horribilis

Latin

Etymology

horreō (“I stand on end, move shakily”) +‎ -ibilis

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /horˈri.bi.lis/, [hɔrˈrɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /orˈri.bi.lis/, [orˈriːbilis]

Adjective

horribilis (neuter horribile, comparative horribilior, superlative horribilissimus, adverb horribiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. horrible, dreadful, fearful
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis [Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone] (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 34:

     pars interior erat horribilis

     The inside was horrible.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	horribilis	horribile		horribilēs	horribilia
Genitive	horribilis			horribilium
Dative	horribilī			horribilibus
Accusative	horribilem	horribile		horribilēs horribilīs	horribilia
Ablative	horribilī			horribilibus
Vocative	horribilis	horribile		horribilēs	horribilia

Derived terms

• horribiliter (adverb)

Related terms

• horrendus
• horrendē
• horrentia
• horrescō
• horreō
• horricomis
• horridus
• horror

 

Descendants

• Asturian: horrible
• Catalan: horrible
• English: horrible
• French: horrible
• Galician: horrible

• Italian: orribile
• Portuguese: horrível
• Romanian: oribil
• Spanish: horrible

References

• “horribilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “horribilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• horribilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• horribilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.