verbsecond conjugation
terreō
terreō (present infinitive terrēre, perfect active terruī, supine territum)
Classical[ˈtɛr.re.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɛr.re.o]
№ 705 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to frighten, terrify, alarm
dic quaeso num te illa terrent: triceps apud inferos Cerberus, Cocyti fremitus, transvectio Acherontis
Please tell me whether these things frighten you: Cerberus, the three-headed dog of the Underworld; the roar of Cocytus; or the crossing of the Acheron.239 BCE – 169 BCE, Ennius, Annals (Doubtful Fragments) 3 - to deter by terror, scare (away)
Memoria pessimi proximo bello exempli terrebat ne rem committerent eo ubi duae simul acies timendae essent
The memory of a most foul example set during the last war deterred them from commencing battle at a location where they must fear two armies at once27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 2.45.1
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
timēre faciō; tonitrus puerōs terret.terreō -ēre terruī — in Mille Verba, Animus et Adfectūs
metū perculsusterritus -a -um — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 6
Conjugation conjugation 2
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | terreō | terrēbam | terrēbō | terruī | terrueram | terruerō |
| 2nd sg. | terrēs | terrēbās | terrēbis | terruistī | terruerās | terrueris |
| 3rd sg. | terret | terrēbat | terrēbit | terruit | terruerat | terruerit |
| 1st pl. | terrēmus | terrēbāmus | terrēbimus | terruimus | terruerāmus | terruerimus |
| 2nd pl. | terrētis | terrēbātis | terrēbitis | terruistis | terruerātis | terrueritis |
| 3rd pl. | terrent | terrēbant | terrēbunt | terruērunt terruēre | terruerant | terruerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | terream | terrērem | terruerim | terruissem |
| 2nd sg. | terreās | terrērēs | terruerīs | terruissēs |
| 3rd sg. | terreat | terrēret | terruerit | terruisset |
| 1st pl. | terreāmus | terrērēmus | terruerīmus | terruissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | terreātis | terrērētis | terruerītis | terruissētis |
| 3rd pl. | terreant | terrērent | terruerint | terruissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | terreor | terrēbar | terrēbor |
| 2nd sg. | terrēris terrēre | terrēbāris terrēbāre | terrēberis terrēbere |
| 3rd sg. | terrētur | terrēbātur | terrēbitur |
| 1st pl. | terrēmur | terrēbāmur | terrēbimur |
| 2nd pl. | terrēminī | terrēbāminī | terrēbiminī |
| 3rd pl. | terrentur | terrēbantur | terrēbuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | terrear | terrērer |
| 2nd sg. | terreāris terreāre | terrērēris terrērēre |
| 3rd sg. | terreātur | terrērētur |
| 1st pl. | terreāmur | terrērēmur |
| 2nd pl. | terreāminī | terrērēminī |
| 3rd pl. | terreantur | terrērentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | terrē | terrēre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | terrēte | terrēminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | terrētō | terrētor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | terrētō | terrētor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | terrētōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | terrentō | terrentor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | terrēre | terrērī |
| perfect infinitive | terruisse | territum esse |
| future infinitive | territūrum esse | territum īrī |
| present participle | terrēns terrente, terrentem, terrentēs, terrentī, terrentia, terrentibus, terrentis, terrentīs, terrentium | — |
| perfect participle | — | territus territa, territā, territae, territam, territārum, territās, territe, territī, territīs, territō, territōrum, territōs |
| future participle | territūrus territūra, territūrā, territūrae, territūram, territūrārum, territūrās, territūre, territūrī, territūrīs, territūrō, territūrōrum, territūrōs, territūrum | terrendus |
gerundterrendī, terrendō, terrendumsupineterritum, territū
terrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a. Sanscr. root tras-, trasāmi, tremble; Gr. τρέω,
I. 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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
terreō uī, itus, ēre
2 TER-, to frighten, affright, put in fear, cause to dread, alarm, terrify, scare, dismay : vi: ultro succlamationibus, L.: nec me ista terrent: suae malae cogitationes terrent: multum ad terrendos nostros valuit clamor, Cs.: metu, L.: Territus hoste novo, O.: maxime territi, ne opprimerentur, apprehensive , L.: Terruit gentīs, ne rediret Saeculum Pyrrhae, H.: territus animi, L.— To drive away by terror, frighten off, scare away : profugam per totum orbem, O.: volucres (harundo), H.: Terret ambustus Phaethon avaras Spes, H.— To deter by terror, scare, frighten : ut, quo minus libere hostes insequerentur, terreret, Cs.: memoria exempli terrebat, ne rem committerent eo, L.
Origins
From *tr̥reō, from Proto-Italic *trozeō, from Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti, causative from *tres- (“to tremble”), extended form of Proto-Indo-European *ter-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬭𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (trər^əsaⁱti), Ancient Greek τρέω (tréō), Old Irish tarrach, Lithuanian trišu, Latvian trisēt, Old Church Slavonic трѧсти (tręsti), Sanskrit त्रसति (trasati). See also tremō, trepidus.
In English words that came into English from terreō
- terrorterror
- terribleterribilis
- deterdēterreō
- terrificterrificus
- deterrentdēterrēns