adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
horrificus
horrificus (feminine horrifica, neuter horrificum)
Classical[hɔrˈrɪ.fɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[orˈriː.fi.kus]
Meaning
- adjectiveawful, horrible, dreadful
- adjectivefrightening, frightful, horrific
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | horrificus | horrifica | horrificum |
| genitive | horrificī | horrificae | horrificī |
| dative | horrificō | horrificae | horrificō |
| accusative | horrificum | horrificam | horrificum |
| ablative | horrificō | horrificā | horrificō |
| vocative | horrifice | horrifica | horrificum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | horrificī | horrificae | horrifica |
| genitive | horrificōrum | horrificārum | horrificōrum |
| dative | horrificīs | horrificīs | horrificīs |
| accusative | horrificōs | horrificās | horrifica |
| ablative | horrificīs | horrificīs | horrificīs |
| vocative | horrificī | horrificae | horrifica |
horrĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. horror-facio,
I. that causes tremor or terror, terrible, dreadful, frightful, horrific (poet. and in postAug. prose):
bustum, Lucr. 3, 906: letum, Verg. A. 12, 851: ruinae (Aetnae), id. ib. 3, 571: lapsu (Harpyiarum), id. ib. 3, 225: fulmen, Val. Fl. 2, 97: acta, id. 3, 423: caesaries, Luc. 2, 372: poena, Gell. 20, 1 fin.— Adv.: horrĭfĭcē, in a manner to cause dread, with affright: horrifice fertur divinae Matris imago, Lucr. 2, 609; 4, 36.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
horrificus adj.
horror+2 FAC-, exciting terror, dreadful, frightful : letum, V.
Origins
Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Latin horrificus From horreō (“to bristle, tremble, dread”) + -ficus.
Descendants
- Catalanhorrífic
- Englishhorrific
- Frenchhorrifique
- Italianorrifico
- Romanianorific
In English words that came into English from horrificus
- horrifichorrificus
- horrifyhorrificare