LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

horricomis

horricomis (neuter horricome)
Classical[hɔrˈrɪ.kɔ.mɪs]Ecclesiastical[orˈriː.ko.mis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationbristly, shaggy (with hair on end)
    Nec sēcum canēs etiam vēnāticōs aurītōs illōs et horricomēs ad comprimendam bēstiam cohortantur.Nor do they even urge on their long-eared and shaggy hounds to bring down the beast.c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 4.19.15
    Nec multō post adveniunt illī vīnāriōs utrēs ferentēs et gregātim pecua comminantēs, unde prælēctum grandem hircum annōsum et horricomem Mārtī Secūtōrī Comitīque victimant.Not long after, they arrive carrying wine-skins and driving flocks of cattle, from which they sacrifice a large, old, shaggy buck, chosen beforehand, to Mars the Follower and Companion.c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 7.11.3

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativehorricomishorricomishorricome
genitivehorricomishorricomishorricomis
dativehorricomīhorricomīhorricomī
accusativehorricomemhorricomemhorricome
ablativehorricomīhorricomīhorricomī
vocativehorricomishorricomishorricome
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativehorricomēshorricomēshorricomia
genitivehorricomiumhorricomiumhorricomium
dativehorricomibushorricomibushorricomibus
accusativehorricomīs
horricomēs
horricomīs
horricomēs
horricomia
ablativehorricomibushorricomibushorricomibus
vocativehorricomēshorricomēshorricomia

horrĭcŏmis, e, adj. horreo-coma,
I. with hair on end, bristly, shaggy (Appuleian): canes, App. M. 4, p. 151: hircus, id. ib. 7, p. 192.

Origins

From horreō + coma + -is. Coined by 2nd-century Numidian Latin-language writer, rhetorician and philosopher Apuleius for The Golden Ass.

Quick answers

What does horricomis mean in Latin?
horricomis, a adjective, means “bristly, shaggy (with hair on end)”.
How do you pronounce horricomis?
In classical Latin, [hɔrˈrɪ.kɔ.mɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [orˈriː.ko.mis].