrent, id. Rosc. Am. 24, 67: maris subita tempestas terret navigantes, id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52: milites . . . alii se abdere, pars territos confirmare, Sall. J. 38, 5: multum ad terrendos nostros valuit clamor, Caes. B. G. 7, 84: mortis metu territi, Curt. 6, 7, 10; 9, 4, 16: aliquem proscriptionis denuntiatione, Cic. Planc. 35, 87: metu poenāque, id. Rep. 5, 4, 6: ut in scenā videtis homines consceleratos impulsu deorum terreri Furiarum taedis ardentibus, id. Pis. 20, 46: terrere metu, Liv. 36, 6, 10: territus hoste novo, Ov. M. 3, 115. — With ne and subj.: Samnites maxime territi, ne ab altero exercitu integro intactoque fessi opprimerentur, Liv. 10, 14, 20: terruit urbem, Terruit gentes, grave ne rediret Saeculum Pyrrhae, Hor. C. 1, 2, 4 sq.—With gen.: territus animi, Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 50 Dietsch; Liv. 7, 34, 4.—Absol.: ut ultro territuri succlamationibus, concurrunt, Liv. 28, 26, 12.— II. Transf. A. To drive away by terror, to frighten or scare away (poet.): profugam per totum terruit orbem, Ov. M. 1, 727: fures vel falce vel inguine, id. ib. 14, 640; cf.: has (Nymphas) pastor fugatas terruit, id. ib. 14, 518: volucres (harundo), Hor. S. 1, 8, 7: saepe etiam audacem fugat hoc terretque poëtam, id. Ep. 2, 1, 182: terret ambustus Phaethon avaras Spes, id. C. 4, 11, 25.— B. To deter by terror, to scare, frighten from any action: aliquem metu gravioris servitii a repetendā libertate, Sall. H. 1, 41, 6 Dietsch: ut, si nostros loco depulsos vidisset, quo minus libere hostes insequerentur, terreret, Caes. B. G. 7, 49.—With ne, Tac. H. 2, 63; 3, 42: memoria pessimi proximo bello exempli terrebat, ne rem committerent eo, Liv. 2, 45, 1: praesentiā tuā, ne auderent transitum, terruisti, Auct. Pan. ap. Constant. 22: non territus ire, Manil. 5, 576: inimicos loqui terrent amplitudine potestatis, Amm. 27, 7, 9.
terrĭto Copy link ⓘterrĭtā: pres imperat act 2nd sg • terrĭto, āre, v. freq. a. [id.], to put in terror, to frighten, affright, alarm, terrify (class., but perh. not in Cic.): aliquem verbis, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 80: aliquem morte, id. Bacch. 4, 8, 44: pavor territat mentem animi, id. Ep. 1, 1, 4: aliquem territare metu, Caes. B. G. 5, 6: aliquem supplicio, id. ib. 7, 63: audacter territas, humiliter placas, * Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28: alias (civitates) territando ... alias cohortando, Caes B. G. 5, 54: magnas territat urbes, Verg. A. 4, 187; cf. Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 5; id. Curc. 4, 4, 12; 5, 3, 35; Ter. And. 4, 4, 22; Caes. B. G. 5, 57; Liv. 8, 28, 3; Stat. Th. 3, 322.
terrĕō Copy link Outline 1 effrayer, épouvanter : || effrayé dans son âme || passif avec ne ...2 mettre en fuite par la crainte, chasser, faire fuir :3 détourner par la crainte, détourner : empêcher qqn de ressaisir sa liberté ... ⓘterrĭta: perf part pass fem nom/voc sg · perf part pass neut nom/voc/acc plterrĭtā: perf part pass fem abl sg • terrĕō, ŭī, ĭtum, ēre, tr., 1. effrayer, épouvanter : Cic. Par. 17 ; Amer. 67 ; Tusc. 3, 52, etc. ; Cæs. G. 7, 84, etc. || territus animi Liv. 7, 34, 4, effrayé dans son âme || passif avec ne = craindre que : territi, ne opprimerentur Liv. 10, 14, 20, craignant d'être écrasés || actif avec ne = faire craindre que : terruit gentes, ne rediret sæculum Pyrrhæ Hor. O. 1, 2, 5, il fit craindre aux nations le retour du siècle de Pyrrha 2. mettre en fuite par la crainte, chasser, faire fuir : Hor. O. 4, 11, 25 ; S. 1, 8, 7 ; Ov. M. 1, 727 ; 14, 518, etc. 3. détourner par la crainte, détourner : Cic. Rep. 5, 6 ; aliquem a repetenda libertate Sall. H. 1, 41, 6, empêcher qqn de ressaisir sa liberté || avec quominus Cæs. G. 7, 49, 2, empêcher par la crainte de, ou avec ne Liv. 2, 45, 1 ; avec inf. Amm. 27, 7, 9 ; Manil. 5, 576.
terrĭtō Copy link ⓘterrĭtā: pres imperat act 2nd sg • terrĭtō, āvī, āre (terreo), tr., frapper d'effroi violemment, effrayer, épouvanter : Cæs. G. 5, 6, 5 ; 7, 63, 4, etc. || [abst] Cæs. G. 5, 57, 3.