Italian

Adjective

terreo m ‎(feminine singular terrea, masculine plural terrei, feminine plural terree)

1. (rare) earthy; resembling ground or soil
2. (by extension, usually referred to the face) pale, ashen

Anagrams

• retore, torere

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tres-, extended form of Proto-Indo-European *ter-. Cognate with Avestan [script needed] ‎(trərəsaiti), Ancient Greek τρέω ‎(tréō), Old Irish tarrach, Lithuanian trišu, Latvian trisēt, Old Church Slavonic трѧсти ‎(tręsti), Sanskrit त्रसति ‎(trasati)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈter.re.oː/

Verb

terreō ‎(present infinitive terrēre, perfect active terruī, supine territum); second conjugation

1. I frighten, terrify, alarm
2. I deter by terror, scare (away)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: terrible

References

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