horrendus

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.

horrendus [CL] 1 horrendous: a (inspiring dread); b (inspiring disgust). a o ~a praeceptorum caelestium conculcatio! Gildas EB 108; licet ~us salpicum clangor increpuerit Aldh. VirgP 21; Carlomannum ‥ aprorum venationem agentem singularis congressione ~o dente dilacerans miserabili funere percussit Asser Alf. 68; exclamans voce altisona ‥ ~um hostibus metum incussit Gir. EH I 13.  b 933 saeculi piacula diris obscenae ~aeque mortalitatis circumsepta latratibus CS 694; cum ~issima divine majestatis blasphemia ‥ inhiare non desistunt Ad. Marsh Ep. 115; ~um scisma G. Hen. V 2 (v. caliginosus 1a); ulcus ~um Mir. Hen. VI IV 132 (v. exarescere 1b). 2 (as sb. n.) horrendous deed. b (sb. n. as adv.) horrendously. s1381 multa ~a fecit Capgr. Hen. 171 (v. dilapidatio 1a).  b horrendum stridens viribus Hydra novis [cf. Verg. Aen. VI 287–8] L. Durh. Dial. II 258; [procella] satis horrendum stridens Ib. III 179.

horrendus, (10) a, um, ¶ 1 adj. verb. de horreo ¶ 2 adj^t  : a) effroyable, terrible, redoutable : Virg. En. 3, 26 ; Hor. S. 2, 5, 62 || Liv. 9, 36, 1 ; horrendum dictu Virg. En. 4, 454, chose effroyable à dire, cf. Ov. M. 15, 298 ; b) qui inspire un frisson religieux, redoutable : Virg. En. 6, 10.

horrendus , a, um. part. fut. p.
可畏者。可驚。可敬者。Truces horrendaeque imagines 兇赫之像。Horrendum dictum 聽之則悚。Horrendum aspectu 視之難當。

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horrendus adj.

• P. of horreo, dreadful, terrible, fearful, horrible: monstrum, V.: silva, L.: diluvies, H.: carmen, L.: adspectu, H.: res relatu, O.: dictu, V.: iuvenis Parthis, H.—Wonderful, awful, venerable: Sibylla, V.: Tectum silvis, V.