horriferum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →horrifer, horrifera, horriferum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
awful, horrible, dreadful; frightening, chilling, exciting terror;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
- T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...pruinae flabraque ventorum violento turbine vexant. praeterea genus horriferum natura ferarum humanae genti infestum terraque marique cur alit..." - P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...paratur? bos aret aut mortem senioribus inputet annis, horriferum contra borean ovis arma ministret, ubera dent saturae manibus..."