territo Latin · revision 32516

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈtɛr.rɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈtɛr.ri.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''territō''' (present infinitive territāre, perfect active territāvī, supine territātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|terreō|-itō|t1=to frighten]], a frequentative.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|terreō]] to [[itc-pro|*tros-eje-|t=to scare]] and [[ine-pro|*tros-eie-|t=to make scared]], comparing [[grc|τρέω|tr=tréō|t=to tremble, flee]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first, in a question: why threaten him with death?^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to keep someone in fear, to try to scare: in Plautus a character says that he will not be scared by such words.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of facts and conditions it means to strike lasting fear into someone.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it classical, though perhaps not used by Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of threats of death and of scaring words.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To try to scare, [[m|en|intimidate]], threaten.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[conterrito]]

+ * [[perterrito]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[terreo|alt=terreō]]

+ * [[conterreo|alt=conterreō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}