formidulosus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →formidulosus, formidulosa -um, formidulosior -or -us, formidulosissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
terrible, scary; dangerous, alarming; formidable; fearful/timorous/frightened;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
- P
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...quantas copias adducere? attat . . TH. num formidulosus obsecro es, mi homo? CH. apage sis: egon formidulosu'? nemost hominum..." - A
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...partem significatione adversa et reciproca dicuntur. I. Vt "formidulosus" dici potest et qui formidat et qui formidatur..." - G
BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...ullus asper aut arduus erat, non armatus hostis formidulosus: virtus omnia domuerat. Sed gloriae maxumum certamen inter ipsos..."