horrescere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →horresco, horrescere, horrui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
dread, become terrified; bristle up; begin to shake/tremble/shudder/shiver;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...stet in agmine flammae, nullum mente nefas, nullos horrescere visus: quid si caecus amor saevusque accesserit ignis? hinc..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...igne Therapnaei fugerunt carbasa fratres. iamque recessurae paulatim horrescere terrae summaque terga quati grauiorque efferuere puluis coeperat; inferno..."- P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...dira capillos, (et pudet et referam) saetis horrescere coepi, nec iam posse loqui, pro verbis edere raucum murmur..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...humi pronam. tendebat bracchia supplex: bracchia coeperunt nigris horrescere villis curvarique manus et aduncos crescere in unguis officioque..."