LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no supine stem

perhorrēscō

perhorrēscō (present infinitive perhorrēscere, perfect active perhorruī)
Classical[pɛ.rɔrˈreːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[pe.rorˈrɛs.ko]

Meaning

  1. to tremble or shudder greatly
  2. to recoil in terror (from)
  3. transitiveto dread

Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.perhorrēscōperhorrēscēbamperhorrēscamperhorruīperhorrueramperhorruerō
2nd sg.perhorrēscisperhorrēscēbāsperhorrēscēsperhorruistīperhorruerāsperhorrueris
3rd sg.perhorrēscitperhorrēscēbatperhorrēscetperhorruitperhorrueratperhorruerit
1st pl.perhorrēscimusperhorrēscēbāmusperhorrēscēmusperhorruimusperhorruerāmusperhorruerimus
2nd pl.perhorrēscitisperhorrēscēbātisperhorrēscētisperhorruistisperhorruerātisperhorrueritis
3rd pl.perhorrēscuntperhorrēscēbantperhorrēscentperhorruērunt
perhorruēre		perhorruerantperhorruerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.perhorrēscamperhorrēsceremperhorruerimperhorruissem
2nd sg.perhorrēscāsperhorrēscerēsperhorruerīsperhorruissēs
3rd sg.perhorrēscatperhorrēsceretperhorrueritperhorruisset
1st pl.perhorrēscāmusperhorrēscerēmusperhorruerīmusperhorruissēmus
2nd pl.perhorrēscātisperhorrēscerētisperhorruerītisperhorruissētis
3rd pl.perhorrēscantperhorrēscerentperhorruerintperhorruissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.perhorrēscorperhorrēscēbarperhorrēscar
2nd sg.perhorrēsceris
perhorrēscere		perhorrēscēbāris
perhorrēscēbāre		perhorrēscēris
perhorrēscēre
3rd sg.perhorrēsciturperhorrēscēbāturperhorrēscētur
1st pl.perhorrēscimurperhorrēscēbāmurperhorrēscēmur
2nd pl.perhorrēsciminīperhorrēscēbāminīperhorrēscēminī
3rd pl.perhorrēscunturperhorrēscēbanturperhorrēscentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.perhorrēscarperhorrēscerer
2nd sg.perhorrēscāris
perhorrēscāre		perhorrēscerēris
perhorrēscerēre
3rd sg.perhorrēscāturperhorrēscerētur
1st pl.perhorrēscāmurperhorrēscerēmur
2nd pl.perhorrēscāminīperhorrēscerēminī
3rd pl.perhorrēscanturperhorrēscerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.perhorrēsceperhorrēscere
pres. 2nd pl.perhorrēsciteperhorrēsciminī
fut. 2nd sg.perhorrēscitōperhorrēscitor
fut. 3rd sg.perhorrēscitōperhorrēscitor
fut. 2nd pl.perhorrēscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.perhorrēscuntōperhorrēscuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveperhorrēscereperhorrēscī
perfect infinitiveperhorruisse—
present participleperhorrēscēns—
future participle—perhorrēscendus
perhorrēscundus
gerundperhorrēscendī, perhorrēscendō, perhorrēscendum

pĕr-horresco, rui, 3,
I. v. inch. n. and a.
I. Neutr., to tremble or shudder greatly (class.): toto corpore perhorresco, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 13, 41: recordatione consulatūs vestri, id. Pis. 20, 45: clamore perhorruit Aetne, trembled, shook, Ov. M. 13, 877: latumque perhorruit aequor (ventorum jactatibus), id. ib. 6, 704.—
II. Act., to shudder greatly at, to have a great horror of any thing (class.): hanc tantam religionem non perhorrescis? Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 78: vexationem virginum Vestalium perhorresco, id. Cat. 4, 6: Bosporum, Hor. C. 2, 13, 15.

Origins

Either: * from per- (“thoroughly”) + horrēscō (“tremble, dread”); or * from perhorreō (“tremble greatly”) + -scō (inchoative).

Descendants
  • Englishperhorresce

In English words that came into English from perhorrēscō

  • perhorresceperhorrēscere

Quick answers

What does perhorrēscō mean in Latin?
perhorrēscō, a verb, means “to tremble or shudder greatly; to recoil in terror (from); to dread”.
What are the principal parts of perhorrēscō?
perhorrēscō, perhorrēscere, perhorruī (third conjugation, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce perhorrēscō?
In classical Latin, [pɛ.rɔrˈreːs.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pe.rorˈrɛs.ko].