horresco

Latin

Etymology

From horreō (“I shudder”) +‎ -scō (inchoative).

Pronunciation

Verb

horrēscō (present infinitive horrēscere, perfect active horruī); third conjugation, no supine stem

  1. to begin to bristle up; one's hair rises on end
  2. to become terrified
  3. to begin to shiver, shake, tremble, shudder
    Synonyms: cohorrēscō, tremēscō
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.203–205:
      “Ecce! Autem geminī ā Tenedō tranquilla per altā —
      horrēscō referēns! — immēnsīs orbibus anguēs
      incumbunt pelagō, pariterque ad lītora tendunt.”
      “Look! And now, [coming] from Tenedos, through the placid deep – I shudder [in] retelling [it]! – twin snakes with endless coils lean into the sea, and advance together toward the shore.” – Aeneas
  4. (transitive) to start to dread

Conjugation

   Conjugation of horrēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present horrēscō horrēscis horrēscit horrēscimus horrēscitis horrēscunt
imperfect horrēscēbam horrēscēbās horrēscēbat horrēscēbāmus horrēscēbātis horrēscēbant
future horrēscam horrēscēs horrēscet horrēscēmus horrēscētis horrēscent
perfect horruī horruistī horruit horruimus horruistis horruērunt,
horruēre
pluperfect horrueram horruerās horruerat horruerāmus horruerātis horruerant
future perfect horruerō horrueris horruerit horruerimus horrueritis horruerint
passive present horrēscor horrēsceris,
horrēscere 		horrēscitur horrēscimur horrēsciminī horrēscuntur
imperfect horrēscēbar horrēscēbāris,
horrēscēbāre 		horrēscēbātur horrēscēbāmur horrēscēbāminī horrēscēbantur
future horrēscar horrēscēris,
horrēscēre 		horrēscētur horrēscēmur horrēscēminī horrēscentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present horrēscam horrēscās horrēscat horrēscāmus horrēscātis horrēscant
imperfect horrēscerem horrēscerēs horrēsceret horrēscerēmus horrēscerētis horrēscerent
perfect horruerim horruerīs horruerit horruerīmus horruerītis horruerint
pluperfect horruissem horruissēs horruisset horruissēmus horruissētis horruissent
passive present horrēscar horrēscāris,
horrēscāre 		horrēscātur horrēscāmur horrēscāminī horrēscantur
imperfect horrēscerer horrēscerēris,
horrēscerēre 		horrēscerētur horrēscerēmur horrēscerēminī horrēscerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — horrēsce — — horrēscite —
future — horrēscitō horrēscitō — horrēscitōte horrēscuntō
passive present — horrēscere — — horrēsciminī —
future — horrēscitor horrēscitor — — horrēscuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present horrēscere horrēscī horrēscēns —
future — — — horrēscendus,
horrēscundus
perfect horruisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
horrēscendī horrēscendō horrēscendum horrēscendō — —

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.
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