adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
horrifer
horrifer (feminine horrifera, neuter horriferum)
Meaning
- adjectiveawful, frightening, dreadful
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī horrōrem ferthorrifer -era -erum — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 4
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er horrifer | horrifera | horriferum |
| genitive | horriferī | horriferae | horriferī |
| dative | horriferō | horriferae | horriferō |
| accusative | horriferum | horriferam | horriferum |
| ablative | horriferō | horriferā | horriferō |
| vocative | horrifer | horrifera | horriferum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | horriferī | horriferae | horrifera |
| genitive | horriferōrum | horriferārum | horriferōrum |
| dative | horriferīs | horriferīs | horriferīs |
| accusative | horriferōs | horriferās | horrifera |
| ablative | horriferīs | horriferīs | horriferīs |
| vocative | horriferī | horriferae | horrifera |
horrĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum (archaic
I. gen. plur. horriferum, Pac. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155), adj. horror-fero, that brings trembling or terror, terrible, dreadful, horrible, horrific (poet.): unde horrifer Aquiloni' stridor gelidas molitur nives, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68:
Boreas, Ov. M. 1, 65; 15, 471: axis, Val. Fl. 5, 518: nix, id. 5, 307: prodigium horriferum, Pac. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155: aestus (Tartari), Lucr. 3, 1012: Aegis (= δεινή, Hom.), Verg. A. 8, 435: Erinys, Ov. M. 1, 725: voces, Lucr. 5, 996.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
horrifer fera, ferum, adj.
horror+1 FER-, that causes trembling, exciting terror, terrible, dreadful, horrible : Aquilonis stridor, Att. ap. C.: Boreas, O.: aegis, V.