horresco
Latin
Etymology
From horreō (“I shudder”) + -scō (inchoative).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /horˈreːs.koː/, [hɔrˈreːs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /orˈres.ko/, [orˈrɛsko]
Verb
horrēscō (present infinitive horrēscere, perfect active horruī); third conjugation, no supine stem
- I begin to bristle up; my hair rises on end
- I become terrified
- I begin to shake, tremble
- Synonyms: cohorrēscō, tremēscō
- (transitive) I start to dread
Conjugation
Synonyms
Descendants
- Albanian: urrej
- Aromanian: urãscu
- Romanian: urî
- Sardinian: orròschere
References
- “horresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “horresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- horresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Categories:
- Latin terms suffixed with -sco
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin verbs
- Latin transitive verbs
- Latin third conjugation verbs
- Latin third conjugation verbs with missing supine stem
- Latin third conjugation verbs with irregular perfect
- Latin inchoative verbs
- Latin verbs with missing supine stem
- Latin defective verbs
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