LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

perterreō

perterreō (present infinitive perterrēre, perfect active perterruī, supine perterritum)
Classical[pɛrˈtɛr.re.oː]Ecclesiastical[perˈtɛr.re.o]

Meaning

  1. to frighten or terrify (thoroughly)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

valdē territus; perterritī fugiunt.
perterritus -a -um — in Mille Verba, Theātrum

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.perterreōperterrēbamperterrēbōperterruīperterrueramperterruerō
2nd sg.perterrēsperterrēbāsperterrēbisperterruistīperterruerāsperterrueris
3rd sg.perterretperterrēbatperterrēbitperterruitperterrueratperterruerit
1st pl.perterrēmusperterrēbāmusperterrēbimusperterruimusperterruerāmusperterruerimus
2nd pl.perterrētisperterrēbātisperterrēbitisperterruistisperterruerātisperterrueritis
3rd pl.perterrentperterrēbantperterrēbuntperterruērunt
perterruēre
perterruerantperterruerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.perterreamperterrēremperterruerimperterruissem
2nd sg.perterreāsperterrērēsperterruerīsperterruissēs
3rd sg.perterreatperterrēretperterrueritperterruisset
1st pl.perterreāmusperterrērēmusperterruerīmusperterruissēmus
2nd pl.perterreātisperterrērētisperterruerītisperterruissētis
3rd pl.perterreantperterrērentperterruerintperterruissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.perterreorperterrēbarperterrēbor
2nd sg.perterrēris
perterrēre
perterrēbāris
perterrēbāre
perterrēberis
perterrēbere
3rd sg.perterrēturperterrēbāturperterrēbitur
1st pl.perterrēmurperterrēbāmurperterrēbimur
2nd pl.perterrēminīperterrēbāminīperterrēbiminī
3rd pl.perterrenturperterrēbanturperterrēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.perterrearperterrērer
2nd sg.perterreāris
perterreāre
perterrērēris
perterrērēre
3rd sg.perterreāturperterrērētur
1st pl.perterreāmurperterrērēmur
2nd pl.perterreāminīperterrērēminī
3rd pl.perterreanturperterrērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.perterrēperterrēre
pres. 2nd pl.perterrēteperterrēminī
fut. 2nd sg.perterrētōperterrētor
fut. 3rd sg.perterrētōperterrētor
fut. 2nd pl.perterrētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.perterrentōperterrentor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveperterrēreperterrērī
perfect infinitiveperterruisseperterritum esse
future infinitiveperterritūrum esseperterritum īrī
present participleperterrēns—
perfect participle—perterritus
perterrita, perterritā, perterritae, perterritam, perterritārum, perterritās, perterrite, perterritī, perterritīs, perterritō, perterritōrum, perterritōs
future participleperterritūrus
perterritūra, perterritūrā, perterritūrae, perterritūram, perterritūrārum, perterritūrās, perterritūre, perterritūrī, perterritūrīs, perterritūrō, perterritūrōrum, perterritūrōs, perterritūrum
perterrendus
perterrenda, perterrendā, perterrendae, perterrendam, perterrendārum, perterrendās, perterrende, perterrendīs, perterrendōrum, perterrendōs
gerundperterrendī, perterrendō, perterrendumsupineperterritum, perterritū

per-terrĕo, ui, ĭtum, 2, v. a.,
I. to frighten or terrify thoroughly: aliquem, Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 13: alios magnitudine poenarum, Caes. B. G. 7, 4; 50: metu perterriti, Cic. Caecin. 10, 26: obstupefactus ac perterritus, id. Cat. 2, 7, 14: maleficii conscientiā perterritus, id. Clu. 13, 38: ossa mea perterrita sunt, Vulg. Job, 4, 14 (but the true read., Cic. Caecin. 13, 37, is proterritus).

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Latin perterreō From per- + terreō (“frighten”).

Quick answers

What does perterreō mean in Latin?
perterreō, a verb, means “to frighten or terrify (thoroughly)”.
What are the principal parts of perterreō?
perterreō, perterrēre, perterruī, perterritum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce perterreō?
In classical Latin, [pɛrˈtɛr.re.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈtɛr.re.o].