horrifico

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /horˈri.fi.koː/, [hɔrˈrɪfɪkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /orˈri.fi.ko/, [orˈriːfiko]

Etymology 1

From horrificus (“awful, frightening”) +‎ -ō or horreō +‎ -ficō

Verb

horrificō (present infinitive horrificāre, perfect active horrificāvī, supine horrificātum); first conjugation

1. to ruffle, make rough
2. to strike terror, terrify, horrify, affright, appal, make to shudder
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.464–465:

     [...] multaque praetereā vātum praedicta priōrum / terribilī monitū horrificant.

     [Dido experiences dire omens:] And moreover, many a foretelling of an old oracle horrified her with a terrible warning.
     (The only appearance of this verb in Virgil’s poetry.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of horrificō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	horrificō	horrificās	horrificat	horrificāmus	horrificātis	horrificant
	imperfect	horrificābam	horrificābās	horrificābat	horrificābāmus	horrificābātis	horrificābant
	future	horrificābō	horrificābis	horrificābit	horrificābimus	horrificābitis	horrificābunt
	perfect	horrificāvī	horrificāvistī	horrificāvit	horrificāvimus	horrificāvistis	horrificāvērunt, horrificāvēre
	pluperfect	horrificāveram	horrificāverās	horrificāverat	horrificāverāmus	horrificāverātis	horrificāverant
	future perfect	horrificāverō	horrificāveris	horrificāverit	horrificāverimus	horrificāveritis	horrificāverint
passive	present	horrificor	horrificāris, horrificāre	horrificātur	horrificāmur	horrificāminī	horrificantur
	imperfect	horrificābar	horrificābāris, horrificābāre	horrificābātur	horrificābāmur	horrificābāminī	horrificābantur
	future	horrificābor	horrificāberis, horrificābere	horrificābitur	horrificābimur	horrificābiminī	horrificābuntur
	perfect	horrificātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	horrificātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	horrificātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	horrificem	horrificēs	horrificet	horrificēmus	horrificētis	horrificent
	imperfect	horrificārem	horrificārēs	horrificāret	horrificārēmus	horrificārētis	horrificārent
	perfect	horrificāverim	horrificāverīs	horrificāverit	horrificāverīmus	horrificāverītis	horrificāverint
	pluperfect	horrificāvissem	horrificāvissēs	horrificāvisset	horrificāvissēmus	horrificāvissētis	horrificāvissent
passive	present	horrificer	horrificēris, horrificēre	horrificētur	horrificēmur	horrificēminī	horrificentur
	imperfect	horrificārer	horrificārēris, horrificārēre	horrificārētur	horrificārēmur	horrificārēminī	horrificārentur
	perfect	horrificātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	horrificātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	horrificā	—	—	horrificāte	—
	future	—	horrificātō	horrificātō	—	horrificātōte	horrificantō
passive	present	—	horrificāre	—	—	horrificāminī	—
	future	—	horrificātor	horrificātor	—	—	horrificantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		horrificāre	horrificāvisse	horrificātūrum esse	horrificārī	horrificātum esse	horrificātum īrī
participles		horrificāns	—	horrificātūrus	—	horrificātus	horrificandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		horrificandī	horrificandō	horrificandum	horrificandō	horrificātum	horrificātū

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

horrificō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of horrificus

References

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