horrendam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →horrendus, horrenda, horrendum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
horrible, dreadful, terrible;
acc. sg. (f.) - Entry →horreo, horrere, horrui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
dread, shrink from, shudder at; stand on end, bristle; have rough appearance;
acc. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...sanus fecit, sanus facis et tu. non dico horrendam rabiem—' 'iam desine.' '—cultum maiorem censu—' 'teneas, Damasippe, tuis..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...magis iter immensum Alpesque, rem fama utique inexpertis horrendam, metuebat. Itaque Hannibal, postquam ipsi sententia stetit pergere..."