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
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...quantas copias adducere? attat . . TH. num formidulosus obsecro es, mi homo? CH. apage sis: egon formidulosu'? nemost hominum..."Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...partem significatione adversa et reciproca dicuntur. I. Vt "formidulosus" dici potest et qui formidat et qui formidatur..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...ullus asper aut arduus erat, non armatus hostis formidulosus: virtus omnia domuerat. Sed gloriae maxumum certamen inter ipsos..."