horrificus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From horreō (“to bristle, tremble, dread”) + -ficus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /horˈri.fi.kus/, [hɔrˈrɪfɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /orˈri.fi.kus/, [orˈriːfikus]
Adjective edit
horrificus (feminine horrifica, neuter horrificum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | horrificus | horrifica | horrificum | horrificī | horrificae | horrifica | |
| Genitive | horrificī | horrificae | horrificī | horrificōrum | horrificārum | horrificōrum | |
| Dative | horrificō | horrificō | horrificīs | ||||
| Accusative | horrificum | horrificam | horrificum | horrificōs | horrificās | horrifica | |
| Ablative | horrificō | horrificā | horrificō | horrificīs | |||
| Vocative | horrifice | horrifica | horrificum | horrificī | horrificae | horrifica | |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: horrífic (learned)
- → English: horrific
- → French: horrifique (learned)
- → Italian: orrifico (learned)
- Romanian: orific
References edit
- “horrificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “horrificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- horrificus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.