con-terrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2
* V. a., to terrify greatly, to frighten (not freq. before the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Livy); constr. with abl. or absol.
* 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 eā re (opp. irritare),id. 40, 39, 2: eos seditioso clamore,id. 2, 39, 9: periculo,id. 2, 12, 12: atrocitate poenae,Suet. Dom. 11.
* Without abl.: qui praeter Nioben unam conterruit omnes,Ov. M. 6, 287: insolitos ejus tumultus equos,Liv. 10, 28, 9: major solito apparatus praecipue conterruit Campanos, ne ab obsidione Capuae bellum ejus anni Romani inciperent,id. 24, 12, 1; Suet. Ner. 6; 49 al.

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