LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

horrisonus

horrisonus (feminine horrisona, neuter horrisonum)
Classical[hɔrˈrɪ.sɔ.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[orˈriː.s̬o.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivehorridly-sounding, horrisonant

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativehorrisonushorrisonahorrisonum
genitivehorrisonīhorrisonaehorrisonī
dativehorrisonōhorrisonaehorrisonō
accusativehorrisonumhorrisonamhorrisonum
ablativehorrisonōhorrisonāhorrisonō
vocativehorrisonehorrisonahorrisonum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativehorrisonīhorrisonaehorrisona
genitivehorrisonōrumhorrisonārumhorrisonōrum
dativehorrisonīshorrisonīshorrisonīs
accusativehorrisonōshorrisonāshorrisona
ablativehorrisonīshorrisonīshorrisonīs
vocativehorrisonīhorrisonaehorrisona

horrĭsŏnus, a, um, adj. horreo-sonus,
I. sounding dreadfully, that makes a horrid sound (poet.): fretum, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; cf. flatus, Luc. 2, 455: fragor, Lucr. 5, 109: fremitus, Verg. A. 9, 55: cardo, id. ib. 6, 573: buxus, Val. Fl. 2, 584: flagellum, id. 7, 149.

Origins

From horreō + -sonus, from sonō (“to sound”).

Quick answers

What does horrisonus mean in Latin?
horrisonus, a adjective, means “horridly-sounding, horrisonant”.
How do you pronounce horrisonus?
In classical Latin, [hɔrˈrɪ.sɔ.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [orˈriː.s̬o.nus].