LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

horrendus

horrendus (feminine horrenda, neuter horrendum)
Classical[hɔrˈrɛn.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[orˈrɛn.dus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. adjectivehorrible, horrendous, horrific, horrid, dreadful, dreaded, frightful, awful

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī timōrem magnum movet; terribilis vīsū.
horrendus -a -um — in Mille Verba, Theātrum

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativehorrendushorrendahorrendum
genitivehorrendīhorrendaehorrendī
dativehorrendōhorrendaehorrendō
accusativehorrendumhorrendamhorrendum
ablativehorrendōhorrendāhorrendō
vocativehorrendehorrendahorrendum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativehorrendīhorrendaehorrenda
genitivehorrendōrumhorrendārumhorrendōrum
dativehorrendīshorrendīshorrendīs
accusativehorrendōshorrendāshorrenda
ablativehorrendīshorrendīshorrendīs
vocativehorrendīhorrendaehorrenda

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

horrendus adj.
P. of horreo, dreadful, terrible, fearful, horrible : monstrum, V.: silva, L.: diluvies, H.: carmen, L.: adspectu, H.: res relatu, O.: dictu, V.: iuvenis Parthis, H.— Wonderful, awful, venerable : Sibylla, V.: Tectum silvis, V.

Origins

Future passive participle of horreō (“dread, be afraid of”).

Descendants
  • Englishhorrendous
  • Germanhorrend
  • Italianorrendo
  • Portuguesehorrendo
  • Spanishhorrendo

Quick answers

What does horrendus mean in Latin?
horrendus, a adjective, means “horrible, horrendous, horrific, horrid, dreadful, dreaded, frightful, awful”.
How do you pronounce horrendus?
In classical Latin, [hɔrˈrɛn.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [orˈrɛn.dus].