horrendus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →horrendus, horrenda, horrendum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
horrible, dreadful, terrible;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →horreo, horrere, horrui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
dread, shrink from, shudder at; stand on end, bristle; have rough appearance;
nom. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...meritas tibi plurimus aras pascet honos, quantusque rotis horrendus equisque stas, pater, atque ingens utrimque fluentia Triton frena..."
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...miserum insatiabilis edit me tradente caput. modo nempe horrendus ab astris descendit uos usque fragor: me sacra premebat..."Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...hiems, aut uicta situ non pertulit aetas, desilit horrendus campo timor, arua uirosque limite non uno longaeuaque robora..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Rutuli, sed pellere vallo missilibus certant. parte alia horrendus visu quassabat Etruscam pinum et fumiferos infert Mezentius ignis..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...aestuat atque omnem Cocyto eructat harenam. portitor has horrendus aquas et flumina servat terribili squalore Charon, cui plurima..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...crista linguisque tribus praesignis et uncis dentibus horrendus custos erat arboris aureae. hunc postquam sparsit Lethaei gramine suci..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...fabula, si licet, ede.' 'tempore quo iuvenis Parthis horrendus, ab alto demissum genus Aenea, tellure marique magnus erit..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tripudia, et quatientium scuta in patrium quendam modum horrendus armorum crepitus, omnia de industria composita ad terrorem..."