horrificus

Latin

Etymology

From horreō (“to bristle, tremble, dread”) +‎ -ficus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /horˈri.fi.kus/, [hɔrˈrɪfɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /orˈri.fi.kus/, [orˈriːfikus]

Adjective

horrificus (feminine horrifica, neuter horrificum); first/second-declension adjective

1. awful, horrible, dreadful
2. frightening, frightful, horrific

Declension

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

• horrificō

Descendants

• → Catalan: horrífic (learned)
• → English: horrific
• → French: horrifique (learned)
• → Italian: orrifico (learned)
• Romanian: orific

References

• “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.