conterreo Latin · revision 32429

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *tros-eie-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''conterreō''' (present infinitive conterrēre, perfect active conterruī, supine conterritum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|terreō|t2=to frighten]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|terreō]] to [[itc-pro|*tros-eje-|t=to scare]] and [[ine-pro|*tros-eie-|t=to make scared]], following the Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben, and compares [[xum|tursitu|t=to scare]], [[sa|त्रसन्ति|tr=trásanti|t=they tremble]] and [[grc|τρέω|tr=tréō|t=to tremble, flee]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL records it from Cicero and Lucretius, who has the hearts of the crowd struck with fear.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to fill with terror or frighten thoroughly: Cicero writes of a commander who terrified, subdued and tamed the other nations.^(TLL) It can also mean to suppress by frightening, as when Cicero imagines a man silencing his own talkativeness with a mere look.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short find it rare before the Augustan period and especially frequent in Livy.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of a frightened crowd.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of nations terrified and of silenced talk.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it often.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To fill with [[m|en|terror]], [[m|en|frighten]] thoroughly, [[m|en|terrify]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To suppress by frightening.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[terreo|alt=terreō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}