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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
- frightful, dreadful, terrible, horrible
- Synonyms: horribilis, īnfandus
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Descendants
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.