formidabilis
οὗτος μὲν ὁ πιθανώτερος τῶν λόγων εἴρηται, δεῖ δὲ καὶ τὸν ἧσσον πιθανόν, ἐπεί γε δὴ λέγεται, ῥηθῆναι → this is the most credible of the stories told; but I must relate the less credible tale also, since they tell it
Latin > English
formidabilis formidabilis, formidabile ADJ :: terrifying
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
formīdābĭlĭs: e, adj. 1. formido,
I causing fear, terrible, formidable (poet. and in post-class. prose; cf. formidolosus): lumen, Ov. M. 2, 857: nec formidabilis ulli, id. ib. 2, 174: Orcus, id. ib. 14, 116: aspectus, Gell. 14, 4, 2: sonus, id. 19, 1, 17: dolores et metus, per se formidabiles res, Sen. Ep. 123, 14.—In the neutr. adverbially: formidabile ridens, Stat. Th. 8, 582.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
formīdābĭlis,¹⁴ e (formido 1), redoutable, formidable : Ov. M. 2, 857 || -bĭle, n. pris advt, d’une manière terrible : Stat. Th. 8, 582 || -bĭlior Avit. Eutych. 1, p. 20, 33.
Latin > German (Georges)
formīdābilis, e (formido, āre), grausig, fürchterlich, lumen (Auge), Ov.: sonus aliquis, Gell.: aspectus, Gell.: genus armorum, Amm.: dolores et metus, per se formidabiles res, Sen. ep. 123, 15; vgl. ep. 104, 25. – Acc. neutr. st. des Adv., formidabile ridens, Stat. Theb. 8, 582.
