absterreo

Latin

Alternative forms

• apsterreō

Etymology

From ab- (“away from”) +‎ terreō (“frighten, terrify, alarm”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈster.re.oː/, [äpˈs̠t̪ɛrːeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈster.re.o/, [äbˈst̪ɛrːeo]

Verb

absterreō (present infinitive absterrēre, perfect active absterruī, supine absterritum); second conjugation

1. to drive away, frighten away, deter, discourage

   Synonyms: terreō, perterreō, exterreō, conterreō, deterreō, exciō, cōnsternō

2. (figuratively) to remove, take away, withdraw, withhold

Conjugation

   Conjugation of absterreō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	absterreō		absterrēs		absterret		absterrēmus		absterrētis		absterrent
	imperfect	absterrēbam		absterrēbās		absterrēbat		absterrēbāmus		absterrēbātis		absterrēbant
	future	absterrēbō		absterrēbis		absterrēbit		absterrēbimus		absterrēbitis		absterrēbunt
	perfect	absterruī		absterruistī		absterruit		absterruimus		absterruistis		absterruērunt, absterruēre
	pluperfect	absterrueram		absterruerās		absterruerat		absterruerāmus		absterruerātis		absterruerant
	future perfect	absterruerō		absterrueris		absterruerit		absterruerimus		absterrueritis		absterruerint
passive	present	absterreor		absterrēris, absterrēre		absterrētur		absterrēmur		absterrēminī		absterrentur
	imperfect	absterrēbar		absterrēbāris, absterrēbāre		absterrēbātur		absterrēbāmur		absterrēbāminī		absterrēbantur
	future	absterrēbor		absterrēberis, absterrēbere		absterrēbitur		absterrēbimur		absterrēbiminī		absterrēbuntur
	perfect	absterritus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	absterritus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	absterritus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	absterream		absterreās		absterreat		absterreāmus		absterreātis		absterreant
	imperfect	absterrērem		absterrērēs		absterrēret		absterrērēmus		absterrērētis		absterrērent
	perfect	absterruerim		absterruerīs		absterruerit		absterruerīmus		absterruerītis		absterruerint
	pluperfect	absterruissem		absterruissēs		absterruisset		absterruissēmus		absterruissētis		absterruissent
passive	present	absterrear		absterreāris, absterreāre		absterreātur		absterreāmur		absterreāminī		absterreantur
	imperfect	absterrērer		absterrērēris, absterrērēre		absterrērētur		absterrērēmur		absterrērēminī		absterrērentur
	perfect	absterritus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	absterritus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		absterrē		—		—		absterrēte		—
	future	—		absterrētō		absterrētō		—		absterrētōte		absterrentō
passive	present	—		absterrēre		—		—		absterrēminī		—
	future	—		absterrētor		absterrētor		—		—		absterrentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		absterrēre			absterrērī			absterrēns			—
future		absterritūrum esse			absterritum īrī			absterritūrus			absterrendus
perfect		absterruisse			absterritum esse			—			absterritus
future perfect		—			absterritum fore			—			—
perfect potential		absterritūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		absterrendī		absterrendō		absterrendum		absterrendō		absterritum		absterritū

Related terms

• conterreō
• dēterreō
• exterreō
• perterreō
• prōterreō
• terreō

References

• “absterreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “absterreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• absterreo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.