LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

dēterreō

dēterreō (present infinitive dēterrēre, perfect active dēterruī, supine dēterritum)
Classical[deːˈtɛr.re.oː]Ecclesiastical[deˈtɛr.re.o]

Meaning

  1. to frighten off, deter, discourage, prevent, hinder
  2. to avert, keep off; repress, control

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dēterreōdēterrēbamdēterrēbōdēterruīdēterrueramdēterruerō
2nd sg.dēterrēsdēterrēbāsdēterrēbisdēterruistīdēterruerāsdēterrueris
3rd sg.dēterretdēterrēbatdēterrēbitdēterruitdēterrueratdēterruerit
1st pl.dēterrēmusdēterrēbāmusdēterrēbimusdēterruimusdēterruerāmusdēterruerimus
2nd pl.dēterrētisdēterrēbātisdēterrēbitisdēterruistisdēterruerātisdēterrueritis
3rd pl.dēterrentdēterrēbantdēterrēbuntdēterruērunt
dēterruēre		dēterruerantdēterruerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dēterreamdēterrēremdēterruerimdēterruissem
2nd sg.dēterreāsdēterrērēsdēterruerīsdēterruissēs
3rd sg.dēterreatdēterrēretdēterrueritdēterruisset
1st pl.dēterreāmusdēterrērēmusdēterruerīmusdēterruissēmus
2nd pl.dēterreātisdēterrērētisdēterruerītisdēterruissētis
3rd pl.dēterreantdēterrērentdēterruerintdēterruissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.dēterreordēterrēbardēterrēbor
2nd sg.dēterrēris
dēterrēre		dēterrēbāris
dēterrēbāre		dēterrēberis
dēterrēbere
3rd sg.dēterrēturdēterrēbāturdēterrēbitur
1st pl.dēterrēmurdēterrēbāmurdēterrēbimur
2nd pl.dēterrēminīdēterrēbāminīdēterrēbiminī
3rd pl.dēterrenturdēterrēbanturdēterrēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.dēterreardēterrērer
2nd sg.dēterreāris
dēterreāre		dēterrērēris
dēterrērēre
3rd sg.dēterreāturdēterrērētur
1st pl.dēterreāmurdēterrērēmur
2nd pl.dēterreāminīdēterrērēminī
3rd pl.dēterreanturdēterrērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dēterrēdēterrēre
pres. 2nd pl.dēterrētedēterrēminī
fut. 2nd sg.dēterrētōdēterrētor
fut. 3rd sg.dēterrētōdēterrētor
fut. 2nd pl.dēterrētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dēterrentōdēterrentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedēterrēredēterrērī
perfect infinitivedēterruissedēterritum esse
future infinitivedēterritūrum essedēterritum īrī
present participledēterrēns—
perfect participle—dēterritus
dēterrita, dēterritā, dēterritae, dēterritam, dēterritārum, dēterritās, dēterrite, dēterritī, dēterritīs, dēterritō, dēterritōrum, dēterritōs
future participledēterritūrus
dēterritūra, dēterritūrā, dēterritūrae, dēterritūram, dēterritūrārum, dēterritūrās, dēterritūre, dēterritūrī, dēterritūrīs, dēterritūrō, dēterritūrōrum, dēterritūrōs, dēterritūrum		dēterrendus
gerunddēterrendī, dēterrendō, dēterrendumsupinedēterritum, dēterritū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

a consilio deterreri aliqua re
to be deterred from one's intention by something.
de sententia deici, depelli, deterreri
to be forced to change one's mind.

dē-terrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a.
I. To frighten from any thing; to deter, discourage from, prevent, hinder (class.).—Constr.
(a). (Aliquem) ab aliqua re: homines adolescentes a dicendi studio, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117: sanos homines a scribendo, id. Brut. 75 fin.; cf. id. Or. 1 fin.: te a dimicatione (opp. ad certam laudem adhortor), id. Fam. 1, 7, 5: eum ab instituto consilio, Caes. B. G. 5, 4; cf.: a proposito, id. B. C. 3, 100, 3: animos a cupiditate, Liv. 22, 42: ferociores annos a licentia, Quint. 2, 2, 3 et saep.— Without acc.: a turpi meretricis amore, Hor. S. 1, 4, 112.—
(b). (Aliquem) de aliqua re: de agro hunc senem, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 159: Stoicos de sententia, Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81: me de statu meo, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 11 fin.—
(g). (Aliquem) ne, quin, quominus: (poetam) maledictis, ne scribat, Ter. Ph. prol. 3; Cic. Quint. 4, 16; Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 2; 1, 31, 16 al. (but different is Suet. Ner. 47: deterritum putant, ne discerperetur). —Without acc.: haud ferro deterrere potes, ne me amet, Plaut. Truc. 5, 37.—With quin: quin loquar haec ... numquam me potes deterrere, id. Am. 2, 1, 10; id. Mil. 2, 4, 16; Caes. B. G. 2, 3 fin.—Pass., Tib. 1, 3, 13; cf.: me homo nemo deterruerit, quin ea sit in his aedibus, i. e. shall make me believe but that, etc., Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 61.— With quominus: neque te deterreo, quominus id disputes, Cic. Att. 11, 8; id. Tusc. 1, 38; Liv. 26, 48 al.—
(d). With aliquem and an inf. (very rarely): nefarias ejus libidines commemorare pudore deterreor, Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 14; id. ib. 1, 9, 24.—(ε) Aliquem aliqua re (very rarely): silvestres homines caedibus et victu foedo, Hor. A. P. 392; cf. Sall. J. 98, 5.—(ζ) With simple acc.: reliquos magnitudine poenae, Caes. B. C. 3, 8, 3: pavidam ense (with repellere), Ov. M. 14, 296: deterritis tribunis, Liv. 10, 9: Caesar coercendum atque deterrendum Dumnorigem statuebat, Caes. B. G. 5, 7: in deterrenda liberalitate, Cic. Off. 2, 18, 63.—(η) Absol.: advorsor sedulo et deterreo, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 64; Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8; Suet. Caes. 70 al.—
II. In Augustan authors, sometimes with an inanimate object, like defendere, prohibere, etc., to avert, keep off: vim a censoribus, Liv. 4, 24 fin.: d. nefas et inhibere bipennem, Ov. M. 8, 767.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēterreō

Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Latin dēterreō From dē- (“off”) + terreō (“to frighten”).

Descendants
  • Englishdeter

In English words that came into English from dēterreō

  • deterdēterreō
  • deterrentdēterrēns

Quick answers

What does dēterreō mean in Latin?
dēterreō, a verb, means “to frighten off, deter, discourage, prevent, hinder; to avert, keep off; repress, control”.
What are the principal parts of dēterreō?
dēterreō, dēterrēre, dēterruī, dēterritum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce dēterreō?
In classical Latin, [deːˈtɛr.re.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [deˈtɛr.re.o].
Where does dēterreō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēterreō.