horruerat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →horreo, horrere, horrui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
dread, shrink from, shudder at; stand on end, bristle; have rough appearance;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →horresco, horrescere, horrui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
dread, become terrified; bristle up; begin to shake/tremble/shudder/shiver;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...piratarum scopulus, modo quem ter ovantem Iuppiter horruerat, quem tracto gurgite Pontus et veneratus erat submissa Bosporos unda..."Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...expertus erat; Flaminini quoque aduentum uelut fatalem sibi horruerat. ad omnia undique infesta ut iter semper aliquod praeparatum..."
