horrescit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →horresco, horrescere, horrui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
dread, become terrified; bristle up; begin to shake/tremble/shudder/shiver;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...creberque totum possidet corpus tremor; stetere uittae, mollis horrescit coma, anhela corda murmure incluso fremunt, incerta nutant lumina..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...monitusque tuorum dignaris, dum castra silent suspensaque bellum horrescit pietas, genetrix iubeoque rogoque: i mecum patriosque deos arsuraque..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sudibusve praeustis, sed ferro ancipiti decernunt atraque late horrescit strictis seges ensibus, aeraque fulgent sole lacessita et lucem..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...candida circum lilia funduntur, strepit omnis murmure campus. horrescit visu subito causasque requirit inscius Aeneas, quae sint..."