terribilis

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Latin

Etymology

From terreō (“I frighten, terrify, alarm; I deter by terror, scare (away)”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

terribilis (neuter terribile, comparative terribilior, adverb terribiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. frightful, dreadful, terrible, horrible
    Synonyms: horribilis, īnfandus

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative terribilis terribile terribilēs terribilia
Genitive terribilis terribilium
Dative terribilī terribilibus
Accusative terribilem terribile terribilēs
terribilīs 		terribilia
Ablative terribilī terribilibus
Vocative terribilis terribile terribilēs terribilia

Descendants

Descendants of terribilis

References

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