horrificus

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Latin

Etymology

From horreō (“to bristle, tremble, dread”) +‎ -ficus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

horrificus (feminine horrifica, neuter horrificum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. awful, horrible, dreadful
  2. frightening, frightful, horrific

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative horrificus horrifica horrificum horrificī horrificae horrifica
genitive horrificī horrificae horrificī horrificōrum horrificārum horrificōrum
dative horrificō horrificae horrificō horrificīs
accusative horrificum horrificam horrificum horrificōs horrificās horrifica
ablative horrificō horrificā horrificō horrificīs
vocative horrifice horrifica horrificum horrificī horrificae horrifica

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: horrífic (learned)
  • → English: horrific
  • → French: horrifique (learned)
  • → Italian: orrifico (learned)
  • Romanian: orific

References

  • “horrificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “horrificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • horrificus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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