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con-terrĕo , ŭi, ĭtum, 2,
I.v. a., to terrify greatly, to frighten (not freq. before the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Livy); constr. with abl. or absol.
(α). With abl.: pectora vulgi metu, * Lucr. 2, 623: loquacitatem nostram vultu ipso aspectuque, * Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214; cf. Verg. A. 3, 597: “cervum subito vocibus venantum,Phaedr. 1, 12, 7: “atrox ingenium eo facto (opp. accendere),Liv. 3, 11, 9; cf.: “animos re (opp. irritare),id. 40, 39, 2: “eos seditioso clamore,id. 2, 39, 9: “periculo,id. 2, 12, 12: “atrocitate poenae,Suet. Dom. 11.—
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.597
    • Suetonius, Domitianus, 11
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.287
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.49
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.623
    • Suetonius, Nero, 6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 12.12
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 12
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 28.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 39.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 11.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 39.2
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