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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥s-éh₁-(ye)-ti, from *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”).[1]
Cognate with hīrtus, eris (“hedgehog”), Welsh garw (“rough”), Sanskrit हृष्यति (hṛṣyati, “become erect or stiff or rigid; be glad”), हर्षयति (harṣayati, “to excite”), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬱𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬨𐬥𐬀 (zarəšiiamna, “excited”).
Pronunciation
Verb
horreō (present infinitive horrēre, perfect active horruī); second conjugation, no supine stem, limited passive
- to stand erect, stand on end
- to tremble, shiver
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 6.19–20:
- horrueram tacitōque animum pallōre fatēbar;
tum dea, quōs fēcit, sustulit ipsa metūs- I had trembled, and by my speechless pallor was betraying my emotion; then the goddess – she who caused it – removed fears herself.
(The poet, writing about the month of June, first encounters Juno (mythology).)
- to dread, be afraid of
- to be frightful
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
Adjective
horreō
- dative/ablative singular of horreum
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “horreō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 290
Further reading
- “horreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “horreo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- horreo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- his hair stands on end: capilli horrent