consterno

consterno

See also: consternó

Catalan

Verb

consterno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of consternar

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From cōn- + sternō.

    Verb

    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, Vergilius, Aeneis 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; [...].
    Conjugation

    Etymology 2

    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.

    Verb

    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
    Conjugation

    The perfect stem and perfect passive participle stem may alternatively be cōnstrāv- and cōnstrāt-, the same as for cōnsternere.[2]

    Descendants
    • Catalan: consternar
    • French: consterner
    • Galician: consternar
    • Italian: costernare
    • Portuguese: consternar
    • Spanish: consternar

    References

    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

    • 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

    Verb

    consterno

    1. first-person singular present indicative of consternar

    Spanish

    Verb

    consterno

    1. first-person singular present indicative of consternar