deterreo Latin · revision 31014

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *tros-éye-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [deːˈtɛr.re.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [deˈtɛr.re.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēterreō''' (present infinitive dēterrēre, perfect active dēterruī, supine dēterritum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|dē-|terreō|t1=away|t2=to frighten]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨terreō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*troseje-|t=to scare]] and [[ine-pro|*tros-éye-|t=to make scared]]; it is cognate with [[xum|tursitu|t=let him scare]], [[sa|त्रासयति|tr=trāsáyati|t=to make tremble]] and [[grc|τρέω|tr=tréō|t=to tremble, flee]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan gives Plautus as its first author.^(de Vaan 2008) Terence has it of a person: ''tē ut dēterream'', “to put you off”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to deter or discourage a person from doing something, usually with ⟨ā⟩ or ⟨nē⟩, as Cicero's young men deterred from the study of oratory, and also to discourage an action, as Cicero's warning against deterring generosity.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Apuleius it is simply to frighten.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “deter or prevent by fear”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|deter]] (1570s) comes from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of putting a person off.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of discouraging actions.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius in the sense “frighten”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1570s – English [[m|en|deter]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|deter]], [[m|en|discourage]], put off (a person, from something).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To discourage, prevent (an action).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To frighten, [[m|en|terrify]].^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[absterreō]]

+ * [[conterreō]]

+ * [[exterreō]]

+ * [[perterreō]]

+ * [[prōterreō]]

+ * [[terreō]]

+ * [[terror]]

+ * [[en|deter]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}