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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		absterrēre	absterruisse	absterritūrum esse	absterrērī	absterritum esse	absterritum īrī
participles		absterrēns	—	absterritūrus	—	absterritus	absterrendus
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.