absterreo Latin · revision 33806

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''absterreō''' (present infinitive absterrēre, perfect active absterruī, supine absterritum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''apsterreō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ab-|terreō|t1=away|t2=to frighten]], with the prefix in the form ⟨abs-⟩.^(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]], with cognates in [[xum|tursitu|t=to scare]] and [[sa|त्रसन्ति|tr=trásanti|t=to tremble, be afraid]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first: in the ''Mostellaria'' someone is begged to scare the father away somehow.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Terence and Cicero use it of keeping people away by fear, as Cicero says neither his doorkeeper nor sleep had ever kept anyone from meeting him.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucretius has nature denying growth, and in the sense “deter, discourage” Seneca says virtue neither entices by gain nor deters by loss.^(OLD 2012) Cicero in the ''De oratore'' says a poet would have done better to write ''vetās, prohibēs, absterrēs'' than the line he quotes.^(TLL) It is also spelled ⟨aps-⟩.^(OLD 2012) Stelten gives “frighten away, deter, remove”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of frightening someone away.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence, in the same sense.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of keeping visitors away.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca, of deterring.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To frighten away, drive off, keep away by fear.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To keep away, withhold, deny (something to someone).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|deter]], [[m|en|discourage]] (from an act).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[conterreō]]

+ * [[dēterreō]]

+ * [[exterreō]]

+ * [[perterreō]]

+ * [[terreō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}