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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From horrificus (“awful, frightening”) + -ō or horreō + -ficō
Verb
horrificō (present infinitive horrificāre, perfect active horrificāvī, supine horrificātum); first conjugation
- to ruffle, make rough
- to strike terror, terrify, horrify, affright, appal, make to shudder
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.464–465:
- multaque praetereā vātum praedicta priōrum / terribilī monitū horrificant.
- And moreover, many a foretelling of an old oracle horrified her with a terrible warning.
(The only appearance of this verb in Virgil’s poetry.)
Conjugation
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
horrificō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of horrificus
References
- “horrifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “horrifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- horrifico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.