adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
horricomis
horricomis (neuter horricome)
Classical[hɔrˈrɪ.kɔ.mɪs]Ecclesiastical[orˈriː.ko.mis]
Meaning
- 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 4.19.15Nec 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
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | horricomis | horricomis | horricome |
| genitive | horricomis | horricomis | horricomis |
| dative | horricomī | horricomī | horricomī |
| accusative | horricomem | horricomem | horricome |
| ablative | horricomī | horricomī | horricomī |
| vocative | horricomis | horricomis | horricome |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | horricomēs | horricomēs | horricomia |
| genitive | horricomium | horricomium | horricomium |
| dative | horricomibus | horricomibus | horricomibus |
| accusative | horricomīs horricomēs | horricomīs horricomēs | horricomia |
| ablative | horricomibus | horricomibus | horricomibus |
| vocative | horricomēs | horricomēs | horricomia |
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.