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inhorreo

inhorreo, to stand erect, bristle

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

inhorreō, uī, 2, n.: to be rough; of the sea, rise up, become rough, swell, 3.195; to cause to bristle, 10.711.

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inhorruit Verb: perfect active indicative 3rd singular of inhorreo

See inhorruit in Morpho

ĭn-horrĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n.,
  • to stand on end, stand erect, bristle.
  • I Lit.: haud secus quam vallo saepta inhorreret acies, Liv. 8, 8, 10: spicea jam campis cum messis inhorruit, Verg. G. 1, 314: aper pilis inhorrentibus corio squalidus, bristling, Ap. Met. 8, 4, 15.—
  • II Transf.
    • A To have a tremulous motion, to quiver, shake, shudder: pennis agitatus inhorruit aër. Ov. P. 3, 3, 9: inhorruit aether, Luctificum clangente tuba, Val. Fl. 3, 348: inhorruit unda tenebris, Verg. A. 3, 195.—
    • B To cause to bristle up: aper inhorruit armos, Verg. A. 10, 711.—
    • C To tremble, shake, shudder, with cold, fear, horror: cum primum aliquis inhorruit et ex horrore incaluit, Cels. 3, 12: inhorrui frigore, Petr. 17, 7: in severitatem alicujus, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 423, 6 (Rep. 4, 6 B. and K.): domus principis inhorruit, Tac. A. 11, 28: (Mercurius) tenui exceptus inhorruit aurā, Stat. Th. 1, 309.

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