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Latin
Etymology
From horreō (“I shudder”) + -scō (inchoative).
Pronunciation
Verb
horrēscō (present infinitive horrēscere, perfect active horruī); third conjugation, no supine stem
- to begin to bristle up; one's hair rises on end
- to become terrified
- to begin to shiver, shake, tremble, shudder
- Synonyms: cohorrēscō, tremēscō
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 2.203–205:
- “Ecce! Autem geminī ā Tenedō tranquilla per altā —
horrēscō referēns! — immēnsīs orbibus anguēs
incumbunt pelagō, pariterque ad lītora tendunt.”- “Look! And now, from Tenedos, through the placid deep – I shudder retelling ! – twin snakes with endless coils lean into the sea, and advance together toward the shore.” – Aeneas
- (transitive) to start to dread
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References
- “horresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “horresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- horresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.