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horrendus

horrendus, dreadful, terrible, fearful, horrible

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

horrendus , a, um: to be shuddered at; dreadful, fearful, 2.222; awe-inspiring, venerable, 6.10; strange, wonderful, 8.565; fierce, warlike, 11.507. (horreō)
horrendus, a, um (Partic. v. horreo), haarsträubend, I) schaudervoll, schrecklich, monstrum, Verg.: nox, Ov.: carmen, Liv.: Sibylla, frommen Schauer erregend, schauervoll, Verg. – m. 2. Supin., utraeque horrendae aspectu, Hor.: horrendus visu Mezentius, Verg.: res horrenda relatu, Ov.: horrendum dictu, Verg. – neutr. adv., horrendum stridens belua, Verg.: arma horrendum sonuēre, Verg.; vgl. ›horrendum‹ clamat pro ›horrende‹, Prisc. 17, 11: Plur., horrenda circumsonantibus Alemannis, Amm. 27, 10. § 10. – II) staunenswert, bewundernswert, Verg. Aen. 11, 507.

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