horrificus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From horreō (“to bristle, tremble, dread”) + -ficus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /horˈri.fi.kus/, [hɔrˈrɪfɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /orˈri.fi.kus/, [orˈriːfikus]
Adjective
[edit]horrificus (feminine horrifica, neuter horrificum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | horrificus | horrifica | horrificum | horrificī | horrificae | horrifica | |
| genitive | horrificī | horrificae | horrificī | horrificōrum | horrificārum | horrificōrum | |
| dative | horrificō | horrificae | horrificō | horrificīs | |||
| accusative | horrificum | horrificam | horrificum | horrificōs | horrificās | horrifica | |
| ablative | horrificō | horrificā | horrificō | horrificīs | |||
| vocative | horrifice | horrifica | horrificum | horrificī | horrificae | horrifica | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: horrífic (learned)
- → English: horrific
- → French: horrifique (learned)
- → Italian: orrifico (learned)
- Romanian: orific
References
[edit]- “horrificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “horrificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- horrificus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.