English → Latin
“shudder” in Latin
horrēscōto begin to bristle up; one's hair rises on end; to become terrified; to begin to shiver, shake, tremble, shudderexhorrēscōto tremble or shudder greatly; to be terrified; to dread greatly
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shudder s.
horror. A secret shudder, terror arcanus.
shudder v.
horrescere: exhorrescere (at anything, aliquid; the latter also followed by an infinitive). I shudder, horror me perfundit; (very much) toto corpore perhorresco: I shudder at anything, me aliquid stupidum detinet (☞ Cic., Parad., 5, 2, 37).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shudder?
- The usual Latin words for “shudder” are horrēscō, exhorrēscō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.