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verb transitive

ex-sterno

2nd PP ex-sternāre · 3rd PP ex-sternāvi · 4th PP ex-sternātum · conj. 1st
(), , sterno, ĕre; formed acc. to the analogy of consterno, āre
to drive beside one's self; to terrify greatly; affright poetic •
to drive beside one's self, to terrify greatly, affright (poet. and very rare): aliquem assiduis luctibus, Cat. 64, 71: exsternata malo, id. 64, 165; Ov. M. 1, 641 (corresp. to exterrita); 11, 77; id. lb. 432: animos nostros perinde laetitia et dolor exsternat, Pacat. Paneg. 19. (Acc. to conject. of Jacobs, also in Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 11; and acc. to Lachm. also in Lucr. 4, 1022, v. ib. p. 266.)
Perseus ID: n17255 Key: exsterno