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“fright, frighten” in Latin
metusfear, dread, anxiety, apprehension; awe, reverencetimorfear, dread; awe, reverenceincutiōto strike on, against, into; to inspire with, inflict, exciteīnferōto carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert; to bring forward, introduce,offerōto bring before or bring to, present, offer, bestow, show, place before, exhibit, expose; to cause, occasion, inflict; texterreōto strike with terror, frighten, affright, scare, terrifyiniciōto throw, cast, hurl or place in, on, into, upon, over or at; to grasp, seize, take hold of, lay one's hands upon; to se
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fright, frighten
metum, timorem, formidinem [SYN. in FEAR, s.] alicui injicere, incutere; metum, timorem alicui afferre, inferre, offerre; aliquem in metum compellere, conjicere (to fill with fear): aliquem terrere, exterrere: terrorem alicui afferre, inferre, offerre, injicere, incutere: aliquem in terrorem conjicere: terrore aliquem complere: pavorem alicui injicere, incutere (to terrify): to frighten anybody dreadfully, perterrere, perterrefacere aliquem; pavore percellere alicujus pectus (stronger term): consternare (especially of animals; e.g., a horse): anything frightens me, facit mihi aliquid timorem; very much, aliquid me summo timore afficit.
To be frightened, in metu or timore esse; metuere, timere [Vid: To FEAR]: terreri: exterreri: to be frightened at anything, facit mihi aliquid timorem; timor mihi incutitur ex aliqua re; terreri aliqua re; aliquid expavescere, exhorrescere (to tremble, shudder at anything); also, commoveri, permoveri aliqua re (to be violently agitated; Vid: Herz., Caes., B.G., 2, 12); at anybody or anybody’s sight, alicujus aspectu conturbari, alicujus conspectum horrere: to be dreadfully frightened, timore magno affici; terrore percuti, perterreri; at anything, aliqua re; aliquid me summo timore afficit: they were or became so much frightened, as to, etc., tantus repente terror invasit, ut, etc.: to be frightened about anybody, in metu esse propter aliquem; alicui metuere or timere: my friends are much frightened about me, maximo de nobis timore affecti sunt amici: they were all much frightened, timor omnium incessit magnus; timor incessit omnes magnus: they were much frightened at, etc., timor magnus alicujus rei incessit: I am so frightened that I can hardly speak, mihi lingua metu haeret: 1 am frightened out of my senses, vix sum apud me, ita commotus est animus metu.
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- What is the Latin word for fright, frighten?
- The usual Latin words for “fright, frighten” are metus, timor, incutiō; also īnferō, offerō, exterreō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.