horrendus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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

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