horreant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →horreo, horrere, horrui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
dread, shrink from, shudder at; stand on end, bristle; have rough appearance;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...poenas; facinus ignotum, efferum, Inusitatum effare, quod populi horreant, Quod esse factum nulla non aetas negat, Quod patricidam..."XV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...ante omnia minax vultus, feralis habitus; horreant squalore crines, rigeat super nefandas cogitationes efferata tristitia. facinus, quod dicitur..."