LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

exterreō

exterreō (present infinitive exterrēre, perfect active exterruī, supine exterritum)
Classical[ɛkˈstɛr.re.oː]Ecclesiastical[ekˈstɛr.re.o]

Meaning

  1. to strike with terror, frighten, affright, scare, terrify

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Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.exterreōexterrēbamexterrēbōexterruīexterrueramexterruerō
2nd sg.exterrēsexterrēbāsexterrēbisexterruistīexterruerāsexterrueris
3rd sg.exterretexterrēbatexterrēbitexterruitexterrueratexterruerit
1st pl.exterrēmusexterrēbāmusexterrēbimusexterruimusexterruerāmusexterruerimus
2nd pl.exterrētisexterrēbātisexterrēbitisexterruistisexterruerātisexterrueritis
3rd pl.exterrentexterrēbantexterrēbuntexterruērunt
exterruēre
exterruerantexterruerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.exterreamexterrēremexterruerimexterruissem
2nd sg.exterreāsexterrērēsexterruerīsexterruissēs
3rd sg.exterreatexterrēretexterrueritexterruisset
1st pl.exterreāmusexterrērēmusexterruerīmusexterruissēmus
2nd pl.exterreātisexterrērētisexterruerītisexterruissētis
3rd pl.exterreantexterrērentexterruerintexterruissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.exterreorexterrēbarexterrēbor
2nd sg.exterrēris
exterrēre
exterrēbāris
exterrēbāre
exterrēberis
exterrēbere
3rd sg.exterrēturexterrēbāturexterrēbitur
1st pl.exterrēmurexterrēbāmurexterrēbimur
2nd pl.exterrēminīexterrēbāminīexterrēbiminī
3rd pl.exterrenturexterrēbanturexterrēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.exterrearexterrērer
2nd sg.exterreāris
exterreāre
exterrērēris
exterrērēre
3rd sg.exterreāturexterrērētur
1st pl.exterreāmurexterrērēmur
2nd pl.exterreāminīexterrērēminī
3rd pl.exterreanturexterrērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.exterrēexterrēre
pres. 2nd pl.exterrēteexterrēminī
fut. 2nd sg.exterrētōexterrētor
fut. 3rd sg.exterrētōexterrētor
fut. 2nd pl.exterrētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.exterrentōexterrentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexterrēreexterrērī
perfect infinitiveexterruisseexterritum esse
future infinitiveexterritūrum esseexterritum īrī
present participleexterrēns—
perfect participle—exterritus
exterrita, exterritā, exterritae, exterritam, exterritārum, exterritās, exterrite, exterritī, exterritīs, exterritō, exterritōrum, exterritōs
future participleexterritūrus
exterritūra, exterritūrā, exterritūrae, exterritūram, exterritūrārum, exterritūrās, exterritūre, exterritūrī, exterritūrīs, exterritūrō, exterritūrōrum, exterritūrōs, exterritūrum
exterrendus
exterrenda, exterrendā, exterrendae, exterrendam, exterrendārum, exterrendās, exterrende, exterrendīs, exterrendōrum, exterrendōs
gerundexterrendī, exterrendō, exterrendumsupineexterritum, exterritū

ex-terrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a.,
I. to strike with terror, to frighten, affright (class.; in Cic. and Caes. only in the pass.): talia commemorat lacrimans, exterrita somno, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 37 ed. Vahl.); cf.: quo aspectu exterrita clamorem sustulit, Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79; and: improvisa simul species exterret utrumque, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 11 (K. and H.; but acc. to Jacobs, externat, i. e. exsternat; see exsterno): repentino periculo exterriti, Caes. B. C. 1, 75, 3: repentino hostium incursu, id. ib. 1, 41, 4: vehementius exterreri, id. ib. 2, 4, 4: praeter modum exterreri, Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37: legiones exterruit vultu, Tac. A. 1, 42: vi ac minis alares exterruit, id. ib. 15, 11: novitate, Lucr. 2, 1040: timuitque exterrita pennis Ales, Verg. A. 5, 505.—Poet.: (anguis) exterritus aestu, roused up, made wild. Verg. G. 3, 434; cf.: exterritus Aruns laetitia mixtoque metu, id. ib. 11, 806.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinexterreō

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Latin exterreō From ex- + terreō (“frighten”).

Italo-Romance
  • Italianatterrire
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseestarrecerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese esterreçer
  • Galicianestarrecerfrom Old Galician-Portuguese esterreçer

Quick answers

What does exterreō mean in Latin?
exterreō, a verb, means “to strike with terror, frighten, affright, scare, terrify”.
What are the principal parts of exterreō?
exterreō, exterrēre, exterruī, exterritum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce exterreō?
In classical Latin, [ɛkˈstɛr.re.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ekˈstɛr.re.o].
Where does exterreō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin exterreō.