to frighten off, deter, discourage, prevent, hinder:
reliquos magnitudine poenae, Cs.: testīs verbis: pavidam ense, O.: deterritis
tribunis, L.: in deterrendā liberalitate.
adulescentīs a dicendi studio: a proposito, Cs.: ab persequendo hostīs, S.: a turpi
meretricis amore, H.: Stoicos de sententiā:
reges proelio deterrentur, S.: Silvestrīs
homines Caedibus, H.: hominem verbis, ne auctionetur:
multitudinem, ne frumentum conferant, Cs.: Suessiones
quin cum his consentirent, Cs.: sapientem quo minus rei
p. consulat: eius libidines commemorare pudore deterreor: agere metu
deterrebar.—To avert, keep off: ut vis a
censoribus nullius auctoritate deterreri quiverit, L.: nefas, O.—To repress, control: (iras) neque
Deterret ensis, H.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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