English → Latin
“startling” in Latin
formīdulōsusfrightened, fearful, timid; frightening, fearsome, dreadfulofferōto bring before or bring to, present, offer, bestow, show, place before, exhibit, expose; to cause, occasion, inflict; tīnferōto carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert; to bring forward, introduce,terribilisfrightful, dreadful, terrible, horriblehorribilishorrible, terrible, dreadful, fearfulparōto arrange, order, contrive, design; to provide, furnish, prepare; to resolve, purpose, decideincutiōto strike on, against, into; to inspire with, inflict, excite
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
startling
formidolosus (Terentianus, Sall.): terrorem injiciens, offerens, inferens: terribilis: horribilis. A startling speech, verbum territans (Plaut.): a startling blow, ictus ad terrendum, terroris causā, paratus, incussus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for startling?
- The usual Latin words for “startling” are formīdulōsus, offerō, īnferō; also terribilis, horribilis, parō. 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.