horribilis
Latin
Etymology
From horreō (“I stand on end, move shakily”) + -bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɔrˈrɪ.bɪ.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [orˈriː.bi.lis]
Adjective
horribilis (neuter horribile, comparative horribilior, superlative horribilissimus, adverb horribiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- horrible, terrible, dreadful, fearful
- Synonyms: terribilis, īnfandus
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Peter Needham, 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.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Descendants
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.