See also: consternó

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consterno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of consternar

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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cōn- +‎ sternō

Verb

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cōnsternō (present infinitive cōnsternere, perfect active cōnstrāvī, supine cōnstrātum); third conjugation

  1. to strew over, bestrew, cover by strewing, spread, bespread; cover, thatch
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.443–444:
      [...] it strīdor, et altae / cōnsternunt terram concussō stīpite frondēs; [...].
      [The wind and the oak tree:] the blowing [wind] shrieks, and as the trunk shudders, the lofty leaves strew down upon the ground; [...].
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Etymology 2

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Same prefix and root as above; derivation of the ending is disputed.[1] Can be interpreted as con- +‎ sternō +‎ (compound verb suffix). Can alternatively be explained as a durative.

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cōnsternō (present infinitive cōnsternāre, perfect active cōnsternāvī, supine cōnsternātum); first conjugation

  1. to alarm, shock, startle, terrify, throw into confusion
    Synonyms: perterreō, terreō, exterreō, conterreō, absterreō, deterreō, exciō
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The perfect stem and perfect passive participle stem may alternatively be cōnstrāv- and cōnstrāt-, the same as for cōnsternere.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sternō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 586
  2. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 409

Further reading

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  • consterno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • consterno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • consterno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the horses are panic-stricken, run away: equi consternantur

Portuguese

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consterno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of consternar

Spanish

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consterno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of consternar