horrendus

Latin

Etymology

Future passive participle of horreō (“dread, be afraid of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /horˈren.dus/, [hɔrˈrɛn̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /orˈren.dus/, [orˈrɛn̪d̪us]

Adjective

horrendus (feminine horrenda, neuter horrendum); first/second-declension adjective

1. horrible, horrendous, horrific, horrid, dreadful, dreaded, frightful, awful
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.180–183:

     [...] pedibus celerem et pernīcibus ālīs:
     mōnstrum horrendum, ingēns, cui quot sunt corpore plūmae
     tot vigilēs oculī subter, mīrābile dictū,
     tot linguae, totidem ōra sonant, tot subrigit aurēs.

     [Rumor is] fleet-footed and swift-winged: a horrific monster, huge, who has for the feathers on her body as many watchful eyes underneath, [and] – incredible to relate – just as many tongues, sounding lips, and straining ears.
     (Fama or Rumor personified as an incredible monster.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	horrendus	horrenda	horrendum		horrendī	horrendae	horrenda
Genitive	horrendī	horrendae	horrendī		horrendōrum	horrendārum	horrendōrum
Dative	horrendō		horrendō		horrendīs
Accusative	horrendum	horrendam	horrendum		horrendōs	horrendās	horrenda
Ablative	horrendō	horrendā	horrendō		horrendīs
Vocative	horrende	horrenda	horrendum		horrendī	horrendae	horrenda

Related terms

• horrendum
• horreō
• horribilis
• horridulus
• horridus
• horridē
• horrifer
• horrificus
• horrificō
• horror
• horrēns
• horrēscō

 

Descendants

• English: horrendous
• Italian: orrendo
• Portuguese: horrendo
• Spanish: horrendo

References

• “horrendus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers