dē-terrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a.
I To frighten from any thing; to deter, discourage from, prevent, hinder (class.).—Constr.
α (Aliquem) ab aliqua re : homines adolescentes a dicendi studio, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117: sanos homines a scribendo, id. Brut. 75 fin. ; cf. id. Or. 1 fin. : te a dimicatione (opp. ad certam laudem adhortor), id. Fam. 1, 7, 5: eum ab instituto consilio, Caes. B. G. 5, 4; cf.: a proposito, id. B. C. 3, 100, 3: animos a cupiditate, Liv. 22, 42: ferociores annos a licentia, Quint. 2, 2, 3 et saep.— Without acc.: a turpi meretricis amore, Hor. S. 1, 4, 112.—
β (Aliquem) de aliqua re : de agro hunc senem, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 159: Stoicos de sententia, Cic. Div. 2, 39, 81: me de statu meo, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 11 fin. —
γ (Aliquem) ne, quin, quominus : (poetam) maledictis, ne scribat, Ter. Phorm. 3; Cic. Quint. 4, 16; Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 2; 1, 31, 16 al. (but different is Suet. Ner. 47: deterritum putant, ne discerperetur). —Without acc.: haud ferro deterrere potes, ne me amet, Plaut. Truc. 5, 37.—With quin : quin loquar haec ... numquam me potes deterrere, id. Am. 2, 1, 10; id. Mil. 2, 4, 16; Caes. B. G. 2, 3 fin.—Pass. , Tib. 1, 3, 13; cf.: me homo nemo deterruerit, quin ea sit in his aedibus, i. e. shall make me believe but that , etc., Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 61.— With quominus : neque te deterreo, quominus id disputes, Cic. Att. 11, 8; id. Tusc. 1, 38; Liv. 26, 48 al.—
δ With aliquem and an inf. (very rarely): nefarias ejus libidines commemorare pudore deterreor, Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 14; id. ib. 1, 9, 24.—
ε Aliquem aliqua re (very rarely): silvestres homines caedibus et victu foedo, Hor. A. P. 392; cf. Sall. J. 98, 5.—
ζ With simple acc.: reliquos magnitudine poenae, Caes. B. C. 3, 8, 3: pavidam ense (with repellere), Ov. M. 14, 296: deterritis tribunis, Liv. 10, 9: Caesar coercendum atque deterrendum Dumnorigem statuebat, Caes. B. G. 5, 7: in deterrenda liberalitate, Cic. Off. 2, 18, 63.—
η Absol. : advorsor sedulo et deterreo, Ter. Ad. 144; Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8; Suet. Caes. 70 al.—
II In Augustan authors, sometimes with an inanimate object, like defendere, prohibere, etc., to avert, keep off : vim a censoribus, Liv. 4, 24 fin. : d. nefas et inhibere bipennem, Ov. M. 8, 767.