terribilis

Latin

Etymology

From terreō (“I frighten, terrify, alarm; I deter by terror, scare (away)”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /terˈri.bi.lis/, [t̪ɛrˈrɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /terˈri.bi.lis/, [t̪erˈriːbilis]

Adjective

terribilis (neuter terribile, comparative terribilior, adverb terribiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. frightful, dreadful, terrible, horrible

   Synonyms: horribilis, īnfandus

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	terribilis	terribile		terribilēs	terribilia
Genitive	terribilis			terribilium
Dative	terribilī			terribilibus
Accusative	terribilem	terribile		terribilēs terribilīs	terribilia
Ablative	terribilī			terribilibus
Vocative	terribilis	terribile		terribilēs	terribilia

Related terms

• terreō

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: terrible
• → French: terrible
• Italian: terribile
• Old French: terrible
  • → Middle English: terrible
    • English: terrible
• Piedmontese: terìbil
• Portuguese: terrível
• → Romanian: teribil
• → Spanish: terrible

References

• “terribilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “terribilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• terribilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.